Everyone thinks that we need this huge drop to create a new bull market, thats not the case, there is nothing thats going to prop the economy back up, the bull market is now a bear market and the strong economy thats been running on monopoly money is now in a recession, stop thinking that these sell offs are going to lead to bull market, they are not leading to any bull market anytime soon.
The easy money that proped up this economy for so many years has dried up, as I said back in 2006 and 2007 once liquidity dries up thats the end for this great economy. Liquidity has dried up and easy money isnt available which means credit isnt available to those who used it to fund 3rd and 4th houses and big plasma tvs and 50k-100k luxury cars, these times are over, easy credit pushed the economy to new heights and now that easy credit isnt available, cash is king, but with a negative savings rate in america who has cash to buy the items they "want".
The market always stretches beyond its limits on both ends, I think the downside will stretch just as far as it did on the upside.