After March 2000 and the SP 500 was off 100 points from its highs, and someone asked you new low or new high, I would imagine a good percentage would have never thought the SP 500 would drop a further 700 points before stalling out, and take 2 years to consolidate.
In dot.com there was still some wealth sloshing around, from the appreciable gains from the bull market. The public is not as wealthy as before, this downward progression will take longer then 2 years to consolidate itself.
So question becomes, is the sp500 going to drop 700 more points?
Everyone is waiting for the FED rate cut to sell into, to get out.