Bailouts left right and centre.... Banks crashing... its all...

Bailouts left right and centre.... Banks crashing... its all happening... the question is how long will the malise last:

1 year?
2 years?
3 years?
5 years?
10 years?
20 years?

There have been many long periods when stocks did not go up in real terms. Most disappointing was the 25 year period from 1929 through 1954, when investors would have secured an adjusted 0% return. From the mid 1960’s until 1980 the market did not go up in real terms. Indeed, if inflation is taken into account, the market didn’t really recover until 1990, 24 years after the 1966 high.