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Let’s talk about your bottom. When do you think the market can go no lower? Is that when you bail out of the Dow and stick your money under the mattress? There’s no sure way to predict the bottom of the market, of course, but history does give some hints. Ben Steverman, a reporter with BusinessWeek.com’s investing channel, takes a look at bear markets of the past and what they say about the current market meltdown.

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