The current bear market is, well, a bear. It has already fallen faster and deeper than most, vaporizing more than $10 trillion in wealth and the equivalent in investor confidence. It's being compared to the Great Crash of the early 1930s, though it has yet to plumb those harrowing depths. Was last week's rally a sign that it hit bottom? What will recovery look like?

• Robert Trigaux: Are we close to hitting bottom yet?
  Bottom, as in the lowest price reached for a given commodity over a given period of time.
• Bear market recovery
  Let's pretend for a moment that we know the stock markets -- after free-falling like one of the Flying Wallendas -- have hit bottom. The S&P 500 is ready for a comeback, after sinking to an anemic 667 last week.
• Taking stock of history
  Three area stock market prognosticators weigh in.