After having run up about 180 percent between March 2009 and the middle of last year, the S&P 500 is off about 10 percent. The declines have been damaging to portfolios, to the egos of chief executives, to the bonuses of bankers, and to the confidence of many.
http://www.strategy-business.com/blog/The-Stock-Market-Is-Not-the-Economy?gko=49ffc
