5 ms·Stock market tanks 2.5 percent. Was recovery a dead-cat bounce?2 points by coglethorpe 17y agoquoderat 17y agoHistory suggests that it was. My guess, based on the amount of prevarication by the banks, is that the market won't return to its former highs for 10-15 years.wmeredith 17y agoGood. I'm 28 and this gives me a few more fire-sale years to stock my Roth-IRA