Bringing on the bear like today where the dow dropped 115 points and the s p sank 8. 4 and the nasdaq tumbled more than 1 . Oh, we parsed every word from every fed official hoping that any minute now we would get confirmation that the fed would tighten and then we will be crushed [ screaming ] but what if it already happened . What if were already in a bear market at least for so many stocks . So even if the fed tightens theres not as much down side as we think. What if we saw something akin to the lows last tuesday when the market was crushed after they tried to rebound following serious declines and however it was closing down 11 for the year after the worst august in five years where the declines have been relentless, dont you have to start asking yourself, maybe the bear market is already here . Arent we further along on the down side than many think especially from the more bedraggeled Energy Stocks . Maybe theyre coming back and maybe theyve hit rock bottom that the losses have b