The most recent bear market for the S&P 500 ran from Jan. 3 to Oct. 12, 2022. What’s bothering investors? The trade war has ratcheted up fear and uncertainty on Wall Street over how businesses ...

The Dow industrials fell 1.8%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which already was in a bear market, dropped 0.9%. The most recent bear market for the S&P 500 ran from Jan. 3 to Oct. 12 in 2022.