How can we tell we have hit market bottom?

VIDEO: The cyclical nature of financial markets gives confidence to analysts. We all know when we hit bear territory it’ll only last so long before we start seeing bullish sentiments start to filter through. The question is when?

World Finance spoke with Russell Napier, a financial archaeologist, who analysed Wall Street Journal articles two months before and after the great market bottoms of the 1900s to find out what similarities these all had.