And how much further down is it now! Ergo, it never recovered, even below the post GFC lows now. :scared:
(cue the buy hold and pray / dividend hounds who have nerves of steel, no care for capital preservation and can show that all things considered if you did nothing prior to or after the GFC, it'd be all OK in the long run, notwithstanding opportunity cost/lost). Some clever people can do that.