The G20 Circle Jerk was this cycle's TARP (bailout) "the world is saved" short-covering rally, which unraveled immediately thereafter...
The NYSE Composite gives the clearest wave count, with respect to magnitude and duration...
And resemblance to 2008...
...short-covering which favoured beaten down cyclicals, small caps, and Financials:
All while recession stocks made their final overthrow highs...
Globalization and Warren Buffett's ego are too big to bail