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| Bull & Bear
Big gains followed a brutal bear market October 1, 2009  After
seventeenth months of cruel bear market, stock markets have rallied
since the early spring and gained steam over the summer. The markets
closed the third quarter with huge gain. The Dow
Jones Industrial Average index is up 48% from its March 9 low and up
11% this year, although still down 31% from its October 2007 record. The
Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is up 17% for the year and up 56%
from its March low but off 32% from its October 2007 high. Continue reading
Nastiest bear since great depression March 22, 2009 Compare
to the most severe markets in the past, the current bear market look
extremely cruel and only can be rivaled by the Great Depression bear
maket. First After 17 months of rollercoaster journey,
the current bear market is getting worse as the S&P 500 index
suffered 56 percent loss from its most recent peak when it plunged to
the 12-year low on Mar. 9. On the same day, the blue chips Dow Jones
Industrial Average index slipped to its new low marking 53.8 percent
loss in this bear market. Continue reading
Every bear has a bull March 15, 2009 The current seventeen months bear still rules the market
and has hurt investors badly. Just recently on Mar. 9 the S&P 500
index was at 676.53, its 12-year low, after losing than 56 percent from
its all time peak on Oct. 9, 2007. Many severely wounded investors have
fled the stock market and abandoned their long-term investing strategy.
Over past four trading days, the S&P 500
rallied 11 percent, closing the week at 756.55 on Mar. 13, recovering
from the 12-year low reached Mar. 9. Continue reading
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| One year after the bear March 14, 2009 History suggests that every bear has a bull.
The illustration charts below reveal that in all but one case of the
nine bear markets that occurred between 1950 and 2003, the market
recovered dramatically within one year of hitting bottom. Investors who
were patient during periods of stress and dislocation were eventually
rewarded for taking risk over the bear markets. Continue reading
Bear Threat Ended the Dismal First Half
July 1, 2008
Benchmark stock indexes
around the world just finished their worst first half in six years or
even more. That has left much of the world's equity markets, especially
the U.S. markets, near a bear market for the first time since the
dot-com bubble burst at the beginning of the decade.
Particularly
the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it was its worst first half since
1970 after dropping 14.4 percent in the six months through June 30. The
Dow ended 19.8 percent down from its October 2007 high, just short of a
bear market, which is defined as major index decline of 20% or more from its previous closing peak during a one-year period. Continue reading
| | New Second Biggest Bear Market S&P sank to 1997 low, lost 52 percent from the 2007 peak
November 20, 2008 U.S.
stocks nose-dived yet again on Thursday, as investors' deepening
economic fears drove the S&P 500 index crashing through its 2002
bear-market low to its lowest level in more than 11 years, since April 14, 1997. The closing low of the S&P last bear market was 776 on October 9, 2002. The drop completed the removal of more than a decade of stock market gains. Continue reading
Lesson from Bull and Bear MarketsWe
just witnessed major stock indexes reach their record-high closes in
October 2007. On October 9, 2007 Dow Jones Industrial Average reached
its high at 14,164.53 and S&P 500 topped at $1,565.15. NASDAQ
followed suit with closing high of $2,859 set on October 31, 2007.
Since
the peak in October 2007 the stock market has declined and had skirted
the bear market territory. Investors worry that the bear is threatening
and they retread from stock market. The current uncertainty was
originated by sub-prime mess and housing slump in 2007 that were
further fueled by high oil price. The economy is felt like in
recession; profits are squeezed; layoffs are back in the news. Continue reading
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