Reflections from the desk 2009The Intelligent InvestorThis actually accords with bear market value investing theory where one tends to do worse than the market on the way down and better on the way up, …

Lessons of history lost on investment professionalsIrish TimesStock market averages alternate between secular bull and bear market regimes, with the former accounting for all of the real returns generated through two …

Fund companies are tinkering with these one-stop retirement plans after their bear-market beating.

Many stories in the financial media have talked as if the 2007-08 bear market signaled the demise of retirement accounts. Markets would recover so slowly that they’d make IRAs and 401(k)s impractical.

Gold Tumbles 2.5% as Dollar’s Rebound Reduces Metal DemandBloomberg… Virginia-based Gartman Letter, said the dollar is undergoing a “watershed shift in its trend, moving away from a protracted bear market to what is now a …