Investors piled into stocks on the first trading day of 2010, pushing the Dow Jones up 1.5% raising hopes that stocks will rally all year.

Give the ’00s a goose eggSan Luis Obispo TribuneIt wasn’t just one miserable bear market, though. Investors got whacked with the worst decade ever for stocks. They lost money in 401(k) plans and college …

S&P 500 Likely to Outperform Gold Again in 2010Seeking Alpha (blog)The portfolio that I think makes sense for 2010, where one knows we’re in a secular bear market that can deliver large double digit losses …

Ten predictions for the 2010 economyMinnPost.comA bear market in gold? Maybe not. Economist Ed Yardeni says that gold, often viewed as a hedge against inflation, tends to move in tandem with government …

The Equity Culture Loses Its BloomEmii.comIn the 1970s investors were disillusioned by a crushing bear market and high inflation. Large investors for the most part held conservative portfolios that …