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 …

Gold Tumbles Almost 3% as Dollar’s Climb Damps 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 …

Daily Stock Market UpdateInside FuturesThis reverses the previous signal: the two Averages signaled a Primary Tide Bear Market on 11/21/07, when both Averages closed below their closing price …

Boring old normalInteractive InvestorGenerally, the bigger and scarier the bear market, the bleaker the future looks to most people – they think the problems causing such a big bear are just …