Bear Market Investing

Now is a good time to buy stocks (Market Watch)

Big Bear — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0000

Historically, on average there have been two particularly auspicious times to buy stock each year. Right now is one of those times, writes Kevin Marder.

US stocks: Fastest earnings growth since 1994, the biggest rally in 76 yrs not dead yet (The Economic Times)

Big Bear — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:08 +0000

US stocks: Fastest earnings growth since 1994, the biggest rally in 76 yrs not dead yetUS stocks: Fastest earnings growth since 1994, the biggest rally in 76 yrs not dead yet

Simon Constable: Buy-and-hold dead in stop-and-go economy (Market Watch)

Big Bear — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0000

Those pesky 1970s with their financial troubles just won’t seem to go away, writes Simon Constable.

A Rally in a Bull Costume (The Daily Reckoning)

Big Bear — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:08 +0000

This rally has gone on for so long most people think it is not a rally at all, but a new bull market.

Asian Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Shippers Drop; Telstra Advances – BusinessWeek

Big Bear — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0000

Asian Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Shippers Drop; Telstra Advances
BusinessWeek
Yesterday in New York, the gauge rose 0.2 percent on the anniversary of its 2009 bear-market low, amid speculation the economy will continue to recover from …

Australia shares tread water a year after market low – Ninemsn

Big Bear — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:07 +0000

Australia shares tread water a year after market low
Ninemsn
By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE, March 10 (Reuters) – Australian stocks ended dead flat on Wednesday, on the one-year anniversary of the bear market’s …

Confidence still wanting despite one-year rally – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Big Bear — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:08 +0000

Confidence still wanting despite one-year rally
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“When you are coming out of a bear market and you get a strong year like we’ve had, the second year is usually decent, too,” he said. …

Global stocks pull back from 6-week highs, euro slips – U.S. Daily (press release) (subscription)

Big Bear — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:06 +0000

Global stocks pull back from 6-week highs, euro slips
U.S. Daily (press release) (subscription)
“Only once was ‘year two’ a year of negative return,” it said, referring to the early 1930s bear market. It said the average gain in the first year of …

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Mutual Understanding: Former Internet-fund stars 10 years after the bust (Market Watch)

Big Bear — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:15 +0000

They were masters of a parallel universe, the soul-mates of a new technology. Then the real world intruded on mutual fund managers who’d been Poseidons astride the Internet-stock wave.

John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: Bull’s first year holds lessons for investors (Market Watch)

Big Bear — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:14 +0000

What a difference a year makes. I last wrote those words on Oct. 8, 2008, one year after the U.S. stock market peaked. This time, the occasion is happier.