Bull vs Bear Market Basics
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If you’re new to the stock market, you may not be familiar with the old adage, “bull vs bear market.” What exactly does it mean? Well, there are a couple of theories out there, but …

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The Role of Consumer Spending in Phony Economic Growth

Submitted by Big Bear on July 20, 2010 – 1:00 amNo Comment

It was time for a bear market/credit contraction. The correction began in January 2000. The NASDAQ collapsed. And in 2001, the economy entered a recession. But this recession was phony. Consumer spending didn’t go down; it went up. Consumers kept borrowing money. It wasn’t correcting the debt problem, in other words, it was making it worse.

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