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Any
other day that we see a 400 point Dow rally would be memorable
except when
it occurred while the Dow had sunk by over 800 points. There doesn't seem to be
any logic in what is happening to the stock market, as it continues to be
extremely volatile. Or is there any logic in these extreme moves. The sentiment
appears to be when stocks fallback, investors buy the depressed equities, then
when stock prices rise they dump what they have to make a profit. Seems to be
working as trading around positions is making money. The market, some day, will
get back into stair stepping higher, in a bull market and I guess most will set
back and wait to see that materialize. Some though will be buying these
depressed shares at a deep discount and in the long-run will make out real well.
Some say this is the end and stocks will never go back up
in what everyone thinks of as a "bull market", that this time is
different,
seeing how the entire global economy is involved. It could be years, or it could
be this week. Good luck in your choice but keep in mind the following: Be patient. Don't panic. Make an investment strategy
and follow it. Diversify, diversify, diversify.
sent it to the House for a Friday morning vote.
Investors most likely believe that this time the House will pass the bill.
The problem now is earning and warnings are up along with some heavy duty
economical data. People are beginning to think bad things about where stocks are
headed. Are we ready to turn this market back around, or is the worst ahead.
Time will tell, but watch for false starts, as we have seen, we can be up one
day down the next.
So what
does the forecast show.
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