Tag Archives: bear market

Rx For A Market Meltdown

How can I have such a positive attitude in light of the current crisis causing the the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq to hit new 5-year lows?
Don’t forget that while I’m only an amateur individual investor, I’m also a professional pill pusher. I’m one of the first to have insight into new drugs, especially drugs [...]

Bullish in a Bear Market

Am I the only one embracing this market meltdown?
As we approach a bottom in this bear market my views will be changing. Instead of predicting doom, gloom, and despair as I had in the past, my financial views will be changing to the bullish point of view. Almost everything that I’ve forecast for the past [...]

Facing Fear Head-On

I don’t have all the answers, and I’m not one for giving individual advice, but if there’s one piece of general advice that I would give every working stiff with a diversified 401k-like plan, it’s this:
If you didn’t foresee this bear market and got out of the stock market near it’s peak, for heaven’s sake, [...]

Bear Market Definition

How does one really determine whether or not we’ve actually entered a bear market?
There isn’t really a universally agreed-upon definition of a bear market, but there are “generally” accepted measures that are often used to describe one.
Here are some measures sometimes mentioned:

The traditional definition of a 20% drop from recent highs.
When at least 80% of [...]