
David Rosenberg describes what the end of the bull market in bonds, and the end of the bear market in stocks, should look like.
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David Rosenberg describes what the end of the bull market in bonds, and the end of the bear market in stocks, should look like.
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Joshua Brown lays out the bear case as thoroughly as necessary. It is the season of the Witch.

We have been in a secular bear market since 2000. How will we know when the next upward run is from a long term bottom and not just another upside trip on a rollercoaster to nowhere?
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I was gazing through some charts this morning only to be astounded by how deep the losses in many European markets have been over the last few months. The USA’s S&P 500 has been a notable outperformer over the last 3 months as many European markets are absolutely cratering. For those who...
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Most of us can relate to driving and having children ask "Are we there yet?" JJ Abodeeley tries to answer that question. Like us, JJ sees what we have been going through since 2000 as a long process of the market working itself from an expensive peak to a cheap bottom. JJ calls...
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Doug Short has a bunch of interesting charts on bear markets (click permalink for larger, easier to read version of chart)

You can take a look at what the bottoming process has looked like for all the bear markets since WWII here. Hat tip: Calculated Risk.
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John Hussman is always worth a read. I like this from his letter this morning: As I wrote in April 2000, bear market psychology typically evolves something like this: “This is my retirement money. I can’t afford to be out of the market anymore!” “I don’t care about the price, just get me in!!”...
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