bears

I received the following blurb from Bloomberg Television about Barton Biggs, who yesterday had indicated we were in the process of bottoming.

In case you did not notice it, the much discussed "range" on the SP500 broke in spectacular fashion today as the short rollers bypassed the 1250 mark in the same style as the Germany panzer passed the Maginot line back in the early stages…

Felix Zulauf sees problems ahead because of private sector debt. Expansionary fiscal policy and deficit spending have allowed the real economy to cope while expansionary monetary policy has helped asset prices. Zulauf sees a pause in this…

Uber-technician Louise Yamada is now warning that the secular bear market in equities is likely to be joined by one in bonds as well.  In the video below, she talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox about her view that bond yields are going to…

Stock markets are seriously overbought right now.  But, the rally in shares has been bolstered by better than expected economic data and earnings reports.  I first pointed to a rally in shares in March, but I didn’t get fully onboard until…

As you all know, I think we are in a secular bear market rally/cyclical bull market right now. So, yes, this has been and may continue to be a powerful up-move in shares worldwide. However, I am certainly not convinced we are off to the…

While this bear market has been difficult, it does not compare to the 1930s as the graphs in this post indicate. And it's time to consider that the 2007-2009 bear market is almost over.

Recently, I have highlighted the comments of a number of investing gurus, most of whom are fairly positive on the market. This includes Jeremy Grantham, Marc Faber, Bill Fleckenstein, Fred Hickey, Marty Fridson and Steven Leuthold (Louise…

Now that I have burnished my bullish bona fides with two posts from the optimistic viewpoint, I want to share with you an analysis from John Mauldin that is much closer to the truth regarding where the global economy is headed, what type of…

Louise Yamada is one of Wall Street's foremost technical analyst. She is quite bearish and thinks the Dow Jones Industrial Average could go to 6000. Her advice: sell stocks.