In a bull market you can usually get away with this risky strategy.
In the second half of nearly every bull market you need only own bigger-than-average stocks to beat the market.
At the start of a bull market you will often find a number of stocks that have completed basing patterns that span a year or longer, which when completed makes them strong candidates to move higher over the next year or more.
"If you're a bull or a bear, you could find enough news out there to convince you of your position, " said Jim Lauder, CEO of Global Index Advisors in Marietta, Ga.
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How many bull markets have you analyzed to come up with your average and minimum durations?
And housing, a bull would tell you, is not a liquid asset like stocks.
And you can have, you know, price bull markets and price bear markets and, you know, you can have these conversations.
Bull or bear, you have to wonder how many more Ponzi schemes are out there like this, as yet undiscovered?
The reason I ask is if you told me you had analyzed 1000 bull markets, I would feel a little more inclined to believe you that the current 13-year gold run could have a couple more years to go.
There are three components: accurate landing where you try to freefall as fast as you can before landing in the middle of a bull's eye, target courses where you try to maneuver through aerial hoops to get points, and free flying where you get points for performing tricks in a certain order.
If you focus on the raw performance numbers advertised (at least in bull markets) by fund vendors, you may delude yourself into thinking that this is what you can expect in future years.
Look, instead, at our up- and down-market grades, and you have to confront the fact that a bull market doesn't last forever and that you may not have the stamina to survive a bear one.
You could get bull-market returns for the long term just by sitting tight.
Not a stretch if you think the bull rally can last that long.
As the bull market takes off, you will lose the opportunity to buy it at 8 times likely 2010 earnings and 50% of revenue.
But if you have analyzed a dozen or a couple dozen bull markets, I am much less inclined to think you have a valid argument, and that our current gold run could easily fall below the low end of the range.
Should you still be a bull on fertilizer stocks--or is the bullish case a bunch of manure?
If you look at a chart of any major index for those 18 years, you have a giant bull market.
As I said in March 2007, you cannot have a bull market for stocks with a bear market in financials.
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Looking at euribor contracts makes you think that a bull market is already well underway with implied yields continuing to slide.
Chart Analysis : In either a bull or bear market, whether you are talking about a stock, ETF, or commodity, it is common to see a series of flag formations.
The first half shows you what a big bull market can do to prices and the latter half shows just how stable the market has been for half a generation.
"What I've found throughout the year is, whether you're a bull or a bear, each has their day in the sun and neither is satisfied by the end, " said Mr. Paulsen of Wells Capital.
"Even in his darkest performances, even in Raging Bull... he could make you laugh, and that he did in spades in Analyze This, " he said.
Did you know the Infiniti-Red Bull Racing team has an official DJ?
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His advice: Aim for a balanced portfolio that includes enough stocks to benefit from the current market rally and positions you to participate in the next bull run.
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