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...Israel, would take over the investment business, which by my estimates handled between $500 million and $1 billion. Some were smart enough to pull out then, others, like my wife and I, continued to trust. If we pulled out, where would we put the money? In the caving stock market? In sinking real estate? In the bank? This seemed like a much safer bet, a bet that returned for over 30 years...
...news is out and some bad news is almost certainly on the way. Most of the good news is about the chances that the financial markets can be fixed. Most of the bad news is likely to be that unemployment is getting worse. With a balance that delicate, the stock market needs every one of its major sectors to keep up if the S&P is going to be up another 25% by mid-year...
...problems are not cyclical. As drugs go off patent and fewer "blockbuster" products make it to the market, the future of being in the pharmaceuticals business may be as much about cutting costs as it is R&D. Drug companies don't have any buoyancy. If the stock market has to count on them, the rally is going to be hindered...
...recent weeks suggesting that the pace of the downturn has eased: consumer spending has stopped falling, the housing market has begun showing some signs of bouncing along a bottom (not so much in prices yet as in sales volume), and manufacturing's free fall has moderated somewhat. The stock market has of course been on a tear, with the S&P 500 index up 20% since early March. But while the market is a leading indicator, it can be an extremely unreliable...
...Stock prices can rise sharply on the prospect on improving profits. For many banks, the more likely prospect in the months ahead is for continuing problems...