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Leading the team on the Democratic side is former Clinton strategist and current NBC political analyst Paul Begala...
...fostering a buy-on-dips mentality that prevailed through the '90s. That mentality is in the process of getting crushed. We've moved from buying dips to just holding on. What comes next is "'Omigod, the stock market is risky,'" which is when people get out, says Nicholas Sargen, strategist at J.P. Morgan Private Client. That level of despair would probably signal a bottom. The theory is that when everyone has given up, there are no more sellers--only buyers...
...still trades at 59 times last year's earnings. More encouraging is that more stocks are making highs than lows on the New York Stock Exchange, and money funds had record inflows of $94 billion in January. That's a lot of buying power. Indeed, Christine Callies, chief strategist for Merrill Lynch, believes we're in a "stealth bull market." A slew of smaller companies is doing well while the big stocks are getting taken apart. The average diversified stock fund is down just 7% since the start of last year; 34% have risen, Morningstar reports...
...lost-cause nostalgia was almost palpable as the panelists played to the audience's Democratic leanings, while Bush chief strategist Karl Rove remained silent during the first few minutes of the panel...
...woman who for years wouldn't zip her lip declined to discuss her role for this story and asked that it not be written (cc: Vice President). She is delighted to be back on the inside--and wants to stay. A disciple of the late Lee Atwater, a G.O.P. strategist known for his bareknuckle style, Matalin was deputy manager of Bush Sr.'s '92 campaign, but "she's never worked in a White House," says a friend. "She couldn't pass this opportunity up." The decision hasn't sat well with her equally partisan husband, James Carville. With two kids...