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Several economists see the current market as an untraditional bear market or, as Harvinder Kalirai, an economist at the consulting group I.D.E.A., sees it, what's happening on Wall Street is "a cyclical bear in a secular bull market. This is a cyclical fluctuation." The longer-term or secular trend in the market, though, "is still higher...
Some people who were actively playing the market, however, were singing a different tune. "I was panicking," said Alan Herkowitz, 39, a New York systems analyst and a self-described "short-term trader" who invests "play money" in the market...
...public relations officer for the Tennessee supreme court, observed that "there are a million people out tonight spending $90 on nothing, just as I am. My husband and I won't touch [our retirement stocks] for at least 15 years, so I don't worry about short-term losses." In fact, aside from corporate profits and stock prices, most other leading indicators are pointing briskly upward. Orders from American factories rose 1.2% in July, the strongest performance since November. As investors around the globe sought a safe haven for their capital, long-term interest rates continued their slide...
...Stocks remain your best bet for long-term security; that is, for any money you won't need for at least three years. In 50 rolling three-year periods since 1946, the market produced losses only twice--the periods ending in 1974 and 1975, according to the Schwab Center for Investment Research. The average annual return to stocks in the postwar period has been about 11%--far more than for any other financial asset. But as last week reminded us, we do get bear markets. If you'll need the money sooner than three years, it belongs in a bank...
...want to stay in the game but are looking for a relatively safe harbor, consider Real Estate Investment Trusts, whose 6% yields offer unusual protection. Or buy other high-yielding stocks--especially blue chips that you can count on to thrive long-term. High yield today is anything over 3%, a level that may indicate the stock has been unfairly trashed and will do well in coming quarters. Among the highest-yielding Dow stocks are Philip Morris (4.1%), J.P. Morgan (4.4%) and General Motors (3.5%). Other stocks to own might include those of consumer-products companies, a group that lost...