So what's it going to take for the stock market to pull off a sustained rally?
marketwatch.com
<<...Experts said the market needs a dramatic boost in confidence to begin any sort of move higher again, and pointed to several factors, such as a return of stock offerings, a recovery in corporate earnings and improved investor trust in corporate governance, as the catalysts...>>
<<...After watching portfolios shrink for more than two years, investors also are faced with rebuilding their confidence in the market - a task that will take time to accomplish, perhaps as long as 10 years, said John Bollinger, president of Bollinger Capital Management and creator of the Bollinger bands...>>
<<...Investing tip:
How can investors make money in a sideways market? Consider ditching the buy-and-hold strategy and engage in short-term trading, Bollinger said.
One tactic is to follow sector rotations: Jump into a sector and ride it up, sell, and move to the next sector on the upswing.
In the sideways market of 1978 to 1982, swing traders, not buy-and-hold investors, were the ones that made money. "That's going to be the story for the rest of the decade," he said...>> |
