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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (13979)	1/24/2005 4:41:24 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Respond to of 17683

That was kind of a strange use of words in that article. The headline screams out "January's impact on stocks inescapable* in 2005".* Then, just two sentences into the article, the data emerges -- a down January has predicted a down year 10 out of 17 times. So somehow, the market managed to escape the "inescapable" 41 percent of the time! That's a whole new meaning of "inescapable". Then, a few breaths later, the article states "It was the first time since 1982 -- the year that the '80s bull market started* -- that the Dow and the Nasdaq fell for the first three weeks of a year."* Horrors! This three week downdraft might be a sign that we are facing the same conditions as .... the beginning of one of the longest bull markets on record??? Gee, I hope that's inescapable too. So, if I got it right, we're doomed if January ends negative, except when we're not (which is more than 4 out of every 10 times). And last time we were similarly doomed, a long bull market began. Makes me want to jump out of my first floor window into the nearest snowdrift.