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To: ild who wrote (29070)	4/30/2005 10:05:08 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 116555

I was looking at the investment options in my wife's 401K through Vanguard -- 8 or 10 funds, and the money market is the best of the lot over the past 5 years by a wide margin, and only one other was even positive. That kind of stagnation takes it's toll on the permabulls.

To: ild who wrote (29070)	5/1/2005 1:04:19 AM
From: ild	Respond to of 116555

I just looked again at short interest numbers. It looks like mostly short interest was increased in energy stocks. nasdaq.com

To: ild who wrote (29070)	5/1/2005 9:29:00 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

There seems that be a deeply ingrained belief -- reflecting the action of Greenspan inspired bubble markets over many years -- that bears cannot ever be correct except over a fairly short period of time. Bullish sentiment and market action are assumed to be the norm -- bearish sentiment and market action are just brief deviations from this norm. The rapid rebound from the 2000-2002 bear has further reinforced this belief. I suspect this bullish bias is going to be severely tested this year and next.