Trying to look past the wild volatility that has gripped investors for the last few weeks, one of the more interesting developments we've seen has been the steady trend of the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX). The trend of the VIX has been somewhat predictable over the past several wee ... Read more

If you look at a historical chart of the Dow going all the way back to the early 1900's on a Log scale there appears to have been two long term upside moves lasting 33 years.  The first one began with the Bear Market low in 1932 and ended in late 1965 (points A to B) in which the Dow gained + ... Read more

Everyone knows that in the long run stocks always go up. Our brokers and the smart people on TV have fancy graphs they show us that prove that over the long term, stocks only go up. They tell us that yes, from time to time there will be this nasty thing called a bear market, but if you just hold o ... Read more