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Honestly, I'm probably a better analyst than trader at the present but I'm bridging that gap. I'd probably make a hedge fund manager a lot of money by pointing out opportunities but am not yet good enough to be a pure hedge fund manager myself (although I do manage investment portfolios). Good...

but I still haven't seen much reason to add here, IMHO, so I'm standing aside and letting this move play out.

Last week CNBC featured a story on how to play the falling dollar. I'm waiting -- this type of move may take a while to work itself out before the uptrend resumes. Patience.

but the last rally about 1/5 was weak.

I respect your opinion but the failure to make a new high combined with the move below the 50-day SMA with weakening indicators makes me think this may be more of an intermediate-term correction that could last weeks. We shall see.

not all markets. It's showing a lot of weakness. Sure, it will go back up sometime, but the intermediate-term trend may have changed.

Looks very weak over past 2 weeks.

So I guess with interest rates going down we can then attribute even higher valuations to stocks? Just kidding. Okay -- so what does everyone think about where yields are headed and the implications?

I don't think we're at a top yet, but I think the recent bear market wasn't that bad when you really think about it. Many stocks are now back at all-time highs. The bear market primarily affected tech and large caps. As I've mentioned before on ET, the SmallCap 600 index, MidCap 400 index AND...

In this bull market, a rising VIX with a rising market has sometimes resulted in further price advancement. "It's better to burn out than fade away" -- Def Leppard

That's news to me. I think Gross has a long-term picture -- granted, he misses out on bull runs like this -- but in the long-term, he may be right.

Possibly not.

There are so many MBA's out there. I believe an MBA is generally most valuable when (1) it comes from a top 10, or better yet, top 5 program; or (2) it will allow you to advance higher within your present company (sometimes getting it from a 2nd-tier school will be okay then).

I'm not sure if the consensus is deflation -- everyone expects rates to rise.

Trend is up RIGHT NOW -- that's all anyone knows for sure.

Interesting that one of the biggest industry laggards during this bull run, Telecom, came on strong recently.

Some people feel the need to always have some shorts or always have some longs. I don't necessarily agree with that. Let the market dictate your shorts and longs.

Almost every sector has been in an uptrend in this bull market. There are some individual stocks that have been shortable, but overall, it hasn't been a good market to short since March 2003.

I'll be honest, I know very little about it, can someone suggest some good info on the Bradley Cycle? More importantly, before I spend time reading about it, can I hear from those who think it's useful and those who think it's worthless?

A lot of indicators would suggest that this isn't a significant top.