] The economy is going to be good, so I don't think we see ] the start (yet) of the next major bear leg, although this ] year will mark the high for what I think will be many ] years. This will be a frustrating year for stock market ] investors. You can always do well if you are a good ] individual stock picker, but broad indexes and mutual ] funds are not the place to be. The market is a sideways ] to down market, with the risk to the downside as we get ] toward the end of the year and a possible recession on ] the horizon in 2006. ] ] And not to put too fine a point on it, I still think we ] are in a long term secular bear market. In a few years, ] we will look back and realize this was a bear trap - ] another sucker rally. John Mauldin's 2005 Forecast |