bear market rally

With analysts expecting the stock market to rally, investors are feeling bullish. But are they too bullish? High investor confidence has often signaled a market turn for the worse in the past. Other indicators also show cause for caution.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) has reclaimed the psychologically important 10,000 level. So is this the first leg of a new bull market? Should we expect the Dow to continue rising, perhaps to its old high above 14,000? Or maybe there will be a sharp snapback that will send the market...

With the Dow Jones Industrial ($INDU) average now back above 9,000 for the first time since early January, you may wonder if the market has finally turned around in earnest or if this is simply a bear market rally. The Dow has had an exceptional rally this year. It is now up 34 percent since its...

Is this a bear market rally or the beginning of the recovery? Expect to hear a lot more people asking that question after the S&P 500's massive surge today. The 3.4 percent gain erased all of this year's losses and pushed the index to 907, just above where it was all the way back on Jan. 2....

It's been funny over the the past week watching various analysts, gurus, journalists and economists weighing in on whether now is the time to get back in the stock market. With the Dow and S&P at a one-month high, the technical analysts are out in force combing their charts for patterns of...