contrarian indicators

Stocks Post Gains, but Dow Fails to Hold 12,000

The Dow crossed the technically meaningless but psychologically soothing 12,000 level for the first time since June 2008, but closed just shy of that plateau. Plenty of indicators hint at a pullback -- or even a full-blown 10% correction.

Seven Classic Bad Calls in Business Journalism

Over and over, magazines and newspapers miss the truth about business by a mile. They're so consistently bad, in fact, that the media has been a leading contrary indicator of stock prices and business trends. Here are seven classic examples.