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What History Predicts for Stocks in 2013

The race doesn't always go to the swift, goes the old saying. But that's the way to bet it, replies the savvy gambler. So it is with the old saying about the stock market. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. But it still makes sense to look at historical data - because that's the way to bet it.

Could Goldman Trigger a Long Market Slide?

Was the shiver in the markets after the SEC's Goldman Sachs filing merely a sneeze, or the harbinger of decline in a long-term secular bear market? Historical data suggests that the top-heavy stock market has peaked, and we could be in for a months-long slide.