Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | October 8, 2011 On Tuesday, when the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index sank below 1100, market pundits were champing at the bit to declare that a bear market had officially begun. They had to eat their words before they could say them, as the market promptly jumped up by more than 5% by...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Sept. 10, 2011 With economic growth at a standstill, Europe a financial disaster area and the U.S. stock market tanking, who better to turn to for advice than John C. Bogle? Mr. Bogle founded Vanguard Group in 1974. Two years later, he launched the first index mutual fund, enabling investors to bet on broad...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | August 27, 2011 This week, the stock market sported a couple of halos. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple universally regarded as a visionary who saved the company, stepped down as chief executive — and his cool glow still clung to Apple. In Thursday’s falling market, its stock...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | August 20, 2011 They’re mad as hell, and they aren’t going to buy the dips anymore. Much has been made of the billions of dollars that small investors have been pulling out of stock funds. However, some $4 trillion sits there — and most people still aren’t selling. Too frightened...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | July 9, 2011 The market is up 9% this year. Or is it? For investors, there isn’t an easy way of knowing for sure. After Friday’s drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index are 11% and 14% below their respective highs of Oct. 9, 2007. Yet...
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