Month: December 2009

The Bear’s Lair: Will the Tens be another Bear decade?

The 2000s were a pretty good decade for Bears. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index is down 24% in nominal terms from December 1999 or approximately 30% when dividends and inflation are taken into account. Four of the years were Bear triumphs – 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2008. It’s the best Bear decade since the […]