wow, the end must really be near...

week of march 5th magazine cover for barron's magazine. contrarian indicator? check with pradeep over at stockbee for magazine cover analysis (not sure if he's stumbled across this one yet...)

Still Betting on the Bull

By Andrew Bary

THE GLOBAL STOCK-MARKET SELLOFF that stunned investors Tuesday looks more like a passing squall than a full-throttle hurricane.

The swift fall fittingly began in China, now the engine of economic growth worldwide, and quickly spread to the U.S., where the major market indexes lost 3% to 4% in a single session. A decline of that magnitude, the worst in four years, understandably inspired fear that the current bull market, which began in October 2002, has come to its untimely end.

Such concerns seem premature, however, because the global economy still looks healthy, equity-market valuations are reasonable in most major markets ...

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