Jobless Claims has sent the market down nearly 1% prior to the open. For the bears it is exciting, and if I was short, I’d probably be hoping that this sell-off is the beginning of another significant downturn. But the odds are that this is merely a sell-off from the market being tired from the
Futures are once again flat, overseas in Asia, there was another round of selling, with the Nikkei being the worst of them (down 1.4%). Here in the states, futures are currently flat, with the Dow up 19 points, NASDAQ up 0.5, and the S&P up 2.5. Went through my scans and there wasn’t much to
Objective: When the market goes through uncertain times, the plays listed below are those stocks which are able to handle a downturn in the market much better than its peers, and also manage to provide a descent dividend in the process. These are your typical 'safety' plays in a bear market that mutual funds will