Indicators point to fresh lows, although analysts note that bear markets can produce short-lived rallies that are hard to distinguish from the real thing.
Companies with substantial net cash on their books are often working through difficulties, and many factors determine whether they truly are bargains for investors.
Declines in many overseas markets in the last year have been greater than those in the United States. And there is a sense they might be approaching a top of the economic cycle.
Two successful portfolio managers, one oriented toward growth and the other toward value, offer ideas about where stock market bargains might be found.
Now that public opinion is solidifying around the idea that the Federal Reserve has made its last rate cut for a while, stocks may be poised atop a slope of complacency.
Many agree that Blockbuster needs a change in order to beef up profits, but few agree with its proposal to acquire the consumer electronics retailer Circuit City.
Despite declines on foreign markets, experts still advise to look into foreign investments as a way to hedge one’s bets against the bumpy days of the U.S. economy.