goatfarmer

10 Important Facts on the Current State of the Market

2. 'Technical analysis' is a misnomer, covering a wide spectrum of quantitive speculation from fanciful to the fundamental. Ultimately, there are only those who believe they can predict the future and those humble bogles who think that the index is king.
4. Other european indices are up. IEV, which tracks the SnP Europe 350 Index, is up around 13%.
5. A case for diversification via ETFs.
6. Japan is in a 17 year down trend. If it breaks that trend, I think it will be the rage. Every man and his dog will want to own Japan. There won't be a mother's son who won't own Japan. Japan will be THE core of everyone's portfolios for years to come. But only tea leaves and crystal balls will tell you when that year will be.
9. Check out some other indices, rather than the DJ variety.
10. Ditto.