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July 17, 2008

Are these signs a bottom is at hand?

by Guest Author: Tim Sykes
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In true contrarian style, it's great when analysts downgrade stocks due to problems stemming from the credit crunch (smart) but only after they've fallen 80% (not so smart). Like Wachovia downgrading AIG yesterday?!?!?!
 
[via Yahoo! Finance]
 
Hell, even The Wall Street Journal is trying not to be last to play the "better adapt to the bearish environment or else..." game by changing the expressions on the faces of their famed portraits to better reflect these unsettled times.

[via CJR]
 
I can't help but wonder if this kind of widespread acceptance of gloom and doom is indicative of a bottom, whether or not it's a temporary one.

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