Stock Markets Exposed

Has the US Stock Market already hit bottom?

If you look at the major indexes (DJIA, NASDAQ, S&P500) that day seems to have been March 9, 2009 for all three. Surely we can do better than that! A famous investor once said: "There really is only one way to spot a market bottom...and that's looking back at it". Is that what we have here? I've got cash in hand and ready to jump in head first. What does it look like when we are at the bottom anyway?

Public Comments

1. no the bottom would be 0 total collapse
2. No.. The bottom would be a Great Depression.
3. Probably not the bottom yet. However if you're young and patient, and will not need your money anytime soon, now may be a great time to start investing for the long term.......
4. I doubt that we have hit bottom yet. we have may problems that are going to cause much distress in this country and the world not the least of which is the coming energy crisis. that said there are still investments out there that have great fundementals and great upside. precious metals have done very well and still solid footing. a dividend strategy such and the one put forth in "america's finest companies" might be the ticket. google it.
5. I think bullish sentiment is increasing,but slowly. If the banks have good first quarter #'s that might start confirming it. But we could always get another shock to the system... imagine another terrorist attack or an even bigger Bernie Madoff, and what that might do to the markets. Personally I was turning bullish when I saw all the goodwill write-downs the banks took in the 4th quarter. Had a very "Big Bath" feel to it... just my two cents.
6. I don't beleive we are coming back up off bottom yet. I think that we are still at bottom and will remain here for at least the rest of the year bouncing around up and down until everything shakes out. Even when it rebounds it will be years perhaps even a decade before it gets back up to previous highs. If you are investing long term (retirement) would be good to get in. If your timeline is short consider options that would provide good stable return in a volatile market (unless you are a gambling type).
7. "There really is only one way to spot a market bottom...and that's looking back at it". I think that really answers your Q. Looking back from my experience I always felt that it will fall down more and would put in more money as it falls down but it never happened and it started going north. So only way to find out if it's bottom or not is follow ur gut feeling, and start investing. We are already in the recession for the past 12-15 months. It's more than any of the other recessions except the Great Depression. I don't think it's gonna get that bad, but I am no "Analyst". I am an investor like you. What I am doing I am keeping lot's of cash and started putting in about 10-15% of money. If it falls down further it's good!! But if does not, atleast I have 15% at the lowest price. Bottom line. Enter the market and start buying (in small chunks) as well as selling when you meet ur targets!!
8. This is not the bottom, bottoms occur when companies can making profits again. Bottoms happen at the worst time, not when people are picking up bargains like they are now.
9. if you want cheap and safe stock and invest on long term i suggest you should buy C, and BAC because government will never let these big bank fail and eventually it will double or trip your money