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"But as Paul Hickey, cofounder of the money-management firm Bespoke Investment Group, points out, only 36 percent of individual stocks reached new lows-a sharp contrast to last October, when 80 percent of stocks had that ugly distinction. The March figure was a sign that, instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, sellers were making reasonable decisions, company by company, says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab. And that suggests an absence of panic and a healthier climate for stocks."

RE? Oh BALONEY! IMO? I think March's CRASH was brought on by Short Traders and Manipulators and the crash has No Technical Reason to happen..

And How Come Oct/Nov Bonds Crashed? Then How come they Spiked Back up thereafter?

It's Manipulation by the Powers-At-B.. and you can thank the : Pc/Internet/Leveraging/Unlimited Lines of Credit to Leverage by Traders.. Even CRAMER himself Admitted to doing this Yrs ago..

"And Institutions ...(Read more of this comment)have taken over another major part of the Markets.. 80% of Investors are Inst. vs only 20% Private vs 20 yrs ago it was the reverse..and Poor Regulation over them"

"It's Not a Fair Playing Field anymore and hasn't been for 10 yrs.. " Jack Boggle..Forbes Interview.
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Housing> Bottoming? OK, I'll go along with that.. Butt, it may just STAY their for another Year..till Next Spring

And if we have to pay another 5% in Taxes? On the Ave. of $60k yr incomes?
= $3,000/yr..

Builders and communities better have alot more of Middle to Lower Price Housing and Not Those $500k+ Places..
They're going to Sit..Empty..

If some 10% of Earners are in the Upper Income? Then why did they build over 25% of new Housing for that market?

Me Thinks one reason? it was Greed by the Towns City Councils, that saw a way to Get Higher RE Taxes by requiring The Larger Homes and Not allowing The Smaller One's to be built in their Communities.