We believe this should not lead to the start of a bear market or be considered as the bursting of the bubble.

With the Internet, the information divide between professional traders and individual investors has become very small.

THE HARD WAY. Individual investors bear a lot of the blame for the selling.

This is something that had been expected to come at some point. The outlook change will do little for stocks.

The market has already factored in a certain degree of optimism about economic improvement and was getting top-heavy above 18,000.