The Dow had broken 17,000, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had touched a record high and was spitting distance from crossing 2,000. Even the small-cap indexes such as the Russell 2000 and the S&P 600 have notched new highs. And the Nasdaq, up 255 percent since the March 2009 low, is less than 15 percent away from the record set in the dot-com-era market of 2000.
Despite evidence that new highs are bullish — we don’t get them during bear markets — the commentariat and much of the news media sees this as a matter of great concern. Consider a perusal of this morning headlines:
• “Why the 17,000 Dow is bound to crash”
• “With Stocks So High, Should Investors Move to Cash?”
• “5 reasons not to watch for a stock market correction ”
• “What Investors Are Worried About Today ”
Some of these articles make for interesting reading, but they don’t make for especially good investing advice. Why? I can think of three reasons:
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