{"product_id":"stcov279atcl2","title":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities V. 27:8 (98): At The Close by Thomas Bulkowski","description":"At The Close by Thomas Bulkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeres a handy set of tips on what to look for in a stock\nto add to your portfolio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraders and investors are always shopping for bargain stocks. When you log onto your favorite website and see that the price of a stock has dropped 50%, does the half-off sale mean you should buy? Perhaps. This article reviews shopping tips to help improve your chance of picking a winning stock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTIP #1: BUY IN A BEAR MARKET AND HOLD IN A BULL MARKET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI computed the year-to-year price change of 565 stocks from 2000 to 2009. The table in Figure 1 shows the results. For example, the change in price from January 3, 2000, to January 2, 2001, was a drop of 1%. The bear market began in March 2000 and ended in October 2002. Look at the recovery in 2004, a year after the bear market ended. Prices climbed by 23%.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know from research into dead-cat bounces (a chart pattern) that the larger the drop, the greater the bounce. Since the average price of the stocks I follow dropped 62% from 2008 to 2009, I expect a large bounce after the bear market ends. The table suggests that holding a stock at least a year into a bull market following a bear market will lead to tasty gains.","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52134131925361,"sku":"\\V27\\C08\\162CLOS.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_e4a14380-89c7-4039-b278-377448ff1ddc.jpg?v=1739668049","url":"https:\/\/shop.traders.com\/products\/stcov279atcl2","provider":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}