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If This Is a Stock Market Correction, "Bring It On"

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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After last week's gyrations, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index is down 5.5% from its September highs - more than halfway to a stock market correction of about 10%.

But Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald -- a seasoned market analyst with 33 years of experience - refuses to go along with the gloom-and-doom crowd that's now predicting a stock market crash of 20% to 30%.

In fact, not even a 10% stock market correction bothers him.

To find out why Fitz-Gerald would relish a stock market correction, watch this video.

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Stock Market Crash 2014: George Soros Tips His Hand

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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Hedge fund filings for the second quarter show a spike in defensive positions, which many have interpreted as a sign that professional investors like George Soros are preparing for a stock market crash.

And yet these hedge fund managers don't seem to be bailing on stocks altogether. Some even increased their long positions.

But if you dig a little deeper it becomes clear exactly what Soros and his fellow hedge fund managers are up to - and it makes perfect sense.

Here's why you should follow their lead on this...

Stock Market Crash 2014: How a Correction Could Turn Into a Meltdown

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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Instead of getting the healthy correction that many market watchers have been expecting for months, several hard-to-see cracks in the market infrastructure could instead give us a full-blown stock market crash.

Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani is not surprised, as he has been predicting a 20% stock market correction for weeks. The reason, he said, is that the stocks have raced too far ahead of the economy.

But Gilani, a former hedge fund manager, sees several major problems with the mechanics of the markets themselves.

Any one of these could turn a correction into a painful stock market crash...

Black Monday Stock Market Crash Returns to Haunt 2014

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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Chart watchers have noticed an eerie pattern - the bull market of 1982, which ended in the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987, looks way too much like the current bull market.

And while no one can predict the markets for certain, the chart lines for the two bull markets have given many market analysts pause, including Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald.

Even if we don't get a full-blown crash, a correction is long overdue.

Here's what investors need to do now.

Stock Market 2014: "We've Got a Lot Higher to Go"

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

Speculators can't make heads or tails of the stock market in 2014. Some say this bull has grown long in the tooth.

We disagree.

"We've got a lot higher to go," Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani said yesterday (Tuesday) on FOX Business' "Varney & Co."

First, let's take a look at the signs that have naysayers predicting this bull will run amok...

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How to Protect from a Stock Market Crash in 2014

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

When the markets are down like they have been in 2014, it's smart to know how to protect your money from a stock market crash.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dipped 2.8% in 2014 and the S&P 500 is down 0.7%. Some experts see the current market sell-off continuing through the month of February.

While other investors worry about the markets tumbling further, you can start protecting yourself from a potential stock market crash.

Here are three strategies to prepare today.

Stock Market Crash History: The Dow's 10 Biggest One-Day Plunges

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 326 points (2.1%) on Feb. 3, triggering a flood of stock market crash talk. 

January wasn't any better - the Dow suffered its worst January since 2009 and its worst month since May 2012, deflating 5.3%. (The S&P 500 slid 3.6%, also its worst monthly performance since May 2012, and the Nasdaq dropped 1.7%, its worst since October 2012.)

Three factors are making market-watchers fearful of a full-blown stock market crash:

  1. The Dow climbed 27.36% in 2013.
  2. An official market correction - defined as a decline of 10% or more - hasn't happened since 2011.
  3. The VIX, Wall Street's volatility measure and "fear gauge," climbed almost 9% on Feb. 3, its highest level since October 2013.

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