11. Among them are upward pressure on wages, a ratcheting up of interest rates by the Fed and the sheer length of the bull market. 12. And bearish strategists, many of whom had long forecast an end to one of the greatest bull markets in history, were gloating. 13. Analysts are also wondering how the hordes of relatively inexperienced investors will respond if the long bull market suddenly turns down sharply. 14. Analysts are wondering where the bull market will ever pull in its horns. 15. Analysts said the price was a fair one because both companies are exchanging shares with values inflated by a six-year bull market for banks. 16. Analysts remain on watch for signs of faltering enthusiasm at mutual funds, whose billions have fed the long bull market. 17. And he thinks the roaring bull market in small caps is definitely a good-news, bad-news story. 18. An old stock market saw warns investors not to confuse brains with a bull market. 19. And despite the notes of caution, most analysts and investors are betting that the bull market will continue once first-quarter earnings have been digested. 20. And he gave Wall Street a kick in the teeth, proclaiming that the bull market of the last few years cannot last forever. |