1.   At a market bottom, the reverse would be true.

2.   A related concern among market strategists is investors might give in to fear and sell their stocks at a market bottom.

3.   But compared with important market bottoms in the past, it is.

4.   Hard to anticipate, market bottoms are clear only in retrospect.

5.   He said he expected Goldman might do likewise after the utility market hits bottom.

6.   In the end, however, stock averages are suffering some of their biggest losses in the recent past as investors continue to look for a credible market bottom.

7.   It is a rookie mistake to think you can pick a market top and sell, then later pick a market bottom and buy back in.

8.   Market bottoms historically occur on intense trading.

9.   Nevertheless, there is little evidence of the thorough pessimism and despair that would persuade contrarians that a bear market bottom was at hand.

10.   Roth said he thinks a market bottom is not likely to come until there is bearishness shown in both put-call ratios.