Alan Newman -- one of the few forecasters that has outperformed your turnips during this bear -- is looking for another 5-10% down followed by a decent bear market rally. But he expects the rally to fade by year-end with another hard drop in January.
Newman argues that even a cyclical bull market is very unlikely until the still overwhelming LONG TERM optimism on Wall Street and Main Street goes the way of the dodo.
“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” Mahatma Gandhi