The market has done a good job of ignoring signs we have bottomed. That's more a ghost of the bear market than any disbelief in the numbers. A dog that's mistreated doesn't trust a hand extended in kindness. This will change.

The market has done a good job of ignoring signs we have bottomed, ... That's more a ghost of the bear market than any disbelief in the numbers. A dog that's mistreated doesn't trust a hand extended in kindness. This will change.

People are beginning to feel like the boat is leaving the dock -- there is a lot of money on the sidelines. The bottom line is we are transitioning from a bear mood to a bull mood, but it doesn't go straight up. Bear markets stink, but it creates very good opportunities for intermediate to long-term investors.

We're already in a bear market for small- and mid-cap stocks. Big caps have been in a Super Bowl market and we are correcting that.

It's not going to be a one-way trip. But the bear is dead and we're transitioning from a bear mood to a bull mood.