What not to buy in a bear market

Courtesy CNN Money  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 4:47am

"Look at how well these investments performed during the 2000-02 bear market!" This is the line I've been hearing from mutual fund companies and other investment providers trying to sell me on the superiority of their products (and get me to put clients into them).


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