First the good news: The S&P 500 should climb by about 19 percent or so from yesterday’s close, says mutual fund manager Steve Leuthold in his firm’s “Green Book” monthly research report, released this morning. Now the bad news: “Then [it] will give up those gains in the second half of the year.” In short, the bull is getting old. VonAldo.com, the blog of Registered Rep. Editor-in-Chief David A. Geracioti...
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