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title: "So Long 2012"
url: https://independentstockanalysis.com/so-long-2012/
description: "ISA operates under the theory the stock market continues in a secular bear market which began in 2000. Strangely, the Dow has only had one negative year…"
published: 2012-12-31
updated: 2012-12-31
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# So Long 2012

Published 2012-12-31

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J.J. Butler

*ISA* operates under the theory the stock market continues in a secular bear market which began in 2000. Strangely, the Dow has only had one negative year (’08 down 35%) the past 10 years. The Dow was down a rare three years in a row from 2000-02. At some point we expect a third and final downdraft, perhaps just not yet.

Rail Traffic Won’t Fall at [Value Plays](http://www.valueplays.net/2012/12/27/rail-traffic-wont-fall/).

A Surprisingly Positive Final 2012 Update On Jobless Claims from [Capital Speculator](http://www.capitalspectator.com/archives/2012/12/a_surprisingly_1.html).

A pathetic list: The 5 Best Commodities of 2012 at [Minyanville](http://www.minyanville.com/trading-and-investing/commodities/articles/The-5-Best-Commodities-of-2012/12/28/2012/id/47007).

Sorry, Folks, We Don’t Just Have ‘A Spending Problem’ at [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/government-spending-and-taxes-2012-12?op=1).

2012: The Year in Graphs: [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/27/2012-the-year-in-graphs/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein).

Random charts tell interesting stories by [Scott Grannis](http://scottgrannis.blogspot.com/2012/12/random-charts-tell-interesting-stories.html).

The Six Biggest Investing Lessons of 2012 by [Josh Brown](http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/28/the-six-biggest-investing-lessons-of-2012/).

Brent Oil’s Third Year Over $100 Looms on Supply Risk ([Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-26/brent-oil-s-third-year-over-100-looms-on-supply-risk.html)). Yet Cushing stocks are at an all-time high ([Platts](http://www.platts.com/PressReleases/2012/122812)). I don’t agree with Bakken oil boom in question ([Mining](http://www.mining.com/web/bakken-oil-boom-in-question/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-121228&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest)). Bill O’Reilly is Misinforming Americans About Oil Supplies ([Oil Drum](http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9741?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theoildrum+%28The+Oil+Drum%29)).

Uranium: “The new government in Japan has announced it will review the planned nuclear power phase-out proposed by the previous administration.” [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20850416#TWEET478320) Blowing Up: The Transfer Of French Nuclear Technology To China at [Testosterone Pit](http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2012/12/28/blowing-up-the-transfer-of-french-nuclear-technology-to-chin.html).

Off topic on raising children: A Nation of Wimps ([Psychology Today](http://www.psychologytoday.com/print/21819)).

Coming Wednesday: “Hello 2013”.