Santoli: Stocks return to their winning ways. But was July's brief pain enough to satisfy the market gods?
· cnbc.com
The stock market's winning history – a hit rate of 100% over any past 20-year span - is well understood. But investors recognize – or need to – the genuine hazard in equities.
The predominant condition of the stock market across all relevant time periods is "up."
The S&P 500 index has posted a positive return in more than 70% of al...