Six in a row

It's clear that the "crisis of confidence" in Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) was a prime factor in driving the stock market down this week to its sixth weekly loss in a row (Standard & Poor's 500 index).

Losing streaks of this length are rare. In fact, the last run of six down weeks ended at the major market bottom in October 2002. However, I still firmly believe that we're due for a bounce any day now, although the market will probably come back and "test" today's lows later in the summer.

-- Richard Band