Description: The U.S. stock market is wrapping up what is likely to be its worst decade ever. In nearly 200 years of recorded stock-market history, no calendar decade has seen such a dismal performance as the 2000s.

Source: WSJ.com

Date: 12/20/2009

Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704786204574607993448916718.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

Questions for discussion: 

• Summarize the highlights of the story.
• Do you think dividends will regain their earlier growth patterns? Explain your answer.
• How do you think stocks will perform over the next ten years? Explain your answer.
• Which stock sectors do you think will outperform the averages and which do you think will underperform? Explain your thinking.