Ron Griess: The S&P Index Has Been in a Secular Bear Market Since March 2000

Ryan Puplava joins Financial Sense Newshour this week and updates a very volatile week in the markets.

Ryan joined PFS Group in 1995. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance from San Diego State University. His professional designations include FINRA Series 4, Series 7, and Series 66 Uniform Combined State Law Exam. He earned the Chartered Market Technician's designation in 2007. Mr. Puplava is Senior Trading Manager and works closely with Jim Puplava on PFS Group's Growth investment objective. He also contributes a monthly Market Observation to Financial Sense and co-authors In the Know—a weekly communication for Jim Puplava's clients only—with other members of the trading staff.

Ron Griess joins Jim on Financial Sense Newshour to talk about long-term trends in the markets.

Ron, technician and founder of The Chart Store, is an investment professional with over 40 years of experience in portfolio management, investment and economic research and sales. A Nebraska native and University of Nebraska graduate, Ron began his career in 1969 and has always been fascinated with the "big picture." He has found charts to be very beneficial in the research and decision-making process. His love of collecting data and drawing charts has resulted in The Chart Store web site. The library of charts he has assembled is one of the largest to be found anywhere.