We will continue to see greater volatility in the stock market.  I think it’s a combination of the hedge funds shaking things up and trying to grab some profit from each drop and each rise in price.  It gets out the individual investors and puts the peoples’ money into the hands of the hedge funds.

I do think that we have seen the worse of the bottoming of the market.  There is money on the streets and by third quarter of this year, the market should continue to increase in price.  Anything resource related – metals, oil, wood will continue to rise as inflation increases.

For the upcoming week, look for metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium to rise in price.  These metals have been down for quite a bit and inflationary pressures will get them moving up.  They are also priced quite low, and with any cyclical stock, they are now bound to start moving up.