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[A1.] Stocks Sag on Bleak Forecasts Stocks slumped as investors faced bleak earnings forecasts.

Not since 1945 had a 15-year period been so bleak for the stock market.

Ghodsi: I am not a bank analyst, and these numbers look bleak, but the stock market moves for different reasons.

Yet against this bleak backdrop, United States stocks have returned 15 percent, on average, this year, while those in Europe have gained 18 percent and Asian stocks are up more than 12 percent.

As 2009 began, there was a firm consensus that it would be a bleak year for stocks, and it wasn't.

Auto executives and analysts said shoppers had not been dissuaded by a declining stock market, bleak consumer confidence surveys, a sluggish housing market or high unemployment.

At Tuesday's low point -- around 1 15 p.m. -- the outlook for stocks was bleak.

In the bleak 1973-74 bear market, stocks lost a cumulative 43%.

Until recently, the stocks reflected that bleak reality.

But it is impossible to disguise what was a dismal second quarter, with stocks pummeled by bleak earnings prospects, fears of terrorism and a series of revelations about improper accounting.

Asian markets showed some resilience Tuesday morning after a bleak Monday in which U.S. stocks dropped by the biggest percentage in over a month.