Leader of the Bands: An Interview With John Bollinger

On Sept. 25, I had the opportunity to chat with John Bollinger, president of Bollinger Capital Management and the author of a new book, Bollinger on Bollinger Bands. We discussed his take on the current conditions in the market, and where he thinks we're headed in the future.

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Have you ever seen anything like this market before? It seems as if we're moving into a period where meaningful market moves will be few and far between.

Bollinger: Well, we've seen similar situations before. For example, from 1966 to 1982, the market went sideways for 16 years, and there were no more investors left by that stage of the game. They all eventually became frustrated, left the business and went on to seek other investments. Real assets became very popular -- real estate, gold, precious metals, oil drilling. ...