How to buy stocks on the brink of a bear market
It seemed like everyone was in a buying mood on Friday, except Elon Musk. The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke a six-day losing streak, the Nasdaq Composite turned in its second positive session in a row, and the S&P 500 was up over 2%, a small step back from the brink of a bear market, ending the week 16.50% off its 52-week high. But any single-day stock gains in this market are tenuous. The Dow was down for its seventh-consecutive week for the first time since 2001. "We saw the exact same thing in 2000 and 2001,"…