Of course, not every market strategist agrees with that opinion.

Drastic changes can be far worse than no change at all, some market strategists say.

But some market strategists fear that investors are going overboard.

Other market strategists suggested that some investors had been forced to sell to pay off loans.

In the view of some market strategists, the industry's problems have left the shares underpriced.

And some market strategists say that the credit agencies are overreacting.

Some market strategists expect the figure to show weakness in the economy, a feeling they said might have limited the size of yesterday's advances.

But that doesn't stop market strategists from trying to rake in competitive returns with low risk.

Various market strategists have, in the last few years, adopted cautious positions only to shrink away from them months later.

For investors, this range of forecasts by market strategists may not be all that comforting.