Got $300? 4 Sensational Stocks That Make for Rock-Solid End-of-Year Buys

The bond market has trudged through its worst year ever while the broad-based S&P 500, which is typically viewed as an all-encompassing barometer of stock market health, produced its worst first-half return since 1970. Despite the S&P 500 enduring 39 double-digit percentage declines since the beginning of 1950, every single one, save for the current bear market, was eventually cleared away by a bull market rally. Perhaps the best thing about today's stock market is that it's freer and fairer than at any point in history.