The recent strength in health care, however, could bode ill for the bull market, says veteran technical analyst John Murphy, who is chief technical analyst at Stockcharts.com.

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Taking on a wounded bull was the last thing John Thain needed.

FORBES: No Thain, No Gain

It depicts Liberal statesman David Lloyd George trying to defraud John Bull with a Socialist horse, painted to look like a Liberal budget, with the caption 'The fraud exposed!'

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