Funny two threads for the same subject are issued by the same person. Are you replacing stock trader? Yes, CSCO could survive in good and in bad time for a long time to come.
My partner has made his living trading the Mini-Dow and has 4/4 winning trades today. I think if you stick with any index, stock or market long enough you can learn its ebb and flow. Remember how much people hated the russell at first? Geoff