June 16, 2012 | Stock Market Advantage

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Marc Faber Expects Favorable Outcome From Greek Election; German Exit
Asked for his positioning ahead of the Greek elections by CNBC’s Melissa Lee, Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, said recent strength in the dollar caused the euro to be oversold. Faber also...
- Posted June 16, 2012
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Mary Ann Bartels Explains The Thesis of the Secular Bull
Mary Ann Bartels, CIO at Bank of America - Merrill...
- Posted January 7, 2018
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Jeff Saut Bullish on Prospects for Stocks in 2018
Jeff Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, was on...
- Posted December 30, 2017
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Jeffrey Gundlach: Commodities Are Cheap
Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital LP CEO & co-founder, told CNBC’s...
- Posted December 14, 2017
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Prospect Capital Removed From the SMA Portfolio
I decided to sell Prospect Capital (PSEC) since it has...
- Posted November 17, 2017
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Global X MLP ETF Allocation Increased in the SMA Portfolio
Due to price weakness and improved valuation, allocation to the...
- Posted November 14, 2017
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Imperial Brands Added to the SMA Portfolio
Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) was added to the SMA Portfolio...
- Posted October 13, 2017
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TEVA Pharmaceutical Added to the SMA Portfolio
The recent collapse in TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA) appears...
- Posted August 5, 2017
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Mary Ann Bartels Explains The Thesis of the Secular Bull
Mary Ann Bartels, CIO at Bank of America -...
- January 7, 2018
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Jeff Saut Bullish on Prospects for Stocks in 2018
Jeff Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, was...
- December 30, 2017
- 0
Jeffrey Gundlach: Commodities Are Cheap
Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital LP CEO & co-founder, told...
- December 14, 2017
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Is the Retirement Crisis Really a Crisis?
PBS Frontline recently presented a documentary called “The Retirement...
- April 25, 2013
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Alarming Chart of the Stock Markets of 1987 and 2012-2013
Several days ago I posted a chart showing the...
- May 22, 2013
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Gary Shilling’s Favorite Investment: 30 Year Treasuries
Larry Kudlow interviewed Gary Shilling last week. Shilling continues...
- June 23, 2011
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Based on a scale of 1 (major complacency) to 10 (extreme fear): Current and Selected Past Readings:

Date	Index	SMA Comment
1/11/2018	1.8	Unusually low fear could mean we're near the top in valuations
1/13/16	6.3	Terrible start to 2016 raised fears
10/3/11	8.5	A good tradable bottom (S&P 500 @ 1,085) based on lots of nonsense
3/9/09	7.0	Market bottom (S&P 500 @ 666); end of the world was nigh
10/27/08	8.8	Market had dropped 28% in 5 weeks, Paulson pulled out all stops to save Wall Street bankers
10/12/07	3.2	Market top (S&P 500 @ 1,562); worldwide housing bubble starting to be pricked