Behavioral Finance
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Investing Links of Interest – April 1, 2013
USA Today’s Mike Krantz reports the stock market is shrinking as firms are delisted,...
- Posted April 1, 2013
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Michael Mauboussin on the Role of Luck and Skill in Investing
Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, and former chief investment strategist at Legg...
- Posted March 10, 2013
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Larry Swedroe Pities the Poor Souls Who Invest in Hedge Funds
Larry Swedroe, financial author and and director of research for the BAM Alliance, has...
- Posted January 19, 2013
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Study Lambasts Professional Investment Advice
A study of investor results conducted by John Chalmers from the University of Oregon...
- Posted September 18, 2012
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Robert Shiller Comments on the Spanish Housing Market
Robert Shiller, Yale University professor of economics and co-founder of the Case-Shiller index, was on...
- Posted April 30, 2012
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DALBAR Study Reveals Mutual Fund Investors Lost in 2011
Mutual fund investors suffered losses last year according to the annual Quantitative Analysis of...
- Posted March 26, 2012
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Larry Swedroe Bemoans Investor’s “Magical Thinking”
Larry Swedroe, author of Investment Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make and How to Avoid...
- Posted March 1, 2012
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Jonathan Clements and Jason Zweig Discuss Investor’s Challenges
Consuelo Mack interviewed financial journalists Jonathan Clements and Jason Zweig...
- April 13, 2014
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Brett Arends: How Investors Lose 2/3rds of Their Profits
In a recent article at MarketWatch, financial writer Brett Arends...
- August 14, 2013
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Is the Retirement Crisis Really a Crisis?
PBS Frontline recently presented a documentary called “The Retirement Gamble”...
- April 25, 2013
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Investing Links of Interest – April 1, 2013
USA Today’s Mike Krantz reports the stock market is shrinking...
- April 1, 2013
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Michael Mauboussin on the Role of Luck and Skill in Investing
Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, and former chief...
- March 10, 2013
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
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- January 20, 2021
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
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- January 12, 2021
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iShares Silver Miners ETF Added
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- December 21, 2020
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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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Bill Ackman Thinks Diversification is for the Lazy
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T.T.S. Fear Index
Date | Index | SMA Comment |
1/20/2021 | 2.3 | Massive stimulus and Fed support have nearly eliminated fear |
3/23/2020 | 7.0 | Coronavirus and oil price war panic investors to the highest level of fear since October 2011 |
12/26/2019 | 2.3 | Lowest level of fear in nearly two years (January 2018) |
12/21/2018 | 6.7 | Raised fears likely setting up a buying opportunity |
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 pricked |
Year-to-Date Performance as of January 15, 2021
Index/Portfolio | YTD % |
SMA Portfolio | 8.5% |
S&P 500 | 1.1% |
U. S. Small Caps | 6.9% |
Total U. S. Stock Market | 2.1% |
Total Int'l Stock Market | 4.4% |
Total U. S. Bond Market | -1.1% |