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Interview With Ben Inker, Asset Allocator at GMO
Weathtrack’s Consuelo Mack began her introduction of Ben Inker by commenting that no one...
- Posted April 22, 2013
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Three Top Stock Picks (November 2012 Edition)
Here comes the end of the month and the regular feature of three top...
- Posted November 30, 2012
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Jack Ablin: Preferreds Could Get Boost From Shift out of Common Stock
The Nightly Business Report’s Tom Hudson interviewed “Market Monitor” Jack Ablin, chief investment officer...
- Posted November 17, 2012
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Tobias Levkovich: Intra-stock Correlation Shows Low Investor Anxiety
Chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup Tobias Levkovich was on CNBC this morning providing...
- Posted November 14, 2012
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Randall Eley Suggests Four Attractive Stocks
As the Nightly Business Report’s guest market monitor, Randall Eley, President of the Edgar...
- Posted September 19, 2012
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Gary Shilling on the Three Reasons Corporate Profits are Vulnerable
Hopes for a poor economy so the Fed will ease further are not the...
- Posted September 10, 2012
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Jim O’Shaughnessy on Picking Stocks for a Rising Income Stream
Investors can assemble a portfolio of dividend stocks providing nicely rising income according to...
- Posted August 21, 2012
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Global X MLP ETF Allocation Increased in the SMA Portfolio
Due to price weakness and improved valuation, allocation to the...
- November 14, 2017
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SUBCY and PGN to be Added to the SMA Portfolio
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been monitoring the...
- September 11, 2014
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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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Interview With Ben Inker, Asset Allocator at GMO
Weathtrack’s Consuelo Mack began her introduction of Ben Inker by...
- April 22, 2013
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Three Top Stock Picks (November 2012 Edition)
Here comes the end of the month and the regular...
- November 30, 2012
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of...
- January 20, 2021
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
With interest rates creeping up and the US Dollar...
- January 12, 2021
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iShares Silver Miners ETF Added
The iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF (SLVP) was...
- 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
Bill Ackman made a speech at the Active/Passive Investor...
- March 4, 2010
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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
1/20/2021	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