Earnings Estimates
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Analyst Will Power Does an About Face on Apple
Wall Street analysts are typically not an investor’s best friend. They usually place favorable...
- Posted January 31, 2013
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Josh Brown: One Thing Will Drive the Market Higher in 2013
Blogger (The Reformed Broker), author and CNBC commentator Joshua Brown was speculating on the...
- Posted January 9, 2013
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Tobias Levkovich Sees a Roadmap for S&P 500 to 1,615
Chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup Tobias Levkovich provided a bullish outlook for the...
- Posted September 13, 2012
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Jonathan Golub: Without Financials Corporate Earnings Have Gone Negative
The chief U.S. market strategist at UBS Securities LLC, Jonathan Golub, was interviewed on...
- Posted August 8, 2012
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John Bogle Comments on the Knight Debacle and Future Stock Returns
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- Posted August 6, 2012
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Gary Shilling: S&P 500 Operating Earnings Could Plunge 20%
Bloomberg interviewed Gary Shilling this week who continues to forecast a fairly dire economic...
- Posted April 12, 2012
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David Rosenberg Hasn’t Changed His Bearish Tune
On CNBC yesterday David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, and Thomas...
- Posted November 25, 2009
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Tom Lee’s Long-Term Bullish Scenario for the Stock Market
Thomas Lee, JPMorgan’s chief equity strategist, laid out his firm’s...
- February 4, 2013
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Byron Wien is Looking for a Substantial Stock Market Correction
Speaking to CNBC’s Jackie DeAngelis, Byron Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone...
- February 2, 2013
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Jeremy Siegel on What Will Send the Dow Above 15,000
CNBC’s Becky Quick interviewed Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel this week...
- February 1, 2013
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Analyst Will Power Does an About Face on Apple
Wall Street analysts are typically not an investor’s best friend....
- January 31, 2013
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Josh Brown: One Thing Will Drive the Market Higher in 2013
Blogger (The Reformed Broker), author and CNBC commentator Joshua Brown...
- January 9, 2013
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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% |