Economic Forecast
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Charles Nenner: U. S. Headed for Bad Recession
Newsmax interviewed renowned technical analyst Charles Nenner, founder and president of the Charles Nenner...
- Posted August 21, 2013
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Lakshman Achuthan Not Giving Up the Ghost on Recession Call
Lakshman Achuthan, renowned contrarian economist and head of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI),...
- Posted July 31, 2013
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Bulls Jim Paulsen and Tobias Levkovich Weigh on Recent Stock Weakness
After higher bond yields, a big equity drop on Friday and a lower than...
- Posted June 3, 2013
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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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Investing Links of Interest – April 9, 2013
Bill Hardison at dshort.com recently presented the nominal level of margin debt compared to...
- Posted April 9, 2013
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Thomas Lee on How Much Longer the Bull Market Continues
Thomas Lee, JPMorgan’s chief equity strategist, was asked by CNBC’s Melissa Lee if Cyprus...
- Posted March 28, 2013
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Notes from Jeremy Grantham’s Latest Letter
Long-time market tactician and observer Jeremy Grantham, of the money management firm Grantham Mayo...
- Posted February 15, 2013
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Latest News
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Jeff Gundlach Says No Need for Fed to Raise Rates
CNBC's David Faber spoke to Doubleline CEO/CIO and respected analyst...
- September 10, 2014
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Jim Paulsen Predicts Economic Growth Will Lead Market Higher
Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist of Wells Capital Management, presented...
- April 21, 2014
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Charles Nenner Sees Stocks Topping Out This Year
Renowned technical analyst Charles Nenner, founder and president of the...
- February 4, 2014
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Charles Nenner: U. S. Headed for Bad Recession
Newsmax interviewed renowned technical analyst Charles Nenner, founder and president...
- August 21, 2013
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Lakshman Achuthan Not Giving Up the Ghost on Recession Call
Lakshman Achuthan, renowned contrarian economist and head of the Economic...
- July 31, 2013
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- January 12, 2021
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- December 21, 2020
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- October 1, 2020
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- 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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- March 4, 2010
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T.T.S. Fear Index
Date | Index | SMA Comment |
1/8/2021 | 2.7 | 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 March 2009 |
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% |