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Originally published in March 1998: The economic growth experienced over the decade of the...
- Posted August 28, 2006
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Pessimism Breeds Investment Failure
Originally published in January 1998: 1997 has flown by. The “real world” portfolios made...
- Posted August 17, 2006
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UPS Strike Settlement, Bad Precedent…
Originally published in September 1997: The market has had a pretty big hiccup over...
- Posted August 6, 2006
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Big Stocks Still Surprise
Originally published in August 1997: Bill Clinton, as well as Alan Greenspan, are going...
- Posted August 4, 2006
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Workers of the World Unite!
Originally published in May 1997: The market is relentless in its advance, leaving all...
- Posted August 2, 2006
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Stock Picks for the "Baby Boomer Effect"
Originally published in April 1997: At last some volatility….the fuel of timing systems has...
- Posted July 27, 2006
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"Brokers" Snared
Originally published on: January 12, 1997 The market’s intra-day volatility is really picking up....
- Posted May 21, 2006
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Stock Picks for the January Effect
Originally published on: December 29, 1996 The U. S. stock market took a bath...
- Posted May 19, 2006
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Better Times Ahead
Originally published on: November 17, 1996 Wow! What a market! It just keeps moving...
- Posted May 13, 2006
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Jeremy Siegel: Tax Cuts to Boost Earnings
Commenting on the current state of the markets, Jeremy Siegel...
- December 5, 2016
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Marc Faber Sees a Good Contagion from Brexit
CNBC reports Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom &...
- June 26, 2016
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Tobias Levkovich Discusses Benefits to the Economy of the Oil Crash
Tobias Levkovich, Chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup, was on...
- January 26, 2016
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Marc Faber Expects a Bear Market to Unfold
During an interview with Fox Business News Network's Maria Bartiromo,...
- August 20, 2015
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Jim Paulsen and Jeffrey Kleintop on World Economic Bounce and Greece
Jim Paulsen, Wells Capital Management, and Jeffrey Kleintop, Charles Schwab,...
- June 15, 2015
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Jeff Gundlach: “The Situation has Changed”
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of Doubleline Capital, told...
- October 5, 2018
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Preferred Stock ETF Allocation Increased
The allocation to iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)...
- October 2, 2018
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AT&T and BT Group Added to the SMA Portfolio
Weakness in the telecom sector, along with rising interest...
- May 18, 2018
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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