Financial Regulation
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Is the Retirement Crisis Really a Crisis?
PBS Frontline recently presented a documentary called “The Retirement Gamble” which examines the role...
- Posted April 25, 2013
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JP Morgan: How Do You Lose $2 Billion?
Jamie Dimon, banking’s boy genius, who appeared to navigate the financial devastation of 2008...
- Posted May 11, 2012
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PBS Frontline Exposes Ugly Truths About Wall Street
In the first part of a four-part investigation, PBS Frontline focuses on the business...
- Posted April 27, 2012
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Michael Lewis Focuses on the Sovereign Debt Issue
Michael Lewis has been making the interview circuit promoting his new book. Lewis is...
- Posted October 7, 2011
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Financial Wisemen Endorse Increased Regulation
Several elderly thinkers in financial world including John Bogle, Paul Volcker, George Soros and...
- Posted February 18, 2010
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The Warning
PBS’s Frontline presented “The Warning” last week with a very controversial look at Alan...
- Posted October 30, 2009
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The Sordid Affair of Banker "Talent" and Compensation
Abnormal Returns has linked to a couple of interesting articles speculating as to whether...
- Posted October 24, 2009
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Latest News
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Katja Taipalus: Detecting Asset Bubbles 12 Months Before the Burst
Katja Taipalus, Bank of Finland's Head of Macroprudential Analysis, discusses...
- September 23, 2013
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Stonewalling of Banking Regulations Spurs Satire
The Daily Show has produced a brilliant bit comparing the...
- July 1, 2013
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David Stockman: Massive Panic Selling When Fed Loses Control of Bubble
Former Reagan White House budget director and author of The...
- June 15, 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
- 12
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JP Morgan: How Do You Lose $2 Billion?
Jamie Dimon, banking’s boy genius, who appeared to navigate the...
- May 11, 2012
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Indexes, Currencies, Commodities & Rates
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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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Molson Coors Added
Investors continue to pile into high-flying technology shares and...
- October 1, 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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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% |