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Kyle Cooper Sees Energy Consolidation Ahead
During an interview on CNBC, Kyle Cooper of IAF Advisors & Criterion Research, speculated...
- Posted August 20, 2015
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Adam Parker Makes Case For Owning Energy
On Bloomberg's Surveillance program, Morgan Stanley chief equity strategist Adam Parker laid out the...
- Posted August 19, 2015
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Closed-end Fund Adams Natural Resources to be Added to the SMA Portfolio
There are occasions when a Closed-End Fund (CEF) is preferable to holding a comparable...
- Posted July 1, 2015
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Jeffrey Saut Says Oil May Have Bottomed
Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist of Raymond James Financial, was interviewed on CNBC yesterday....
- Posted February 3, 2015
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Dennis Gartman Claims the Era of Oil is Over
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- Posted October 28, 2014
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SUBCY and PGN to be Added to the SMA Portfolio
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- Posted September 11, 2014
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Steve Leuthold and Darius Dale: Profiting from Inflation
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- Posted June 21, 2014
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Marc Faber Says There is a Gigantic Worldwide Asset Bubble
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- Posted October 22, 2013
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James Grant Says Russian Oil Stocks Provide a Margin of Safety
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- Posted September 14, 2013
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Jeremy Grantham Interview with Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose interviewed GMO’s Jeremy Grantham at length recently. It is a fascinating conversation...
- Posted May 9, 2013
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Marathon Oil Increased
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- March 6, 2020
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BlackRock Resources & Commodities Fund Increased
Yesterday the remaining cash in the SMA Portfolio was used...
- February 27, 2020
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Resource Equities Allocations Increased in the SMA Portfolio
The broad sell-off today in worldwide equity markets due to...
- February 25, 2020
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Vanguard Energy ETF Added to the SMA Portfolio
Fear and volatility were high today with renewed Coronavirus concerns...
- February 24, 2020
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BP PLC Added to the SMA Portfolio
BP PLC (BP) was added to the SMA Portfolio today...
- February 20, 2020
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
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- January 12, 2021
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- December 21, 2020
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- April 25, 2013
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Alarming Chart of the Stock Markets of 1987 and 2012-2013
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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% |