Sentiment
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Investor Sentiment at 7 Year Low
Global stock markets have been swooning for nearly nine months. This has led...
- Posted February 15, 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 CNBC yesterday and discussed...
- Posted January 26, 2016
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Abundant Signs of a Stock Market Near its Peak
The stock market looks ripe for a fall. Lets take a look at...
- Posted June 11, 2014
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Investors Intelligence Sentiment Indicates Extreme Optimism
Charlie Bilello, Director of Research at Pension Partners, LLC, highlighted that investor sentiment as...
- Posted June 2, 2014
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Investor Sentiment is Elevated to Extreme Levels
Current readings of investor sentiment indicates we haven't seen this level of bullishness in...
- Posted December 30, 2013
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Tobias Levkovich Sees 80% Chance of Stock Market Pull-back
Chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup Tobias Levkovich was on CNBC commenting on the...
- Posted November 12, 2013
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Bond King Jeffrey Gundlach: Investors Can Get 8% Returns
On CNBC today, recently proclaimed bond king Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of Doubleline,...
- Posted August 29, 2013
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Latest News
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of the...
- January 20, 2021
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CNN Fear & Greed Index Shows Negative Sentiment
The Fed raised interest rates 1/4 point yesterday. This...
- December 20, 2018
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Bullish Jeffrey Saut Sees Stock Market Transitioning
This morning Raymond James strategist Jeffrey Saut told CNBC viewers...
- August 11, 2016
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Investor Sentiment at 7 Year Low
Global stock markets have been swooning for nearly nine months....
- February 15, 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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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of...
- January 20, 2021
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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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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
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- March 4, 2010
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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 February 24, 2021
Index/Portfolio | YTD % |
SMA Portfolio | 18.7% |
S&P 500 | 4.8% |
U. S. Small Caps | 12.2% |
Total U. S. Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total Int'l Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total U. S. Bond Market | -2.4% |