Sentiment
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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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Investing Links of Interest – June 10, 2013
Pragmatic Capitalism reports that AAII investor allocation survey indicates small investors have their allocation...
- Posted June 10, 2013
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Latest News
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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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Abundant Signs of a Stock Market Near its Peak
The stock market looks ripe for a fall. Lets...
- June 11, 2014
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Delphi Technologies Removed from the SMA Portfolio
London based auto equipment manufacturer Delphi Technologies (DLPH) was...
- December 6, 2019
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Global X MLP ETF Allocation Increased
A trade war related sell-off today created an opportunity...
- December 3, 2019
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Jeff Saut: Market Can Continue to Rise in December
Capital Wealth Planning chief investment strategist Jeff Saut was...
- December 2, 2019
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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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T.T.S. Fear Index
Date | Index | SMA Comment |
11/8/2019 | 2.7 | Lowest level of fear since February suggesting caution is warranted |
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 Sept. 30, 2019
Index/Portfolio | YTD % |
SMA Portfolio | 3.6% |
S&P 500 | 20.6% |
U. S. Small Caps | 17.8% |
Total U. S. Stock Market | 20.0% |
Total Int'l Stock Market | 11.8% |
Total U. S. Bond Market | 8.6% |