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- Posted November 6, 2013
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Putting the Current Bull Market in Perspective
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- Posted August 12, 2013
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Study Shows Investors Make Bad Sector Bets
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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% |