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Why Housing Won’t Come Back to Represent the Purchasing Power it had in 2006
John Carney and Charles Hugh Smith explain why housing will never come back in our lifetimes. It all comes down to fundamentals. We have experienced a 27 year cycle of declining interest rates which can’t be repeated...
- Posted April 25, 2009
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Allocation Increased
The price of silver has been declining due to rising...
- Posted March 30, 2021
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ViacomCBS Re-initiated
About five weeks ago the entire position of ViacomCBS (VIAC)...
- Posted March 26, 2021
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Rich Bernstein Negative on Tech as Rates Rise
Rich Bernstein, CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors, warned...
- Posted March 18, 2021
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Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF Allocation Reduced
The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF...
- Posted March 5, 2021
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Gold and Silver Mining ETFs Allocation Increased
Gold and silver mining stocks, along with precious metals prices,...
- Posted March 3, 2021
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ViacomCBS Sold
On February 17, 2021, the entire position of ViacomCBS (VIAC)...
- Posted February 19, 2021
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iShares Global REIT ETF Sold
Investor euphoria/greed has been elevated with the extension of the...
- Posted January 20, 2021
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Allocation Increased
The price of silver has been declining due to...
- March 30, 2021
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ViacomCBS Re-initiated
About five weeks ago the entire position of ViacomCBS...
- March 26, 2021
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Rich Bernstein Negative on Tech as Rates Rise
Rich Bernstein, CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors,...
- March 18, 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
Bill Ackman made a speech at the Active/Passive Investor...
- March 4, 2010
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Based on a scale of 1 (major complacency) to 10 (extreme fear): Current and Selected Past Readings:

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