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Ken Heebner Downfall Supports Efficient Market Theory
Charles Stein at Businessweek highlights the dangers of investing with the hot hand. In the tradition of Bill Miller, Ken Heebner failed to deliver when it mattered most; when his assets under management exploded. Ken Heebner started...
- Posted June 28, 2010
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Seth Klarman: Stocks will probably provide poor returns for the next 10 years
Charles Stein, writing for Bloomberg, has authored an article on hedge fund manager Seth Klarman. Unlike John Paulson, who made $15 billion by betting against home mortgages, Klarman didn’t see one big trade that would profit as...
- Posted June 14, 2010
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AT&T and BT Group Added to the SMA Portfolio
Weakness in the telecom sector, along with rising interest rates,...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Mary Ann Bartels Explains The Thesis of the Secular Bull
Mary Ann Bartels, CIO at Bank of America - Merrill...
- Posted January 7, 2018
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Jeff Saut Bullish on Prospects for Stocks in 2018
Jeff Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, was on...
- Posted December 30, 2017
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Jeffrey Gundlach: Commodities Are Cheap
Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital LP CEO & co-founder, told CNBC’s...
- Posted December 14, 2017
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Prospect Capital Removed From the SMA Portfolio
I decided to sell Prospect Capital (PSEC) since it has...
- Posted November 17, 2017
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Global X MLP ETF Allocation Increased in the SMA Portfolio
Due to price weakness and improved valuation, allocation to the...
- Posted November 14, 2017
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Imperial Brands Added to the SMA Portfolio
Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) was added to the SMA Portfolio...
- Posted October 13, 2017
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AT&T and BT Group Added to the SMA Portfolio
Weakness in the telecom sector, along with rising interest...
- May 18, 2018
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Mary Ann Bartels Explains The Thesis of the Secular Bull
Mary Ann Bartels, CIO at Bank of America -...
- January 7, 2018
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Jeff Saut Bullish on Prospects for Stocks in 2018
Jeff Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, was...
- December 30, 2017
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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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Based on a scale of 1 (major complacency) to 10 (extreme fear): Current and Selected Past Readings:

Date	Index	SMA Comment
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 starting to be pricked