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Meredith Whitney Hasn’t Been as Bearish in a Year
CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo interviewed Meredith Whitney on Monday in which she made some bearish observations. She said there has never been this level of consumer credit contraction ever; including the Great Depression. She added that $1.5 trillion...
- Posted November 19, 2009
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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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TEVA Pharmaceutical Added to the SMA Portfolio
The recent collapse in TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA) appears...
- Posted August 5, 2017
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SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (XES) Added
The energy sector has suffered a melt-down over the past...
- Posted June 21, 2017
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Bear Market Not Seen Under Current Liquidity: Bernstein
Today on CNBC, Richard Bernstein, CEO of Richard Bernstein Advisors,...
- Posted May 16, 2017
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Marc Faber: Selling Avalanche Ahead, Buy Resource Stocks and Emerging Markets
Marc Faber, the editor of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom...
- Posted February 27, 2017
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Stovall, Lee and Belski Share Current Market Views
On CNBC this week, Sam Stovall, Brian Belski and Tom...
- Posted January 11, 2017
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Jeremy Siegel: Tax Cuts to Boost Earnings
Commenting on the current state of the markets, Jeremy Siegel...
- Posted December 5, 2016
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Imperial Brands Added to the SMA Portfolio
Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) was added to the SMA...
- October 13, 2017
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TEVA Pharmaceutical Added to the SMA Portfolio
The recent collapse in TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)...
- August 5, 2017
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SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (XES) Added
The energy sector has suffered a melt-down over the...
- June 21, 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
2/14/2017	2.2	Breakout to new highs has bears in retreat
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