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The Baltic Dry Index is Hitting Multi-Year Lows
Recently, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which measures changes in the cost to transport raw materials such as metals, grains and fossil fuels by sea, has fallen to its lowest level since 1986 indicating anemic worldwide economic...
- Posted February 5, 2015
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Jeff Gundlach: “The Situation has Changed”
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of Doubleline Capital, told Reuters...
- Posted October 5, 2018
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Preferred Stock ETF Allocation Increased
The allocation to iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF) was...
- Posted October 2, 2018
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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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Jeff Gundlach: “The Situation has Changed”
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of Doubleline Capital, told...
- October 5, 2018
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Preferred Stock ETF Allocation Increased
The allocation to iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)...
- October 2, 2018
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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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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