TEN TECHNICAL REASONS THE BULL MARKET ENDED IN FEBRUARY — SOURCE: 04-10-18 Lance Roberts – “Technically Speaking: 10-Reasons The Bull Market Ended In” — I highly suggest you use any substantial rally to reduce risk and re-balance portfolios accordingly. Why? Because I am going out on a limb and making a call. “I think the 9-year […]
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TD AMERITRADE: SMALL INVESTORS “RAN FOR COVER” AT THE FASTEST PACE SINCE 2010
TD AMERITRADE: SMALL INVESTORS “RAN FOR COVER” AT THE FASTEST PACE SINCE 2010 JPM wrote “the potential withdrawal of retail investors as the marginal buyer of equities could create clear downside risk for equity markets for the near term – especially after buying an unprecedented $100bn of equity ETFs in only one month during January.” Incidentally, […]
MARKET FALLS UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT ON “KEY REVERSAL” DAY
MARKET FALLS UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT ON “KEY REVERSAL” DAY The Dow opened Tuesday above 26,000 with the global stock melt-up giving signs of going parabolic after having witnessed the fastest 7 day Dow 1000 point rise in history! This following the move from 24,000 to 25,000 in the Dow in just 23 days. Then […]
GOLDMAN’S BEAR MARKET RISK INDICATOR SCREAMING “BEAR MARKET AHEAD”!
GOLDMAN’S BEAR MARKET RISK INDICATOR SCREAMING “BEAR MARKET AHEAD”! Goldman is also quick to explain that since equity bull markets do not die of old age, its own bull/bear market indicator is at levels that preceded both the dot com and the 2007 global financial crisis – should be largely ignored: Economic cycles and equity bull […]
“RISK” MAY BE LOW BUT THE “AMBIGUITY” GAUGE IS AT RECORD HIGH?
“RISK” MAY BE LOW BUT THE “AMBIGUITY” GAUGE IS AT RECORD HIGH? — SOURCE: 12-13-17 WSJ via ZH – “‘Risk’ May Be Low But Uncertainty Over “Unknown Unknowns” Just Hit Record Highs” — While the fear-tracking VIX has been languishing near record lows this year, a gauge of so-called ambiguity, meant to chronicle the degree of uncertainty investors […]
BLOOMBERG: “INVESTORS CAN EITHER BUY BUBBLES OR BE LEFT FAR BEHIND!”
BLOOMBERG: “INVESTORS CAN EITHER BUY BUBBLES OR BE LEFT FAR BEHIND!” — SOURCE: 11-09-17 Bloomberg – “In 2017, Investors Can Either Buy Bubbles or Be Left Far Behind” — Equal-weighted ‘Bubblicious’ portfolio up more than 120% YTD Chinese real estate, short volatility, duration all rewarded The best way to crush the crowd in 2017? Buy […]
WORRIES OF A TRUMP TAX PLAN FAILURE MOUNT AT EXACTLY THE WRONG TIME
WORRIES OF A TRUMP TAX PLAN FAILURE MOUNT AT EXACTLY THE WRONG TIME Chart Courtesy of ZeroHedge.com Happy Anniversary Black Monday October 19th, 1987 Chart Courtesy of ZeroHedge.com
BoAML’S GLOBAL FINANCIAL STRESS INDEX SPIKES MOST SINCE 2011 US DEBT DOWNGRADE
BoAML’S GLOBAL FINANCIAL STRESS INDEX SPIKES MOST SINCE 2011 US DEBT DOWNGRADE –SOURCE: 08-13-17 BoAML via ZH – “Global Financial Stress Index Spikes Most Since 2011 US Downgrade” — For the first time in four months, BofAML’s Global Financial Market Stress index has turned positive – signalling more market stress than normal. As the spat […]
WHEN EVEN “PUMPER” SCHWAB IS WARNING RETAIL CLIENTS YOU NEED TO START WORRYING!
WHEN EVEN ‘PUMPER” SCHWAB IS WARNING RETAIL CLIENTS YOU NEED TO START WORRYING! –SOURCE: 07-24-17 via Charles Schwab – “Even Schwab Is Warning Retail Clients Of “Danger Signs Rising” — You know it’s bad when even the traditional ‘pumpers’ are getting anxious. While obviously counched in its own “well maybe that’s not totally terrible” spin, reading the […]
MYSTERY INVESTOR MAKES $262M BET ON CRASH BY OCTOBER
MYSTERY INVESTOR MAKES $262M BET ON CRASH BY OCTOBER –SOURCE: 07-24-17 Michael Snyder – “A Mystery Investor Just Made A $262 Million Bet That The Stock Market Will Crash By October” — One mystery trader has made an extremely large bet that the stock market is going to crash by October, and if he is right […]