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Category: Market Sentiment

Investor Sentiment: This is an Issue

Investor Sentiment: This is an Issue

Ok, this is becoming an issue with this market.  When looking at the sentiment data, we note 3 things.  One, the bearish extremes in investor sentiment are not too extreme.  The recent bearish extreme in the “dumb money” indicator (i.e., bull signal) has lasted all but one week.  The last signal on June 8, 2012 [...]

December 2, 2012 | 4 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.30.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 29, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The Stupidity and Folly of the Crowd: Your Guide to the Fiscal Cliff

The Stupidity and Folly of the Crowd: Your Guide to the Fiscal Cliff

Fiscal cliff, fiscal cliff, fiscal cliff.  Those two words are all over the print and electronic media.  It is hard to escape unless you are like most Americans  and believe that Obama has your back and this is why you voted him.  So why worry.  Or you just don’t know enough to care, so why [...]

November 29, 2012 | 7 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.29.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 28, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.28.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 27, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.27.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 26, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.26.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 25, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Investor Sentiment: A Gift

Investor Sentiment: A Gift

In last week’s “gift” to investors, the SP500 gained 3.5% making up all of the losses that it had sustained for the month of November.  I am sure that more than one investor is wondering: Why ever sell?  Such is our markets where investors have been conditioned that they will not experience the pain of [...]

November 25, 2012 | 7 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.21.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 20, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.20.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.19.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 18, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Investor Sentiment:  Be On Alert for the Same Old Same Old

Investor Sentiment: Be On Alert for the Same Old Same Old

The SP500 is down 3.5% in November, a month where we are told the bulls always do well, and the index is down 7.2% since the announcement of QE3 to infinity, which was another can’t miss proposition for market participants.  Yes, investors continue to hope and hope and hope that the next market intervention will [...]

November 18, 2012 | 8 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.16.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 15, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.15.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 14, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.14.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 13, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Daily Sentiment Report: 11.13.12

The Rydex market timers represent a small segment of the investing world. Nonetheless, their actions remain a useful window into the mindset of investors. The Rydex asset data is sentiment data, and it is based upon real asset flows. It is not an investor opinion poll. By tracking the money, we get to see how [...]

November 12, 2012 | 0 Comments More