by Michael Markowski | Dec 20, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The Bull Vix now has vicious accuracy due to its new algorithm. The results from a 10 year backtest indicated that the algorithm’s performance for its defined trading periods after an occurrence of a Bullish Sentiment Anomaly (BSA) were flawless. The Bull Vix...
by John P. Hussman, Ph.D | Dec 20, 2020 | alerts, Hussman Funds, Markets/Economy
John P. Hussman, Ph.D. President, Hussman Investment Trust Late-December 2020 In traditional financial theory, interest rates are a key component of valuation models. When interest rates fall, the discount rate used in these models decreases and the price of...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 19, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
In this issue of “Overly Bullish Speculators Front-Run ‘Santa Claus’” Here Comes “Santa Claus” Good Intentions Portfolio Positioning Update MacroView: The Energy Rally Is Likely Premature Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan...
by John Mauldin | Dec 18, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
“History repeats itself, that’s one of the things that’s wrong with history.” —Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), American lawyer The end of 2020 has me looking back. I started writing the letters that later became Thoughts from the Frontline back in the...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 15, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
As we start moving into the last two weeks of the trading year, investors everywhere are hopeful that “Santa Claus” will visit “Broad & Wall.” The actual Wall Street saying is that “If Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come...
by Michael Markowski | Dec 14, 2020 | alerts, Crash of 2020, Crashes, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
Continuing empirical research of all Bullish Sentiment Anomaly (BSA) occurrences since 2010 has resulted in the Bull Vix’s signals to trade VIX related securities being tweaked to almost perfection. The cumulative net gain for the algorithm’s 27 signals, less than...