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...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 12, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
In this issue of “Irrational Exuberance – The Bulls Remain In Control.” Bullish Bias Continues The Disposition Of Risk And Control Portfolio Positioning Update MacroView: The Energy Rally Is Likely Premature Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan...
by John Mauldin | Dec 11, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
The essential point to grasp is that in dealing with capitalism we are dealing with an evolutionary process… At the heart of capitalism is creative destruction. …Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that...
by Michael Markowski | Dec 9, 2020 | alerts, Extra Cat, Markets/Economy
Most recent findings from researching the three prior Bullish Sentiment Anomaly (BSA) occurrences since 2017, indicate a 100% probability the following to occur by end of 2020: S&P 500 to decline by 11%. Call options which trade VIX, VXX and UVXY to increase by...
by Lance Roberts | Dec 8, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
During the past couple of weeks, I have discussed the rising levels of bullishness in the markets. We have pointed to indicators like extreme investor positioning, put/call ratios, etc. However, the current surge in margin debt also confirms market exuberance. First,...