Investor Sentiment Signaling Stock Market on Thin Ice
Investor Sentiment Signaling Stock Market on Thin Ice. The SentimentTrader Smart Money/Dumb Monday Confidence Spread has hit a ten-year low (see chart), signaling a growing gap between how smart and dumb investors view the future of the stock market.. …
Stock Market Leverage is at Dangerous Levels
Stock Market Leverage is at Dangerous Levels. As the chart below from Advisor Perspective’s Jill MIslinski shows investor negative credit balances in margin accounts these days dwarf the negative balances that preceded big market declines of the last ten years. Why should we worry about that? Stock drops precipitate margin calls from brokers. These drops…
Stock Market Bulls Trigger a Selling Signal.
We are appreciative to our friends at SentimenTader.com for the following Chart of the Week post: Stock Market Bulls Trigger a Selling Signal. It’s not hip to be a mutual fund manager anymore – all the cool kids are rushing into ETFs. Even so, the Rydex family of mutual funds still…
Increasing Risk in Leveraged Loan Market is Worrisome for Economy: Remember 2007
Increasing Risk in Leveraged Loan Market is Worrisome for Economy: Remember 2007. Jon Harris of Alternative Investment Management, LLC has done a great job explaining the increasing danger in the leveraged loan market. This is evident as once again the bond rating agencies, despite the economic havoc they caused in 2007, are playing loosey goosey…