European Investors (Over?-)Prepared For Volatility
We were desperately hoping to make it through this “crisis” season without a single mention of the word Greece. Alas, it was not to be as…
Economically Key Industrial Metals Complex Breaking Down?
On March 5, we noted that the S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Index was “Hanging On The Precipice” of a major long-term support level. At the time,…
Bets On Volatility Rise The Highest Since 2008
There has been an odd trend of late in stock sentiment readings. Despite major averages that are near all-time highs, sentiment has dropped considerably across…
Country Spotlight: In The “Swede Spot”? If you read our blog on a regular basis, you’ve probably noticed a theme over the past week or…
Dow Divergences Reaching Historic Levels
Since 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has rarely ever been so close to a 52-week high while the Dow Transports AND Dow Utilities were…
Global Equity Index Sitting On The Precipice
We often wait for developments to occur before issuing a Chart Of The Day. It tends to be more interesting to say “check out what just…
French Stocks: Tarts Or Toast?
Back on April 17 we tweeted a chart showing France’s CAC-40 stock index kissing (and being rejected by) the post-2000 down trendline, which also connected…
“Major” Equity Index Breaking Down?
For all of the longer-term, ancillary red flags and concerns that have materialized in the latter portion of this cyclical bull market (many of which,…
One Measure Of Stock Allocation Just Dropped The Most In 9 Years
**Update 7/24/15: The figures on AAII’s website related to their investment allocation survey were retroactively amended and no longer show the spike in cash levels…
Household Stock Investment Is At 2007 Levels
From today’s quarterly Z.1 release from the Federal Reserve Board comes one of our favorite statistics: “Households and nonprofit organizations; directly and indirectly held corporate…