50-day “droughts” before and after a 52-week high in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have marked several major tops. It has now been 64 days…
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Is The Stock Selloff Over — Or Just Beginning?
“90% Down Days” often mark a selling climax…but occasionally ignite a much larger decline. “Is this to end or just begin?” – All My Love…
Dow Divergences Part 2: Utilities
This is part 2 of our series (or mini-series…TBD) on divergences. As we stated yesterday, divergences (in which one index achieves a new high whereas…
One Gauge Of Investor Sentiment Just Hit A 6-Year High
There’s no question that the general level of stock investor sentiment is at historically high levels at this time. However, I think it’s probably safe…
A Curious Spike In Inverse ETF Volume
One of our favorite new short-term sentiment gauges in recent years has been relative inverse ETF volume. This indicator measures the amount of volume traded…
May Has Become The (short-term) “Toppiest” Month
Yesterday, we looked at the “Sell In May & Go Away” phenomenon, with a couple new twists. With many seasonality-type indicators or trends, it is common…
Should You Break Up With Stocks?
In a February 9 post titled Seasonal Trend Says Date This Market, Don’t Commit, we looked at historical market tendencies when a weak January was…
Bearish Fund Bets Hit All-Time Low
We have discussed measures of market sentiment on many occasion. These measures take the pulse of the collective mood on the part of a particular…
Traders Are Shunning Hedges Again
One of our favorite new indicators for gauging investor sentiment the past few years has been the level of volume in inverse equity ETF’s. To…
Tail Risk Indicator Back To Extreme Levels
2014 may well eventually be known for its buildup of various warning signs in the stock market. While the trigger that brings such warnings to…