Friday’s stock market plunge was greater than the entire range of the previous 40 days. With today’s impressive rebound in stocks, Friday’s selloff seems like…
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Is This Widely Ignored Indicator Signaling Investor Complacency?
There has been a recent spike in the number of Unchanged Issues which has, at times, signaled too much investor complacency in the past. As…
This Sentiment Reading Is Not Like The Others
Options data from the International Securities Exchange does not corroborate the frothy readings seen in most other sentiment measures. We’ve mentioned several times in several…
Stocks’ Trading Range Now Beyond Compare
Over the past 40 days, the Dow has traded in its tightest range in at least 100 years. About 2 months ago, the large cap…
Is September Really So Bad For Stocks?
September has historically gotten a bad rap in the stock market; has it really been that bad? Most investors are probably somewhat aware, either through…
Stock Market Levitation Hits Historic Heights
The S&P 500 is on a rare streak of closes near a 52-week high; can this bull run continue or will gravity take over? The…
No Complacency Among These Equity Options Traders
Unlike many of the sentiment indicators we’ve looked at recently, traders on one options exchange recently exhibited a record show of nervousness. We’ve written a…
Investor Complacency Is Smashing Records
Near-term volatility expectations are currently on a stretch of unprecedentedly low levels. About a month ago, we began to take note of investor complacency creeping…
Active Managers Move All In On Stocks
For one of the few times in its history, a survey of active investment managers is showing an average of 100% exposure to stocks; is…
Vice Tightens Further On Historic Stock Market Range
What does the S&P 500′s 2nd tightest 2-week trading range ever have in store for stocks? We’ve written quite a bit about the stock market’s…