Confession Time: The S&P 500 Went Higher Than I Thought
A smart person learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others. There is no such thing as a...
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VIX Seasonality Suggests Higher Readings
The VIX is back to 2007 levels and actively defying the contrarian implications of extra low VIX readings. Will the VIX drop much further? A...
Exactly How Worrisome is Bullish Sentiment?
Contrarian investors love to use sentiment as a general overbought/oversold measure. There’s no denying that Wall Street and Main Street have surrendered to the allure...
How The Federal Reserve Gives Insider Trading Tips to Big Banks
Investors have no clue what goes on behind closed doors at Wall Street banks and the Federal Reserve. But once and a while a juicy...
Is Japan’s Nikkei Rally for Real?
For four years the Nikkei’s performance has been flat as a pancake, but recent price action suggests that the time of boredom is over. A...
Is Apple’s Decline Over?
The shares of the world’s largest company recovered a bit after falling as much as 31.6%. What’s the bigger story, the 31.6% drop or Wednesday’s...
Why Financial Sector Earnings Are a Deceptive Farce
Yahoo!Finance writes that: “It’s a make or break week for the financial sector with five of six of the nation’s largest banks (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,...
Optimism on the Rise – Should You “Fear the Cheer?”
A crowd follower does the opposite of a contrarian. Like a red light camera, contrarian indicators are effective because most people aren’t aware of them....
VIDEO: How Much Lower Can the Yen Fall?
The Japanese government is planning to unleash another fiscal stimulus to boost the nations shrinking economy. I’ve lost track of the number of financial stimuli,...