I’m reading the book “Trillions” by Robin Wigglesworth right now. It’s about the rise of passive index investing – or, according to its sub-title, “How a band of Wall Street renegades invented the...
Key Takeaway: Speculative excesses have been unwinding for a year and that has taken its toll on investor sentiment. The overall mood is characterized by a lack of optimism rather than...
There are no magic indicators that are right 100% of the time, no silver bullets, no “one Ring to rule them all.” That’s why we spend so much time talking about weighing the evidence and looking at...
Key Takeaway: Sentiment has unwound to a point that it’s now seen as an opportunity rather than a risk. Pessimism runs high, investors are cranky, and we have had the most bears since...
By looking at various ratios relative to where they have been over the past year, we get a sense of investor risk appetite from an intermarket perspective. The pairwise comparisons in our risk off -...
Key Takeaway: Investor sentiment looks washed out - at least for now. Investor sentiment was a headwind early in 2021 but more recently had been a neutral market influence from our...
This All Star Charts +Plus Monthly Playbook breaks down the investment universe into a series of largely binary decisions and tactical calls. Paired with our...