Category Symbolism | Dash of Insight

December 26, 2010August 11, 2014 by oldprof

Weighing the Week Ahead: Interpreting Sentiment Indicators

Here is the question of the week: If everyone else is bullish, should you be bearish? and a corollary — How do you know? Most traders take this as an article of faith. Everyone wants to be a contrarian. We all know that a “crowded trade” can easily go wrong as everyone else tries to […]

Parabola Hyperbole

As we close the books on May, the S&P 500 has a two-month gain of nearly eight percent. We have offered reasons for investors to expect this advance to continue, although we certainly cannot vouch for the pace. With increasing frequency we are seeing comments that the U.S. market gains are "parabolic" or sometimes "straight […]