Sentiment

Stock Market Sentiment Readings Mostly Bearish

Nov 10, 2022 2 min read paid

The Investors Intelligence Bull/Bear Ratio remained below 1.00 this week for the eighth consecutive week, holding at 0.96 for a third week, after falling steadily from 1.15 in mid-September to 0.57 four weeks ago—which was the lowest since March 2009 (chart). Bullish sentiment dipped for the second week to 35.2% after increasing the prior two weeks from 25.0% (the fewest bulls since

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Stocks Float As 2-Year Yield & Dollar Sink

Oct 26, 2022 1 min read paid

The S&P 500 bottomed this morning around 10 a.m. about 1% below yesterday's close on earnings misses by Alphabet and Microsoft. But it quickly popped back up to the surface, so it now is floating slightly above yesterday's close as of 11 a.m. The trading day isn't over, but there is an interesting dynamic playing out in the markets: (1)

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Bull-Bear Ratio Still Under 1.00

Oct 19, 2022 1 min read paid

The Bull-Bear Ratio was below 1.00 for the fifth successive week this week, edging up to 0.78 after falling steadily from 1.15 in mid-September to 0.57 last week—which was the lowest since March 2009. Bullish sentiment increased for the first time in five weeks, to 31.3%, after falling the prior four weeks from 32.4% to 25.0%—which was the fewest bulls since

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BBR Down to 0.57

Oct 12, 2022 1 min read

So far, widespread bearishness hasn't worked as a contrary bullish signal. Readings below 1.0 in the Bull-Bear Ratio (BBR) have often marked the bottoms of corrections (charts below). But during bear markets, such readings can persist. In the current bear market, contrarians have been up against the old adage: "Don't fight the Fed." The BBR sank further below 1.00 this week, dropping

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Bull/Bear Ratio Back Down to 0.61

Oct 5, 2022 1 min read paid

(1) The BBR dropped for the third week in a row to 0.61--the lowest since the June 21 week’s 0.60 (chart below). (2) Bullish sentiment held steady at 25.4% this week (the fewest bulls since early 2016) after falling the prior two weeks from 32.4%.

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Market Call: Back Above 3666, BBR Under 1.00

Sep 28, 2022 1 min read paid

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell below the June 16 low of 3666 to 3647. Today, it bounced back above that devilish number to 3719. The good news was that a major central bank was forced to pivot by the Bond Vigilantes. On Monday and Tuesday, the foreign exchange value of the British pound and bond prices crashed, sending US bond yields soaring and stocks falling. Today, the

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Market Call: BBR Back Under 1.00

Sep 21, 2022 1 min read paid

Given the recent action in the stock market, it's not surprising to see that the Bull/Bear Ratio compiled by our friends at Investors Intelligence dropped to 0.96 during the September 20 week from 1.15 the previous week (chart below). In the past, readings of 1.00 or less have proven to be contrarian signals of good times to buy for long-term investors.

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BBR Edges Up To 1.15

Sep 14, 2022 1 min read paid

We are predicting that the S&P 500 will remain range-bound for a while between the June 16 low of 3666 and the August 16 high of 4300. The index closed at 3946 today, around the middle of the range. Sentiment remains very bearish, which is bullish from a contrarian perspective: (1) The Bull-Bear Ratio climbed to 1.15 this week after falling the prior three weeks from 1.

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Reversal Days Signal Sideways Stock Market

Sep 8, 2022 1 min read paid

Stock investors don't know whether they are coming or going. They don't have much conviction. Yesterday, we observed that there are more market letters calling for a correction than either a big move up or down in the stock market. Reversal days seem to be occurring more frequently recently. Some days the market starts by moving down only to finish up. The next day, it goes

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BBR Drops Back to 1.0

Sep 7, 2022 1 min read

Investors Intelligence Bull-Bear Ratio (BBR) slipped this week for the third week, to 1.00 (chart below). It had advanced the previous six weeks from 0.76 to 1.64, which was the highest reading since early January. (It was at 0.60 during mid-June, which was the lowest since the week of March 10, 2009’s 0.56.) BBR readings of 1.00 or less tend to be associated

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Bull/Bear Ratio Rebounding

Aug 17, 2022 1 min read paid

Pessimism sells newspapers better than optimism. Pessimism also creates buying opportunities for optimists. Investors are no longer as bearish as they were eight weeks ago. From a contrarian perspective, as we’ve seen just recently, extreme pessimism tends to be bullish, unless the world really does come to an end, in which case, who cares? Here’s a quick update on Investors Intelligence Bull/Bear Ratio (BBR):

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Market Call

Aug 14, 2022 2 min read

The stock market has been rallying since June 16 on mounting expectations that the most widely expected recession of all times might be a no-show and that inflation is peaking. July's strong payroll employment report and peakish CPI and PPI readings suggest that the cat is out of the bag. That's confirmed by several technical indicators: (1) Breadth. On Friday, over 90% of the S&

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