Every so often we look at the relationship between the steepness of the US Treasury yield curve (as represented by the yield spread between …
Revisiting the VIX and Yield Curve
December 11, 2015
Valuation and Sentiment: “It’s the Same Old Song.”
November 20, 2015
This has certainly been a three-month stretch to remember. The biggest volatility spike arguably since the financial crisis swept the market through August and …
The Harder They Come, the Harder They Fall, One and All
November 7, 2015
Perhaps it’s poor form to pounce on a subject that’s been covered so extensively and that is surrounded by enough schadenfreude to last a …
Big October Rallies: Harbinger of Good Things to Come?
November 1, 2015
As of this writing on Friday afternoon, the S&P 500 is trading up over 8% for the month of October. This follows on the …
Relative Strength Update: A Leader On the Ropes?
October 23, 2015
Every now and then we like to post about sector relative strength to show you the outperforming sectors and the laggards relative to the …
When It Rains, It Pours
September 11, 2015
Two weeks ago, we wrote that several sentiment indicators we follow had fallen to pessimistic levels markets haven’t witnessed since the 2011 European financial …
How Much Fear Was Out There? Tons O’Fear
August 28, 2015
US and International markets have provided one heckuva ride the past two weeks. It’s difficult to fathom that as of this writing the S&P …
Sideways
August 7, 2015
In recent weeks, much attention has been paid to the US market’s narrow range. If it feels like the market’s gone nowhere for months, …
Sector Relative Strength Update
July 31, 2015
Every so often, we like to update and post the global sector relative strength charts to provide an idea which corners of the global …
Valuation Update: S&P 500 and MSCI EAFE
July 18, 2015
What a crazy couple of weeks in the global equity markets. For those perpetually convinced that high valuations combined with the situations in Greece …