Surge in Selling Climaxes Suggests Stock Market Bottom for Near-to-Intermediate Term

ByBrad Lamensdorf

Surge in Selling Climaxes Suggests Stock Market Bottom for Near-to-Intermediate Term. Investors Intelligence notes that last week saw a significant number of stocks reversing out of their 52-week lows (see below). Historically, that is yet another indicator suggesting that the stock market major indices have bottomed for the short-to-intermediate terms. Selling climaxes occur when a…

Newsletters Give Up

ByBrad Lamensdorf

Published  by Jason Goepfert Newsletters Give Up. There are a few go-to indicators that casual observers tend to gravitate to when discussing “sentiment.” One of those is the survey of newsletter writers by Investor’s Intelligence. Despite the tumult in markets in recent weeks, the survey hadn’t shown much give-up, which changed this past week. For…

High Dividend Yields Could Start Attracting Big Investors Back Into the Stock Market

ByBrad Lamensdorf

High Dividend Yields Could Start Attracting Big Investors Back Into the Stock Market.  Major stock declines have raised dividend yields to levels investors haven’t seen in years. As as result, we believe, could be a trigger for some major institutions to return to the markets to buy high-yielding stocks that they perceive now have become…

Sentiment Indicator Showing Widening Divergence On Outlook for Stock Market Between “Smart” and “Dumb” Investors

ByBrad Lamensdorf

Sentiment Indicator Showing Widening Divergence On Outlook for Stock Market Between “Smart” and “Dumb” Investors.  SentimenTrader’s Smart Money/Dumb Money Confidence Spread shows that the recent huge stock market declines are triggering outright panic and increasing pessimism among so-called “dumb money” investors. Meanwhile, the huge declines are making the “smart money” increasingly optimistic about a bottom. …

Major Risk Indicators Showing Historic Level of Investor Outright Panic Over Economy and Stock Market

ByBrad Lamensdorf

Major Risk Indicators Showing Historic Level of Investor Outright Panic Over Economy and Stock Market.  SentimenTrader has combined a number of risk indicators that measure perceived economic, stock market, monetary liquidity, and perceived credit risk of the global financial banking system. As the chart below shows the coronavirus and its perceived impact has sent the…