Tag: market sentiment

Alcoa Tells Us To Continue Hedging The Market

| January 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I’m confused.  Totally, thoroughly, utterly confused.  Strangely enough, I’m not confused about my investment strategy.  I’m not even confused about the market.  What confuses me is the “market sentiment.”  That’s a fancy word investing professionals use to describe investors’ expectations and reactions. I’m really confused over what investors and […]

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Using Short Interest To Gauge Market Sentiment

| June 20, 2008 | 0 Comments

Well, it looks like the good days in the stock market are over.  At least in the short term.  It feels like the day after Christmas.  You can remember the good times but you know they won’t be back for another year. This market is starting to make many investors nervous.  So don’t be surprised […]

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Using The VIX To Gauge Market Sentiment

| May 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

Professional investors focus on lots of different details.  Some focus on fundamentals, some focus on price action, some look at both.  Every investor is looking for an edge.  If you can figure out what other investors are thinking, you have a definite edge. That’s why many professionals focus on the VIX. So I know what […]

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