Trader’s Narrative

There are very few moments in market history when absolutely everything is being sold: stocks, bonds, commodities, REITs, etc. We are going through one of these rare times right now and it can be gut wrenching. Forced liquidation in a bear market can be so brutal, it makes surviving to be able to take advantage […]

With the arrival of the weekend, here is your chance to catch up on what you may have missed during the week. Check out news.tradersnarrative.com for interesting articles, news, reports, etc. from around the world.
Here’s a small sample:

all that stands between you and becoming a great trader is 10,000 hours of practice (and a mullet)
GM […]

Here’s this week’s short but sweet sentiment overview:
Sentiment Surveys
The retail investor’s sentiment as measured by the weekly AAII survey saw the bulls at 38% (a drop of 7% points) and the bears at 43%, with a 10% point increase. While this is a small increase in bearishness, when you consider that we are still very […]

Real estate, as an asset, derives its value from two sources: personal income and rents. The first makes it possible for an owner occupied property to be purchased while the second allows for an investor to purchase real estate.
The following charts show the relationship between real estate prices and these two variables:

The data is normalized […]

The world central banks are busy injecting liquidity into the financial markets and the financial markets are busy injecting liquidity into the pants of investors. Today’s market was so bad about the only thing that can redeem it is just how bad it was.
For the third time we are at the precipice - 850 on […]