Comments on: Sentiment Overview: Week Of June 13th, 2008 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-34846 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:14:29 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-34846 wow Bill, I had no idea and totally missed it - not that I usually watch CNBC ;) so does this count as my 15 seconds of fame? lol wow Bill, I had no idea and totally missed it - not that I usually watch CNBC ;)
so does this count as my 15 seconds of fame? lol

]]> by: Bill K http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-34361 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:24:18 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-34361 This website was shown on CNBC yesterday. When they were talking about Jim Cramer's rant heard around the world they were talking about it being shown all over TV and the internet. While they were talking about it being all over the internet they showed this website showing the youtube type version of the rant. Now all we need is a host of this famous site. Bill This website was shown on CNBC yesterday. When they were talking about Jim Cramer’s rant heard around the world they were talking about it being shown all over TV and the internet. While they were talking about it being all over the internet they showed this website showing the youtube type version of the rant.

Now all we need is a host of this famous site.

Bill

]]> by: JB http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33978 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:28:39 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33978 Babak Agha Are you coming back on line any time soon? Babak Agha
Are you coming back on line any time soon?

]]> by: Bill K http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33965 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:58:15 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33965 Babak, I hope all is well. Any chance of getting a weekly sentiment update? I really look forward to your weekly summaries, even if you don't have an opinion on what direction we are headed right now. I personally think we have some more downside ahead. Bill Babak, I hope all is well. Any chance of getting a weekly sentiment update? I really look forward to your weekly summaries, even if you don’t have an opinion on what direction we are headed right now. I personally think we have some more downside ahead. Bill

]]> by: Risk Averse Alert http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33720 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:28:34 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33720 You say... "The weight of the indicators are confusing with many cross currents "The ... somewhat muddy sentiment outlook doesn’t help. "Hopefully things will resolve themselves soon and the picture will become clearer." If I am correct about the present period's similarity to options expiration week, October 1987, then by Tuesday, June 24, 2008, the picture will become crystal clear. Realize the crash of '87 was in the grand scheme of things a shakedown -- a transfer of shares from weak hand to strong. Simply consider what followed the crash. Then, the market never looked back. This time, though, I don't suppose we'll be so lucky... You say…

“The weight of the indicators are confusing with many cross currents

“The … somewhat muddy sentiment outlook doesn’t help.

“Hopefully things will resolve themselves soon and the picture will become clearer.”

If I am correct about the present period’s similarity to options expiration week, October 1987, then by Tuesday, June 24, 2008, the picture will become crystal clear.

Realize the crash of ‘87 was in the grand scheme of things a shakedown — a transfer of shares from weak hand to strong. Simply consider what followed the crash.

Then, the market never looked back. This time, though, I don’t suppose we’ll be so lucky…

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33672 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:52:20 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33672 Paul, thanks for catching that, it was an error on my part, I had bears written instead of bulls. I've corrected it now :-) Paul, thanks for catching that, it was an error on my part, I had bears written instead of bulls. I’ve corrected it now :-)

]]> by: Paul D. Castro, CFA http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33662 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:25:02 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/sentiment-overview-week-of-june-13th-2008-1774.html#comment-33662 Babak wrote: "Investor’s Intelligence No significant change in this sentiment measure: bears dropped from 44.8% to 43% and bulls increased slightly from 31.1% to 32.6%. It isn’t offering much of an edge as it sits in lukewarm waters similar to the Hulbert analysis." However, Schaeffer's site shows 43% bullish, not bearish. So, does Schaeffer have it backwards on his site? http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/streetools/market_tools/inv_intel.aspx Babak wrote: “Investor’s Intelligence
No significant change in this sentiment measure: bears dropped from 44.8% to 43% and bulls increased slightly from 31.1% to 32.6%. It isn’t offering much of an edge as it sits in lukewarm waters similar to the Hulbert analysis.”

However, Schaeffer’s site shows 43% bullish, not bearish.

So, does Schaeffer have it backwards on his site?

http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/streetools/market_tools/inv_intel.aspx

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