Comments on: The New Year’s Sentiment Cross Currents http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:22:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Mr Risk http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36356 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:59 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36356 In the face of such negative news and general pessimism, the first days of the new year have been strong. Unlike a few months ago, this rise in the stock markets seems harder psychologically for many investors to buy on the way up. That cash on the sidelines (shown in the AAII survey) has got to be upside fuel down the road. Except for the Put/Call Ratio, Babak, would you consider other sentiment indicators showing this a wall of worry? In the face of such negative news and general pessimism, the first days of the new year have been strong. Unlike a few months ago, this rise in the stock markets seems harder psychologically for many investors to buy on the way up. That cash on the sidelines (shown in the AAII survey) has got to be upside fuel down the road.

Except for the Put/Call Ratio, Babak, would you consider other sentiment indicators showing this a wall of worry?

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36353 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:29:54 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36353 good point Russ, sometimes I do and other times because it makes the charts too crowded I leave it out. good point Russ, sometimes I do and other times because it makes the charts too crowded I leave it out.

]]> by: Russ Abbott http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36352 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:59:29 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/the-new-years-sentiment-cross-currents-2179.html#comment-36352 It would really be useful if you could post the S&P as an overlay to the indicators you post. That way we could see how extremes in the indicators match up to in the S&P. Thanks. It would really be useful if you could post the S&P as an overlay to the indicators you post. That way we could see how extremes in the indicators match up to in the S&P.

Thanks.

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