investor sentiment

Investors are more optimistic now than a year ago but they're also less certain of their own judgement, a global Schroders study shows

Yes, yes, I get they are cheap. But when, if ever, will small caps start working? Midway through what’s looking like another year of small-cap underperformance, that’s...

It is the second day of September, the Cherry Blossoms have bloomed by Lake Burley Griffin, the Wood Ducks are fighting over nesting sites, and the Magpies are...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

The ASX has only once dropped by 30% or more in a calendar year – and that was during the GFC in 2008. It's easy to overlook such things, especially during periods...

Tax-loss selling happens when investors take advantage of the looming tax year-end on the 30th of June to sell some of their losing stocks to offset any realized...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I hand pick from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this blog post is to add some extra...

The iron ore futures price's pause for breath around US$100 dollars a tonne has left the market hunting for clues on the direction for the iron ore complex. The majors...

In a previous wire, we asked the question: "Where is iron-ore headed from here?". We suggested a clearing price around $100 USD/ton. The futures price hit that level...

Equity allocations have surged to a two-year high. Cash allocations have dropped to the bottom end of the range. But cash "levels" have not changed much at all… Put...

A recent magazine cover highlights the current mood in stock markets. The collapse in March seems like a distant memory given that most stock market benchmarks around...

Amid a pandemic that’s set to surpass 4 million infections, sink the global economy into deep recession and saddle taxpayers with a generation’s worth of debt, most...

Here's some of the standout charts on my radar. I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends, and ones which highlight risks and opportunities...

Sentiment describes overall investor attitude and the consensus opinion towards a market or stock. It might seem a little vague, and yet used correctly, it is a...

The Euphoriameter rose again in July, with the combined sentiment reading for the S&P500 lifted by higher forward PE ratios, a falling VIX, and rising levels of...

The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index data for July showed a distinct sense of upside capitulation. The headline global index was up 7.9 points to 108.9 -...

The attached chart from the Macro Technicals report shows average speculative futures positioning across commodities against a popular broad commodities index. The...