investor sentiment

Market Psychology

By |2015-11-15T15:50:56-05:00November 15th, 2015|Markets, Stocks|

An up market would seem frustrate the most participants.     Click here to sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter. For information on Alhambra Investment Partners' money management services and global portfolio approach, Douglas R. Terry, CFA is reachable at: dterry@alhambrapartners.com This material has been distributed for informational purposes only. It is the opinion of the author and should not be [...]

If Sentiment Were A Currency

By |2015-04-08T16:50:18-04:00April 8th, 2015|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

The ECB having announced and then implemented at least some kind of QE plan, the entire economist community has adjusted their economic projections upward in uniform, flocking fashion. They haven’t had to make much of an adjustment because they never downgraded economic expectations much to begin with. That is why almost every news story about the economy (and not just [...]

Finally On The Radar

By |2014-01-10T17:12:44-05:00January 10th, 2014|Markets|

While the applications of monetary policy are clearly missing their mark on "Main Street", there is the other side of the equation where the leading edge of psychology is firmly planted. Extreme levels of pretty much everything, from stock buybacks and investor sentiment to margin debt and leverage, have caught the attention of policymakers for good reason. Click here to sign [...]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

By |2013-10-27T16:50:07-04:00October 27th, 2013|Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy|

The US stock market, now joined by most of the rest of the world, continues its one way march higher. Those who focus on fundamentals, economic or stock market, have been scratching their heads all year for an explanation, but the reality is that there is no fundamental reason for the 20%+ run this year. Earnings growth has been lackluster [...]

The Temptation Of Risk

By |2013-01-21T17:52:22-05:00January 21st, 2013|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey last week what most rational observers had concluded many years ago - he took performance enhancing drugs during his 7 Tour de France wins. His excuse - as Randall Forsyth points out in Barron's this week - is one that every parent knows well - everyone else was doing it. Peer pressure pushed Lance Armstrong to [...]

Weekly Economic & Market Review

By |2012-01-16T20:27:00-05:00January 16th, 2012|Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets|

Alright, now I'm starting to get worried. No, not about the late Friday S&P downgrade of France, Austria and a host of lesser European countries' sovereign debt. That was merely an acknowledgement of something that was obvious to any sentient being long before Friday. How in the world could France retain its AAA rating while the US, with complete control [...]

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