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Author: Arthur Daret Created: 5/25/2008 4:31 PM
The Investor Sentiment blog reports on the current mood of investors. When a majority of investors are pessimistic or afraid, it can often be a good time to invest. The opposite can be said when there is to much excitement or euphoria towards a particulare investment or area of the market.

So many extremes have been triggered that it's tempting to ask if it's different this time?

By Arthur Daret on 11/20/2008 8:01 PM

The recent price action of the market (inability to rally) is unlike anything seen before, and the extreme pessimism, and duration, is also unusual. Corporate insiders however are as bullish as they've been in over 20 years. Incredibly, dividend yields are above treasury bond yields for the first time since the late 1950's

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AAII stock allocation near 20-year low

By Arthur Daret on 11/7/2008 2:06 PM

Sentiment continues to be terrible but that's good. In late 1990 and early 1991 the economy was doing poorly, and the same in 2002. Sentiment is as low now as it was then on a number of fronts.

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Was Friday the bottom?

By Arthur Daret on 10/12/2008 8:39 AM

Here is what true capitulation looks like both here and abroad.

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Investors have finally thrown in the towel

By Arthur Daret on 10/9/2008 9:33 AM

Investor pessimism is near 40 year highs as investors give up

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Bearish newsletter sentiment hits 47.2%

By Arthur Daret on 10/1/2008 5:35 PM

Bearish newsletter sentiment jumps six percent.

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