Despite increased Volatility in stocks due to the cessation of
Fed's QE steadying hand, almost all Sentiment Indicators are in the neutral,
non-extreme range these days. These include (see matrix below) NYSE to NASDAQ
Volumes (speculation if OTC is extreme); CBOE put to call option ratio;
VIX -back down to teens; McClellan
Oscillator and Summation Indices hanging around zero (a breadth, or
Advance/Decline momentum signal); newsletter surveys - both wire newsletters
and AAII (individual investor) Bulls vs. Bears; and various Insider selling
stuck in a rut. This usually jumps around Income Tax time.
The notable exceptions, again, last week
were Gold short sellers in the Commercial Traders' area, which was shown by
last week's big drop from $1300 to just above $1200/oz. A Barron's oil analyst
notes that the Longs in oil have not yet capitulated into a Selling Climax, and
expects oil to reach $20 a barrel - now that's an extreme!
Finally, for what it's worth the 2-year
Treasury yield jumped up to 0.65%, from 0.45% last week - also extreme. Due to
the length of this blog - see next blog for numbers- here are the numbers:
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