Brett Owens

Using the Wall Street Journal to Gauge Investor Sentiment

Uppai: Good arguments and to be honest I don't have anything overly intelligent to rebut with, at least with regards to 2 and 3. I'm of the view that the dollar is going to rally to new highs and that the stock market will take out it's former lows...but if I knew that was a certainty, I'd leverage up and be retired in 12 months :)

Re: #1 - Yes I'd like to develop this into a little bit more of a methodology. This weekend's article was a maiden voyage into this type of analysis. Biased sample set? Of course. But hopefully entertaining at the least.

Using the Wall Street Journal to Gauge Investor Sentiment

Like clockwork, the 1st comment is always from a gold bug. Of course gold will never have a down week according to them, and anyone not holding a basement full of bullion will perish in the fires of financial hell that are about to engulf us!

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