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Can Investor Sentiment Be Rescued?

Call me naive, but I think investor sentiment will be just fine once major, formerly iconic companies stop going out of business right and left.

Is the Equities Party Over?

To put aside the validity of the article's conclusion for a moment, take this quote:

"[the DJIA is] very vulnerable to a big correction. Few stocks would be spared in such a downdraft. Do you have a slightly greater appreciation for technical indicators?"

This is a circular argument: Technical indicators make a significant prediction, therefore technical indicators must be correct.

Avoid Options on Inverse Index ETFs

What about arbitrage between options on the index itself and options on the inverse index? I haven't done any analysis on this... just wondering if there's something there.

1990 All Over Again?

Good observation. It would be doubly interesting to see what the prevailing opinion would be during "bad" recessions...