Last week Bank
of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) released a research note that its “Bull &
Bear” indicator was sending a sell signal “which has been accurate 11 straight
times” since the firm started tracking it in 2002. The latest event to
trigger the signal was the $33.2 billion that investors poured into stock-based
funds the week before. While normally inflows are healthy for the market,
they can be seen as a contrary indicator when they reach extremes of
excess. The current reading on the indicator of 8.6 is firmly above the
level of 8 established by BofAML as the “Sell” point.
Womack Weekly Commentary September 18, 2017 The Markets “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is.” Yogi Berra was talking about baseball, but the concept also applies to diversification, according to the GMO White Paper, The S&P 500: Just Say No . From the title, you might think the authors – Matt Kadnar and James Montier – don’t like U.S. stocks. They do: “Being a U.S. equity investor over the past several years has felt glorious. The S&P 500 has trounced the competition provided by other major developed and emerging equity markets. Over the last 7 years, the S&P is up 173 percent (15 percent annualized in nominal terms) versus MSCI EAFE (in USD terms), which is up 71 percent (8 percent annualized), and poor MSCI Emerging, which is up only 30 percent (4 percent annualized). Every dollar invested in the S&P has compounded into $2.72 versus MSCI EAFE’s $1.70 and MSCI Emerging’s $1.30.” The au...
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