Rising Optimism

A bunch of optimistic commentary and articles coming out recently: “The Comeback Country: How America Pulled Itself Back From The Brink – And Why It’s Destined To Stay On Top”, Dan Gross, Newsweek, April 12 “The Power of Positive Thinking:…

Dollar Love

Two prominent articles on the dollar rally/euro crash.  One in Barron’s this weekend: “Will The Euro’s Pain Be U.S. Stocks Gain?”, Kopin Tan, Barron’s, February 13.  And then on the front page of today’s WSJ: “Dollar Up As Euro Reels”,…

The Return Of Greed

Minyanville professor Jason Goepfert of Sentimentrader.com noted last week that individual investor exposure to stocks is the highest since October 2007 while exposure to cash is at levels last seen in August 2000.  It’s amazing really, almost like the financial…