• Daily Technical Strategy
Tue October 11, 2022

The tug-of-war between bulls and bears seems never-ending, as any hint of inflation easing seems to result in a sharp recovery for Equities.  Yet, Tuesday’s BOE governor’s comments seemed to throw “cold water” on the rally in global risk assets when he reiterated the plan...

Sentiment readings growing even more extreme while SOX hits support
  • Quantitative Strategy
Thu April 7, 2022

Alternative Data: Sentiment from Social Media

In our previous note on alternative data, we used Reddit to identify stocks that saw an uptick in their mentions coupled with unusual trading activity.In this note, we create a social media-based sentiment indicator by focusing on the sentiment implied in individual Reddit comments.For index-level products, like SPY, our sentiment...

  • Tom Lee's Equity Strategy
Fri January 28, 2022

Retail Sentiment is Now The Worst Since April 2014, An 8-yr New Low In Sentiment

So oddly, double vaxxed Canadians are seeing a higher rate of confirmed cases. The article below offers two explanations for this:vaxxed people are more likely to seek PCR testing, for employment, vacations, etcvaxxed people are more likely “put at risk” by going to restaurants, going to work, gyms, theaters, etc...

  • Technical Strategy
Fri September 13, 2019

Watch for Cyclicals bottoming for sign of new up cycle

You have to be impressed by the persuasive power of price movement on sentiment and headlines. I’m obviously just a bit biased, but the sudden reversal from bearish to bullish headlines only reinforces the importance of including technical analysis in one’s investment process. Why? Well, despite the short-term wiggles that...

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