Fear & Greed Index
James Montier's was the Global Equity Strategist of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. (He will retains the same title of global equity strategist at Societe Generale) He developed a "Fear & Greed Index."
He describes F&G as "a risk adjusted price momentum measure
between global equities and global bonds. In the past it has served as
a powerful contrarian indicator at a 12 month time horizon."
What is it showing right now?
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Fear & Greed Index
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courtesy of James Montier
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As to the history of this indicator:
"I've found that when the F&G is above the upper limit the returns on equities over cash are a meager 2% per annum, but when F&G is below -2 then the returns over cash are more like 14% per annum over the next 12 months.
Right now it tells us that neither of these two extremes is true. I never try to forecast where the F&G is going, but rather use it as a measure of what my friend John Hussman calls market climate."
James now blogs at behaviouralinvesting.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 | 11:30 AM | Permalink
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Shouldn't it be "The end is nigh," as opposed to "neigh?" Or are ponies now mixing it up with the bulls and bears?
Posted by: Florida | Oct 9, 2007 11:47:19 AM
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