The Central Bank Stock Market Indicator by Bill Bonner originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning.
Yet the Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator - and a variety of other investment strategies - have nonetheless sprung up around the country's most popular sporting event, which is expected to be watched by more than 173 million Americans.
The Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator holds that if a team from the original National Football League wins - as opposed to a team from the younger American Football League - the stock market will go up that year.
Advisor sentiment is a backward-looking indicator of stock market action.
Of course, I feel that fundamentals are often a lagging indicator and a stock can drop 20% and still be a growth company.
This is a much more plausible reason as to why the stock market is a leading indicator for the economy, as opposed to some form of investor omniscience.
The stock market is an atrocious indicator of economic strength.
Use this stock as a bit of an indicator for the broader market.
As a rule of thumb, the larger the company and the larger the buyback the more reliable the buyback is as an indicator of the future stock price.
The stock loan data provides a lagging indicator of what the smart money is doing, but one of its chief values is the window it provides into selling trends.
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One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.
Selling climaxes, however, are a bullish indicator and occur when a stock falls to a 12-month low but ends the week higher.
For technology companies, the stock market is not always the best indicator.
Historically the housing industry has been a leading indicator for the economy and stock market, problems in the housing industry leading the economy into slowdowns and recessions, and recovery in the housing industry leading the economy into recovery.
Growing short interest, says Johnson, is not only an indicator of growing pessimism toward the stock but also serves as a "built-in bid" if the stock continues its upward move and short-sellers buy shares to close out their short positions.
Advisor beliefs about future stock returns have practically no value as a forward indicator of returns.
However, evidence from simple tests suggest the forecast is a mildly (not materially) contrarian indicator of future U.S. stock market behavior.
Investors are advised to consider a variety of factors before making a forecast about the direction of stock prices, rather than rely on one sole indicator or survey.
This ability to read the next move in a stock is often absent from your charts, a lagging indicator.
As more studies hint that the richness and diversity of the microbial community can be an important indicator of a newborn's health, taking stock of what's in the diaper may actually make sense.
Look for more paralysis impacting the stock market down and the bond market up, as interest rates decline as a leading indicator of a slowdown that is bound to be unpleasant for everyone but the super-rich.
That may not be particularly rough for a stock up more than 44% over the last 12 months, but it is an indicator of the high expectations the market has for housing-related stocks after a big 2012, and the potential pain when those expectations are not met.
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The Boston snow indicator is a market theory that posits that a white Christmas in Boston will cause stock prices to climb.
In this article, I will focus on the one indicator that is often ignored by many, but that should be followed closely by all stock investors.
The markets on which a paused stock are listed would notify the other exchanges and market participants of the trading pause by immediately disseminating a special indicator over the consolidated tape.
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Stock Trader's Almanac founder Yale Hirsch is credited with coming up with the "first five days" indicator, which essentially says that the direction of the first five days of January is predictive of January, which can have bullish implications for the rest of the year.
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