Market Signals: NYSE Group Short Interest as of April 15, 2010
April 27th, 2010 at 5:43 am by CB | No CommentsThe chart below tracks the number of shares that NYSE members and member organizations have reported short on a schedule of past dates. Twice a month short information is released by the NYSE Group to the public. As of April 15, 2010, 13,900 million shares were short, an increase of 581,278 shares... [Read more]
Tagged with: Market Signals, NYSE Short Interest, Short Interest, Short Sellers
AAII Sentiment Survey Results for 4-1-10
April 3rd, 2010 at 9:01 pm by CB | No CommentsThe following are the most recent results of the American Association of Individual Investors (“AAII”) Weekly Sentiment Survey. The most recent weekly period included in the graph represents the period from March 24, 2010 to March 31 , 2010. For this weekly period, bullish sentiment... [Read more]
Tagged with: AAII Sentiment, Bearish, Bullish, Investor Sentiment, Neutral
S&P 500 Earnings Surprises for the Fourth Quarter as of 2-11-10
February 17th, 2010 at 2:43 pm by CB | No CommentsThe figures and charts below detail the 355 companies of the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 that have reported their earnings for the fourth quarter of 2009 as of February 11th. Of these 355 companies, 274 have reported positive earnings surprises, while 78 have reported negative earnings... [Read more]
Tagged with: Cash Levels, Debt Levels, Earnings Surprises, S&P 500 Earnings Surprises, S&P 500 EPS
Insider Trading: Significant Insider Buys from 2/8-12/2010
February 16th, 2010 at 9:43 pm by CB | No CommentsChain Bridge Investing (“CB”), on a weekly basis, will shift through the significant purchases — defined as an investment of $100,000 or more — that high level managers make in the companies they operate. While an insider’s purchase of his company is not a guarantee that the stock price will... [Read more]
Tagged with: Insider Purchases, Insider Trading, Large Insider Buying, Sell-to-Buy Ratio
Company Share Repurchases from 2/8-12/2010
February 16th, 2010 at 8:16 pm by CB | No CommentsChain Bridge Investing (“CB”), on a weekly basis, will shift through publicly held companies that have announced share repurchase plans during the past week. Share repurchase programs represent a strategic capital allocation decision by the company’s management. In a world where all other variables... [Read more]
Tagged with: Aspen Insurance, Cheap stocks, Cincinnati Bell, Corrections Corp. of America, Encore Capital Group, Investment Screens, Kensey Nash, Philip Morris, Repurchases, UnitedHealth Group, Value Investors, Wolverine World Wide
Market Signals: Robert Shiller’s Updated Price-to-Earnings Ratio
February 16th, 2010 at 6:41 am by CB | No CommentsBelow are two charts that come from Robert Shiller’s website and have not been modified by CB in any way. These charts look at the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (“p/e”), which considers real corporate earnings, from the year 1881 to the beginning of February 2010. ... [Read more]
Tagged with: Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-Earnings Ratio, Market Valuation, P/E, Robert Shiller
Market Data: Interactive Market Data
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S&P 500 Earnings Surprises for the Fourth Quarter as of 2-7-10
February 16th, 2010 at 3:27 am by CB | No CommentsThis post was originally written on February 7th, but was unable to post until now due to the difficulties summarized in this post. The figures and charts below detail the 286 companies of the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 that have reported their earnings for the fourth quarter of 2009... [Read more]
Tagged with: Cash Levels, Debt Levels, Earnings Surprises, S&P 500 Earnings Surprises, S&P 500 EPS
Market Signals: Mutual Fund Flows: Yearly, Monthly, Weekly for Week Ended 1-27-10
February 4th, 2010 at 8:02 pm by CB | No CommentsEvery week the Investment Company Institute releases data on the mutual fund flows. Below are some charts displaying the data on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. The funds are classified in the following categories: (1) Domestic Equity; (2) Foreign Equity; (3) Hybrid; (4) Taxable Bond; and (5)... [Read more]
Tagged with: Bond, Equity, Hybrid, Investment Company Institute, Money Flows, Mutual Fund Flows
AAII Sentiment Survey Results for 2-4-10
February 4th, 2010 at 8:53 am by CB | No CommentsThe following are the most recent results of the American Association of Individual Investors (“AAII”) Weekly Sentiment Survey. The most recent weekly period included in the graph represents the period from January 27, 2010 to February 3 , 2010. Bearish sentiment at 43.1% has been... [Read more]
Tagged with: AAII Sentiment Survey, Bearish, Bullish
