RAGE Gauge

RAGE Gauge: January Euphoria

Investors are in what Bloomberg writer Adam Haigh calls a euphoria today. According to my RAGE Gauge, Americans are still not factoring in much,...

You’ve Read the Last Issue of Intelligence Report: MTI and RAGE Gauge

In case you missed it, here’s what Dick Young wrote in his December 2016 issue of Intelligence Report: My Revitalized Market Tension Index (MTI) When will...

November RAGE Gauge Tells Me Investors are Too Comfortable

My goal for you with my monthly RAGE Gauge is to provide you with a quick reading of how risk is being perceived right...

October RAGE Gauge

My October Rage Gauge is in and it seems like the frogs in the pot have no idea what’s going on around them. When...

September RAGE Gauge: Gold, Interest Rates and Your Survival

The story for this month’s Rage Gauge is gold. What is it telling us? What is it worried about? Inflation, N. Korea, the economy?...

RAGE Gauge: Is This the Calm Before the Storm?

Is this the calm before the storm? Why bother getting into the prediction business when you can safely navigate these waters with a well...

RAGE Gauge: Investors Aren’t Paying Attention

My July RAGE Gauge is in, and four letters come to mind: G-N-M-A. As in Vanguard GNMA. If you don’t have some already, then...

June RAGE Gauge: Sell Your Winners

Not much has changed in the last month. That’s the conclusion in reviewing the data points in June’s RAGE Gauge. As I mentioned in...

RAGE Gauge: Investors are Becoming Complacent

Complacent. That’s the word that sticks out in my mind in studying May’s RAGE Gauge. Investors have become complacent. As the indexing craze continues...

RAGE Gauge: How will you feel if the market drops by 40%?

My April RAGE Gauge is in, and it tells me folks are feeling OK. But it’s a tense OK. In a “what have you...