April 2012

4 Confidence Charts – April 2, 2012 Update

April 2, 2012 by Ted Kavadas

Here are four charts reflecting confidence survey readings. The first three are from the SentimenTrader.com site. I find these charts valuable as they provide a long-term history of each survey, which is somewhat rare. Each survey chart is plotted in blue, below the S&P500: (click on each chart to enlarge image) Conference Board Consumer Confidence, last …

Long-Term Charts Of The ECRI WLI & ECRI WLI, Gr. – March 30, 2012 Update

April 1, 2012 by Ted Kavadas

As I stated in my July 12, 2010 post (“ECRI WLI Growth History“): For a variety of reasons, I am not as enamored with ECRI’s WLI and WLI Growth measures as many are. However, I do think the measures are important and deserve close monitoring and scrutiny. The movement of the ECRI WLI and WLI, …