Goldman Sachs speculative trading indicator hits record high
Investing.com – Goldman Sachs said in a note Friday that its Speculative Trading Indicator has surged to historic levels, reaching its highest reading outside of the dot-com and pandemic-era bubbles.
“Our Speculative Trading Indicator has increased sharply during the last few months,” Goldman Sachs wrote, noting the current level is now the highest on record apart from 1998–2001 and 2020–2021.
The rise is being driven by “elevated recent share of trading volumes in unprofitable stocks, penny stocks, and stocks with elevated EV/sales multiples.” . . .
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Over-speculation does not always end in a crash.
But crashes don’t happen any other way
Another thing that is not a definite indicator is when I turn bearish.
Silly me, I was part of a large crowd who turned bearish way back here
(and missed a lot of opportunity.)
Not very encouraging charts. Are we entering the phase before the crash when it is a common topic in the press and among general public that a hard correction is coming?
I don’t work in the industry anymore. The last crashes were grounded in a tech bubble and a real estate/mortgage bubble. Is there a specific industry sector that stands out to you, or more just a broad over pricing of securities in general?
The Mag 7 comes to mind, although at the moment it si the MAG 5.
As far as lost decades go, this chart is a little dated, but useful for our purposes.
Lost decades happen a lot.
They are very choppy, not flat sideways.