FYI: The Sell Side Indicator — our measure of Wall Street’s bullishness on stocks — moved sideways in December, unchanged from November’s reading of 52.1. At the start of the year, it was 53.3. The indicator remains in “Buy” territory, as Wall Street’s bearishness is still more extreme than at the market lows of March 2009. Given the contrarian nature of this indicator, we remain encouraged by Wall Street’s ongoing lack of optimism and the fact that strategists are still recommending that investors significantly underweight equities, at 52.1% vs. a traditional long-term average benchmark weighting of 60-65%
Regards,
Ted
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/01/wall-street-ends-the-year-more-cautious-than-it-began/print/
