Must-listen: Porter Stansberry interviews master speculator Doug Casey

From The Daily Crux:

We know many readers have already claimed their free subscriptions to Stansberry Radio — our colleague Porter Stansberry’s new weekly radio show — but this week’s episode is too good not to pass along.

This week Porter and co-host Aaron Brabham welcome renowned speculator and free market guru, Doug Casey. Longtime readers know Doug’s interviews are always worth a listen… and this one is no exception.

Doug shares his thoughts [...]

ALERT: Everyone’s Freaking Out About Q4 Earnings NOW

by Sam Ro, BI

We’ve heard this story before: analysts freak out ahead of earnings announcements, and then they slash their earnings estimates.  This is exactly what happened going into the recent Q3 earnings season (see chart below).

But when companies announced their actual Q3 results, most of them beat expectations.

And now we’re heading into Q4, and it’s deja vu all over again.

Stock market guru Ed Yardeni put together this chart of [...]

BOB PRECHTER WARNING: Bullishness is getting extreme

The notoriously bearish market guru Bob Prechter makes one unassailable point in his latest newsletter (via Mish).

Bullishness is getting extreme:

Individual investors (AAII poll)—most bullish in six years

Newsletter advisors (I.I. poll 20-week average)—most bullish in seven years

Futures traders (trade-futures.com poll)—most bullish in four years

Mutual fund managers (% cash)—most bullish ever

Hedge fund managers (BoAML survey)—most bullish ever

Economists (news-org polls)—unanimously bullish

Top global strategists (three national year-ahead panels)—unanimously bullish

Even most ‘bears’ on the economy [...]