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Gartman Does it Again: Stocks Set To Surge As Newsletter Bulls Hit 6 Year Low

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If there is one thing more or less guaranteed to create a bullish scenario for stocks, it is the sudden flip-flop of world-renowned newsletter writer Dennis Gartman once again to a short-of-stocks position. Worse still, his fellow newsletter writers, according to AAII, have not been this 'unbullish' since the trough in March 2009. Of course, what many are missing this morning isd 120 points of The Dow's gains are due to the panic-intervention by The BoJ at last night's Japan open...

 

Gartman: "Full-fledged bear market"... Long of tanker stocks, derivatives-hedged to a short overall equity position...

 

And AAII % Bullish drops to March 2009 levels (and bull/bear difference lowest since the dip in 2012)..

As Bloomberg notes,

Bullish newsletter writers tracked by Investors Intelligence sink to 27.8%, lowest reading since bear market nadir in March 2009 when bulls were 26.4%; bottom in stocks “may be close or at hand,” says II. Bulls were at 31.6% last week.

 

Bears rise to highest since Nov. 2012 to 26.8% vs 22.5% last week

 

Correction falls to 45.4% from 45.9%, remains at highest levels since Oct. and is 4th week correction tops bulls

 

Bull-bear spread contracts to 1.0 vs 9.1, smallest spread since string of negative readings in Oct. 2011

But thgen again, this "rally" is predicated on The BoJ's liftathon at Japan's open last night...

 

Charts: @Not_Jim_Cramer and Bloomberg

 

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Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:01 | 6499128 gdiamond22
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The BEST contrarian indicator of ALL-TIME

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:02 | 6499134 NoDebt
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He's no Tom Stolper.  Dennis would have a LONG way to go just to equal Tom's pristine .000 batting average.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:04 | 6499140 clooney_art
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He is a very short-term day trader. No sense following him.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:07 | 6499150 Looney
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I am a fucking moron!

Dennis Gartman

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:25 | 6499184 Pool Shark
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Ironically, Gartman is so consistently wrong, it might by worth subscribing to his newsletter so I can take the opposite side of all his trades.

Hmmmm...

 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:41 | 6499271 davinci7_gis
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ZH suggested awhile back that an "inverse" Gartman fund be created.  One could invest $100 in the fund and turn it into $1Million in a year!

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:11 | 6499373 Dutti
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Thank you Dennis, I was starting to feel a little impatient with my long e-mini position!

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:18 | 6499194 BullyBearish
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He's their designated CONTRARIAN signal generator...and get's paid well for it

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:04 | 6499138 VinceFostersGhost
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If this market crap doesn't work out for him.....I'm pretty sure he could get a full time gig on the Simpsons.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:07 | 6499152 Bilderberg Member
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Jack Bogle's personal "Exhibit A"

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:50 | 6499562 Eireann go Brach
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Dennis, we know you are on ZH, what is your ZH Avatar name LOL? 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:25 | 6499684 BlueStreet
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He looks (rightfully so) totally defeated in that clip.  He's been on full-tilt for so long now that it's finally taking a toll.  There's no way he can't look at himself in the mirror and not realize he's become a joke and laughing stock. 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 14:12 | 6500634 Greenie
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Blue, I'm not so sure that was a look of defeat. Its more of the look one gets after downing a quart of gin the night before

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:01 | 6499129 Tom Servo
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a blind squirrel occassionally finds a nut

 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:02 | 6499131 Bill of Rights
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Central banks to dump $1.5 trillion FX reserves by end-2016 -DeutscheBank

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL5N11738B20150901

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:06 | 6499136 Dr. Engali
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Good Lord, can this guy take a position for longer than 12 hours? I can't imagine reading his crap on a daily basis. Both his subscriber's heads must be spinning.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:07 | 6499149 NoDebt
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I don't think so.  You don't ever want to be as lost as this guy.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:10 | 6499642 viejofeo
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Actually, his subscribers should flog themselves for paying this fool for taking their money and replacing it with the worst possible advice you can get...on second thought, they deserve each other...

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:03 | 6499137 klayton biggs bee
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The look on Gartmans face just screams......Pull my finger!!

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:14 | 6499179 Dr. Engali
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Really? When I see his face it looks like he is thinking...."just shoot me".

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:18 | 6499192 razorthin
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"I don't know what the fuck I'm doing"

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:33 | 6499244 Albertarocks
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"I wonder why they keep inviting me back on."

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:04 | 6499139 gatorengineer
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Looks like a gap and go today.... PPT has been busy

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:06 | 6499144 Albertarocks
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It seems everybody is beating this guy up, but I didn't hear him say a single thing I wouldn't agree with.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:08 | 6499156 NoDebt
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Three hours from now when he sends out his next newsletter and changes his opinion to super-bullish (and, believe me, he will do EXACTLY THAT), would you still agree with him?

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:23 | 6499208 Albertarocks
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No.  In that case he'd be wrong.  lol

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:06 | 6499147 SheepDog-One
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Gartman is like an Alice in Wonderland character, 'I'm long! I'm short! I'm long AND short!' For fucks sakes....

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:08 | 6499155 The man with po...
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If Gartman is long and short then his boner must be super floppy and elastic.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:09 | 6499160 Amateur Society
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At some point you'd have to expect him to be accurate retroactively, but he's been so reliably wrong you have to give the contrarian indicator the benefit of the doubt until it shows otherwise. I should have been paying more attention to rebalance out of some VXX. Guess I'll just wait until Elul 29 and make decisions after that.

Thanks Dennis! I assume your face is always stuck like it is in the still pic for the video.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:10 | 6499162 Haka Matohi
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This is like Mel Gibson in Consipiracy Theory where he is getting water boarded and comes up saying:

"I believe"

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:12 | 6499172 VinceFostersGhost
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The thing I like about Mel Gibson is his stability......I hate drama.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:13 | 6499174 NoDebt
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Not sure what that means in this context, but I up-voted you for the reference.  I liked that movie, and I rarely like Mel Gibson movies.

"Yeah, at one level these groups are at war with eachother but on another level.... they're all the same people."

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:17 | 6499187 Dr. Engali
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I like that movie too, but I down voted you (for the first time ever) because I think Mel had a lot of good movies before he went certifiable. 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:24 | 6499211 mastersnark
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I down voted you because Mel Gibson didn't go certifiable.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:44 | 6499537 NoDebt
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He was always certifiable.  He just hid it better when he was younger.  

The Road Warrior/Mad Max movies are still epic pieces of film, burned into my brain to this day.  That's why I said "rarely" instead of "never".

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:11 | 6499163 Skeeterworborton
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missed his calling as a weatherman...

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:12 | 6499169 Silverhog
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I'm impressed he get a paycheck for this shit. Some dumb fucks follow him. 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:31 | 6500001 Crocodile
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The same that voted for the Kenyan & the other candidate.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:13 | 6499176 Rodders75
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Who will start a Gartman Contrarian tracker? They'll be able at least to pay for his shite letter. 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:40 | 6499181 ebworthen
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So choppy seas are a sign of stability and there is no storm coming?  Got it.

Gartman needs a sailor Captain's hat, worn at a juanty angle.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:19 | 6499197 Glass Seagull
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Writes his letter in iambic pentameter and Queen's English...

lulz

 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:21 | 6499200 AlfredNeumann
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Amazing how many people need to listen to other ''guessers''.   Even spending money to subsribe to their ''newsletter'

These are the same morons who will donate to idiots like Alex Jones.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All you have to do is use your OWN brain (if you have one).

Check Elsevier stock and see what their track record is over the years.  Also Shell oil is a bargain right now.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:21 | 6499201 AlfredNeumann
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Amazing how many people need to listen to other ''guessers''.   Even spending money to subsribe to their ''newsletter'

These are the same morons who will donate to idiots like Alex Jones.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All you have to do is use your OWN brain (if you have one).

Check Elsevier stock and see what their track record is over the years.  Also Shell oil is a bargain right now.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:27 | 6499979 Crocodile
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Says the fool with no money; you are right in the implications that it is guesswork unless you are "The Insiders".  All are fools from heavens perspective; the only one that counts at the very end, which like the markets, we know it will, but when?

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:24 | 6499213 Spungo
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Let's see here. Changing positions means selling existing longs and making new shorts, so 2 transactions are required for each change, multiply by 20 changes per month, multiply by about $7 per trade = $280/mo in transaction fees. That sounds reasonable.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:31 | 6499236 FPearl602
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C'mon boys - DG nailed the USD rally vs. Yen/Euro and it has been one of the best trades in decades.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:39 | 6499266 gizmotron
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I get more from a 10 minute scan of Zero Hedge morning headlines than hours reading BJ, WSJ, etc... Thanks, Tyler D.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:21 | 6499443 Crocodile
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Agreed.

 

Here are a couple of more I have been reading and find useful.

http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/category/economics/

 

http://www.thestreet.com/author/1175182/KenGoldberg/all.html

 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 09:53 | 6499310 Quinvarius
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Gartman doesn't know anything but what is in yersterday's newspapers.  Go steal someone's trash and read their old WSJ.  You will be just as informed.

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:22 | 6499450 Consuelo
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"Of course, what many are missing this morning isd 120 points of The Dow's gains are due to the panic-intervention by The BoJ at last night's Japan open..."

 

'Panic intervention'...?    I'd say more like - at the 'gentle' behest of the Treasury/Fed...

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 10:26 | 6499465 Chippewa Partners
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Dennis,  relax.  Take a walk outside.  Get some sun.  Find yourself.

But please don't stop with your calls, they are adding to our P & L faster than Bill Clinton headed after an intern...............You are truly the finest contrary indicator going!  

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:04 | 6499613 Father Lucifer
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I am a drunk.

Dennis Gartman

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:39 | 6499730 cheech_wizard
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Seriously, are those "books by the foot" on that bookshelf?

 

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 11:43 | 6499747 WarPony
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"Please remove the Ceti eel" - Gartman

Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:22 | 6499949 Spungo
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I think it would be awesome if Zero Hedge was run by Gartman

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