Stock-market sentiment hitting 'ludicrous' territory, but when will bulls 'pay the piper'?
The stock marketâs run to all-time highs has the look of a classic grind higher, but bullish sentiment levels â a contrarian indicator â are getting extreme, technical analysts warned. In a Thursday note with the title, âStock Market: Sentiment Ludicrous, Risk Rising, Butâ¦â, Mark Arbeter of Arbeter Investments ran down a list of extreme sentiment readings, including: The 5-day Cboe equity-only put/call ratio has fallen to another record low of 0.37, eclipsing the previous record low from June (data goes back to late 2003). Puts are options that give the hol...