What a week for Mark Cuban. Fresh off being tapped for the role of the president alongside Ann Coulter in the upcoming blockbuster “Sharknado 3,” the brash billionaire’s bearish forecast has landed him a spot in MarketWatch’s call of the day.

“If we thought it was stupid to invest in public Internet websites that had no chance of succeeding back then, it’s worse today,” he wrote in a blog post detailing the risks facing the current crop of angel investors and crowdfunders (more on that below).

He’s not alone in his fear-mongering. While retail investors are all-in, equity-wise, as are corporations, prophets of doom are counting the moments until the cards fall in the public markets, as well. The thing is, they’ve been counting them for years now. Check out the chart of the day for how long it’s been since we’ve felt a serious pullback. Spoiler alert: almost three years.

Doug Kass, president of Seabreeze Partners, has been anticipating some weakness for a while now, and he’s positioned himself to turn a profit when that day comes.

“Mr. Market is beginning to launch into the giddy phase, in which rose-colored glasses have replaced the camera with a stick — GoPro, which is now out of favor — as the most preferred accoutrement,” he wrote. “Nevertheless, despite the enthusiasm and extraordinary price momentum, I anticipate that my next move will likely be to meaningfully increase my short exposure.”

The shorts might have to wait another day to get paid. Stocks are setting up for a positive open ahead of Friday’s jobs report.

Key market gauges

Futures on the Dow US:YMH5 and the S&P US:ESH5 are perking up. Not so in Asia ADOW, +0.33% , where the most of the major indexes sagged to a soft close after China’s growth forecast got a haircut . Europe SXXP, -0.66% is well up as ECB Pres. Draghi lays out the plans for that 1 trillion euro bond-buying plan. We’re keeping track of his presser in a live blog here.

There’s no stoppingshawn the U.S. dollar DXY, +0.03% lately. The greenback just passed through a technical threshold and took out another 11-year high against the euro EURUSD, -0.06% and it’s getting choppy as ECB Pres. Draghi is speaking. Crude is flirting with gains, along with gold.

The quote

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“I believe that it’s $200 billion. After 14 years in power of Russia, and the amount of money that the country has made, and the amount of money that hasn’t been spent on schools and roads and hospitals and so on, all that money is in property, bank — Swiss bank accounts — shares, hedge funds, managed for Putin and his cronies.” — Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital, who was a source cited in this piece explaining why Putin isn’t a Forbes billionaire.

The economy

Initial unemployment claims hit the highest level since May. Factory orders numbers for January are coming at 10:00 a.m. After the market closes, we’ll get a look at the Dodd-Frank stress test results. Read why these results are getting questioned. The ECB meeting just passed by with no change on rates. Onto the ever-fun presser with Mario Draghi.

The call

The bubble 15 years ago was bad. This bubble is far worse, warns Mark Cuban. “If stock in a company is worth what somebody will pay for it, what is the stock of a company worth when there is no place to sell it?” the mouthy billionaire wrote. “The only thing worse than a market with collapsing valuations is a market with no valuations and no liquidity.” The lack of liquidity he’s referring to is today’s private investors, who are investing in apps and small tech firms. “I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that most of these individual angels and crowd funders are currently underwater in their investments. Absolutely none. I say most. The percentage could be higher,” Cuban said. Read why he’s blaming the SEC for the loud pop we’re about the hear.

Zero Hedge says the media will spend today trotting out an assortment of “asset-gatherers and commission-takers” to drill into Cuban’s assessment. “The question is: Who do you believe? The billionaire with no ax to grind or the market maven ‘TV personality’ with vested interests up the wazoo?” the blogger wrote.

The buzz

The theme of chasing yields isn’t going anywhere as long as rates remain this low. Really, they’re going even lower. And who really knows when that will change substantively. The 10-year Treasury just back down to 2% — a generous number, compared with what investors are getting across the pond. So, where to now? Down under, says BlackRock’s Russ Koesterich. “The Australian equity market now offers a dividend yield of over 4%, more than double that of the U.S. market,” he said. “With yields low around the world, investors are increasingly scouring the globe for income. That’s one reason we would upgrade our view on Australian equities to a benchmark weight.”

Alibaba BABA, -1.20% wasn’t too comfortable at record lows, it seems. The stock enjoyed a nice 5% bounce yesterday and is looking to inch higher again today, after getting smacked by accusations of investing violations by the Taiwanese government.

Deal news is giving shares of Pharmacyclics US:PCYC a boost. AbbVie Inc. ABBV, +0.53% said it would buy the cancer biotech in a $21 billion cash-and-stock deal.

The chart

There are only six other streaks since 1930 where the S&P has gone this long without a 15% correction, as you can see by this chart. The longest streak ended in 1957 at 2,072 days. We’re only at 819. This bull might not be as old as it’s cracked up to be. @NickatFP tweeted out this chart.

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