The percentage of individual investors describing their outlook for stocks as “neutral” is at a seven-month high. The latest AAII Sentiment Survey also shows a drop in optimism and an increase in pessimism. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, pulled back by 4.8 percentage points to 35.1%. Optimism…
Optimism about the short-term direction of stock prices jumped to a three-month high in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Neutral sentiment also rose, while pessimism plunged. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 8.1 percentage points to 39.9%. Optimism was last higher on November 7, 2018 (41.3%). This…
Equity and fixed-income allocations among individual investors increased slightly last month. The latest AAII Asset Allocation Survey also shows a small pullback in cash allocations. Stock and stock fund allocations rebounded by 0.8 percentage points to 63.2%. Though this was a minor increase, equity allocations are above their historical average of 61.0% for the 70th consecutive…
The percentage of individual investors who describe their short-term outlook for stocks as “neutral” is at its highest level in nearly six months. The latest AAII Sentiment Survey also shows a drop in optimism and a slight decrease in pessimism. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, fell by…
Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term direction of stock prices remains above average in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Optimism rebounded while neutral sentiment was slightly changed. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 4.1 percentage points to 37.7%. Optimism is below its historical average of 38.5%…
Pessimism about the short-term direction of the stock market among individual investors rebounded in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Both optimism and neutral sentiment fell back below their respective averages. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, pulled back by 4.9 percentage points to 33.5%. Optimism is below its…
It seems that the U.S. stock market has moved passed December’s abysmal performance, at least for now. Nearly half-way through January, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (IYY) is up nearly 11% from its Christmas Eve low. In fact, through the close on January 9, the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 index had logged their…
Pessimism among individual investors, which had been holding at a high level, plunged to its lowest level in more than three months in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Both bullish and neutral sentiment rose strongly. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 5.4 percentage points to 38.5%. This…
Cash allocations among individual investors rose to nearly a six-year high last month. The December AAII Asset Allocation Survey also showed a further decline in equity exposure. Stock and stock fund allocations fell 2.2 percentage points to 62.4%. Exposure to equities was last lower in February 2016 (61.5%). Even with the decline, equity allocations remained…
Half of individual investors now describe themselves as “bearish” for the first time since 2013. The latest AAII Sentiment Survey shows greater polarization, with neutral sentiment falling to an eight-year low. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rebounded for a second consecutive week, rising 6.7 percentage points to…
