Sentiment Indicator Showing Widening Divergence On Outlook for Stock Market Between “Smart” and “Dumb” Investors

Sentiment Indicator Showing Widening Divergence On Outlook for Stock Market Between “Smart” and “Dumb” Investors.  SentimenTrader’s Smart Money/Dumb Money Confidence Spread shows that the recent huge stock market declines are triggering outright panic and increasing pessimism among so-called “dumb money” investors. Meanwhile, the huge declines are making the “smart money” increasingly optimistic about a bottom. …

Investor Sentiment is Extremely Fearful, Indicating Stock Market is Oversold: But  Be Careful!

Investor Sentiment is Extremely Fearful, Indicating Stock Market is Oversold: But  Be Careful!  We use investor sentiment as contrarian indicators of where the stock market is headed because investors historically are wrong.  The recent huge market drops have driven investor sentiment to levels of extreme fear, indicating the stock market has become oversold.  That spells…

Why Increasing Investor Stock Market Pessimism Doesn’t Mean It is Time to Buy

Why Increasing Investor Stock Market Pessimism Doesn’t Mean It is Time to Buy. We use investor sentiment as contrarian indicators about the direction of the stock market because historically investors are wrong. Although sentiment indicators are showing growing investor pessimism about stocks as an investment, they have not reached historical fear levels that we believe…

Investor Sentiment Indicates Stock Market Remains Precarious

Investor Sentiment Indicates Stock Market Remains Precarious. We use investor sentiment as a contrarian indicator of market direction because the average investor historically is usually wrong.. Although the short-term CNN Fear/Greed index is now registering extreme fear on the part of investors,  we believe that as a contrarian indicator that this is not yet a…

Soaring Bullish Sentiment  is Warning Stock Market Could Be In For Rough Times

Soaring Bullish Sentiment is Warning Stock Market Could Be In For Rough Times. We use investor sentiment as a contrarian indicator of where the market is headed because the average investor historically is wrong. So what is worrisome is that this week’s strong stock market gains have driven up investor exuberance to the highest bullish…