Sentiment Updates

Stock Market Sentiment Indicates Investors Should Remain Cautious.  We view investor sentiment on the direction of the market as contrarian indicators since investors usually are wrong. The Indicators are basically unchanged over the last couple of weeks, continuing to indicate that stock market investors should remain cautious. The CNN Fear/Greed short-term indicator at 65 is…

Stock Market Sentiment Indicates Investors Should Be Cautious. Sentiment Indicators are basically unchanged from a week ago, continuing to indicate that stock market investors should remain cautious. The CNN Fear/Greed at 60 is slightly bullish, which is a negative from a contrarian point of view.   Ned Davis Research short-term sentiment at 50 is on the…

Investor Sentiment Indicators Continue to Flash Warning Signals. This past week’s investor stock market sentiment indicators are signaling that investors continue to be increasingly optimistic about stock market direction. Therfore, from a contrarian point of because the average investor has proven to be historically wrong about market direction, we once again suggest you take defensive…

Investor Sentiment Indicators Continue to Warn Investors to Be Defensive.  The Investor Intelligence Short-term Composite Indicator –- highly regarded by sophisticated market timers — was in overbought territory at 82 this week. That’s one of a number of sentiment warning signs this week that investors should remain defensive, and lighten portfolios. A reading over 70…

Investor Sentiment Indicators Continue to Warn Investors to Lighten Portfolios.  SentimenTrader’s Smart Money Confidence and Dumb Money Confidence indices allow investors to follow what “good” market timers are doing with their money.  This as compared with what “bad” market timers are doing. What’s happening now? The chart below shows that the smart money is becoming…