AAII Sentiment Survey: Pessimism Expands

Jan. 09, 2025 4:10 PM ET
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Summary

  • Bullish sentiment decreased 0.8 percentage points to 34.7%.
  • Neutral sentiment decreased 2.4 percentage points to 28.0%.
  • Bearish sentiment increased 3.2 percentage points to 37.4%.

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Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term outlook for stocks increased in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Meanwhile, optimism and neutral sentiment decreased.

Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased 0.8 percentage points

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Charles Rotblut, CFA is the editor of the AAII Journal, the flagship publication of The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). Charles provides both insight about individual investor sentiment and market analysis. He is also the author of "Better Good than Lucky: How Savvy Investors Create Fortune with the Risk-Reward Ratio" (W&A Publishing/Trader's Press).

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