AAII Sentiment Survey: Optimism Pulls Back

Jul. 10, 2025 2:58 PM ETS&P 500 Index (SP500), SPX, DJI, NDX, SPY, DIA, QQQ, IVV, VOO, IWM, , , , , , , , , 1 Comment
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Summary

  • Bullish sentiment decreased 3.6 percentage points to 41.4%.
  • Neutral sentiment increased 1.1 percentage points to 23.0%.
  • Bearish sentiment increased 2.5 percentage points to 35.6%.

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

Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, decreased 3.6 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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