Individual investor bulls tumble to a 6-month low - AAII
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INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR BULLS TUMBLE TO A 6-MONTH LOW - AAII
Optimism among individual investors over the short-term outlook for U.S. stocks fell sharply in the latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey. With this, both pessimism and neutral sentiment increased.
Meanwhile, about a third of investors surveyed are paying particular attention to whether earnings are better or worse than expected as companies report their quarterly results.
AAII reported that bullish sentiment, or expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, slid 7.7 percentage points to 37.7% (lowest since 32.1% on April 25, 2024). Bullish sentiment is above its historical average of 37.5% for the 50th time in 51 weeks.
Bearish sentiment, or expectations that stock prices will fall over the next six months, gained 4.5 percentage points to 29.9%. Bearish sentiment is below its historical average of 31.0% for the 10th time in 11 weeks.
Neutral sentiment, or expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, rose 3.2 percentage points to 32.4%. Neutral sentiment is above its historical average of 31.5% for the first time in 16 weeks.
With these changes, the bull-bear spread slid 12.3 percentage points to 7.8% from 20.1% last week. The spread is above its historical average of 6.5% for the 24th time in 25 weeks.
In this week’s special question, AAII asked its members what they see as the key metrics as companies report earnings.
Here is AAII's graphic showing how they responded:
(Terence Gabriel)
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