Investor optimism falls - AAII
INVESTOR OPTIMISM FALLS - AAIIOptimism among individual investors about the short-term outlook for stocks decreased in the latest weekly AAII Sentiment Survey. Bullish sentiment, or expectations that stocks will rise over the next six months, decreased 12.2 percentage points to 33.7%. That puts it below its historical average of 37.5% for the first time in five weeks.Neutral sentiment, or expectations that stocks will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, increased 1.8 percentage points to 20.3%. That puts neutral sentiment below its historical average of 31.5% for the 65th time in 67 weeks.Bearish sentiment, or expectations that stock prices will fall over the next six months, increased 10.4 percentage points to 46.1%. That puts bearish sentiment above its historical average of 31.0% for the 46th time in 48 weeks.The bull-bear spread decreased 22.6 percentage points to 12.4% and was below its historical average of 6.5% for the 34th time in 37 weeks.For this week's special question, AAII members were asked how they would describe the current valuation of stocks. Some 54.6% said stocks in general are over-valued; 10% said stocks in general are fairly valued; 27.5% said valuations are mixed, with some expensive and some cheap; 6.1% said stocks in general are undervalued and 1.1% had no opinion.(Caroline Valetkevitch)***** EARLIER ON LIVE MARKETS US EARNINGS MOVE INTO 2ND WEEK; TESLA, IBM ON TAP CLICK HERE RISK-OFF SLAMS CRYPTO; BITCOIN HEADED FOR WEEKLY DROP CLICK HERE US STOCKS EDGE UP; TRUMP SAYS 100% TARIFF ON CHINA NOT SUSTAINABLE CLICK HERE HOLLYWOOD'S OVERSEAS BOX OFFICE NOW SHOWING TARIFF TROUBLE CLICK HERE S&P 500 CASH SPENDING TO CLIMB IN 2026, GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS CLICK HERE GENERATIVE AI'S ROI STILL UNCLEAR, WARNS EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD CIO CLICK HERE ARE CHIP SHORTAGES THE NEXT PROBLEM FOR EUROPEAN AUTOS? CLICK HERE FUND MANAGERS STARTING TO TAKE OFF FX HEDGES CLICK HERE BANKS, DEFENCE TUMBLE, ESSILORLUXOTTICA SHINES CLICK HERE EUROPE BEFORE THE BELL BANKS ARE BACK ON THE AGENDA CLICK HEREMORNING BID: ADD CREDIT RISK TO A BUBBLE, AND STAND WELL BACK CLICK HERE