Investor Sentiment on Stock Market is No Longer Wildly Bullish

Investor Sentiment on Stock Market is No Longer Wildly Bullish.  We use investor sentiment as contrarians indicator on stock market direction.  So, a month ago in late March the Investor Intelligence poll of more than 100 newsletter writers showed  bears clearly outnumbering bulls  with a negative spread of -11.6%.  Negative spreads as they widen historically…

Not-too-Hot, Not-too-Cold Investor Sentiment on Stock Market Suggests Further Upside

Not-too-Hot, Not-too-Cold Investor Sentiment on Stock Market Suggests Further Upside.  We use investor sentiment as a contrarian indicator for where the stock market is headed.  The Investors Intelligence poll of more than 100 market newsletter writers is an important contrarian indicator for the direction of the stock market. These writers tend to act like sheep…

Why Record Amount of Corporate Debt Downgrades Could Be Good News for Stock Market and Economy

Why Record Amount of Corporate Debt Downgrades Could Be Good News for Stock Market and Economy. The major credit agencies are notorious for waiting until the last minute when things are really bad to downgrade their ratings on issuers’ debt, particularly for larger companies like those in the S&P 500. That’s because they get their…

Sentiment Indicators Suggesting Stock Market Bottom for Near-to-Intermediate Term

Sentiment Indicators Suggesting Stock Market Bottom for Near-to-Intermediate Term.  Investor sentiment indicators historically are good indicators of the direction of the stock market. So, in these times of great uncertainty it is interesting to note that important indicators from SentimenTrader are signaling a near-to-intermediate-term stock market bottom. The chart below, which is a compilation of…

Newsletters Give Up

Published  by Jason Goepfert Newsletters Give Up. There are a few go-to indicators that casual observers tend to gravitate to when discussing “sentiment.” One of those is the survey of newsletter writers by Investor’s Intelligence. Despite the tumult in markets in recent weeks, the survey hadn’t shown much give-up, which changed this past week. For…