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Stock Market Sentiment Indicators Continue to Advise Caution

Stock Market Sentiment Indicators Continue to Advise Caution.  Short-term indicators are no longer oversold, suggesting the possibility of short-term bounces. The real story remains with the intermediate-term indicators. They suggest stock market investors should remain cautious. They see no stock market bottom in sight. This is true particularly in this period of high volatility and global economic and political uncertainty. We should also note that another bad sign for the stock market is that the weekly trading breadth remains very negative and new stock lows outnumbered new highs for the second week.

As for intermediate investor sentiment, The Investors Intelligence Bulls/Bears poll of stock market newsletter writers’ spread between bullish and bearish sentiment barely changed to +31.2 from +31.4% last time (see chart). A spread above 40% calls for increased defensive measures by investors. However, a spread over 30% still means investors should be defensive. Another contrarian warning sign for investors from this poll is that the group of advisors projecting a correction remained heavily in the minority,  barely moving to 33.0% from 32.4%.

Stock Market Sentiment Indicators Continue to Advise Caution
Stock Market Sentiment Indicators Continue to Advise Caution

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