Pessimism among individual investors about the short-term direction of the stock market continued to decline, falling to a seven-week low in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. At the same time, optimism extended its rebound into a second week by rising to a seven-week high.
Sentiment
Bullish sentiment
- Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 2.7 percentage points to 29.6%.
- The increase puts opti...

The percentage of individual investors expecting stocks to decline further is above 50% for the seventh time in 11 weeks. The latest AAII Sentiment Survey also shows both optimism and neutral sentiment falling.
Sentiment
Bullish sentiment
- Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, dropped 3.4 percentage points to 19.4%.
- It is below its historical average of 38.0% for the 33rd consecutive week and is at an unusually...

Pessimism among individual investors plunged this week but remains at an unusually high level in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Additionally, both bullish and neutral sentiment rose.
Sentiment
Bullish sentiment
- Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 4.6 percentage points to 22.8%.
- It is below its historical average of 38.0% for the 32nd consecutive week and at an unusually low level for the...

The percentage of individual investors expressing optimism about the short-term direction of stocks fell to among the lowest levels ever recorded in the AAII Sentiment Survey. At the same time, pessimism rose to one of its highest levels ever recorded.
Sentiment
Bullish sentiment
- Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, declined 1.2 percentage points to 18.2%.
- This is a two-month low. Op...

The percentage of individual investors expecting stock prices to fall over the next six months is above 50% for the fifth time in eight weeks. The latest AAII Sentiment Survey also shows short-term optimism about stocks falling below 20%.
Sentiment
Bullish sentiment
- Expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, declined 1.6 percentage points to 19.4%.
- The drop puts optimism at a seven-week low.
- It is below its histor...

A meme coin called TrumpCoin has caught the attention of members of the Trump family—and they are not amused. Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, today tweeted that TrumpCoin has nothing to do with the Trump family, is not authorized, and "legal action" will be taken.
The current market capitalization of TrumpCoin is around $1.5 million with a circulating supply of a little more than 6.6 million coins. The coin currently has almost no tra...

The world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization began to drop Thursday around 2 p.m. ET, following the lead of the equity market, which saw a sharp decline into the U.S. 4 p.m. Bitcoin has fallen 17.83 % last week.
Here's what analysts are saying is behind the fall in price:
1. Negative market sentiment
Bitcoin's (BTC) fall in price is a simple continuation of the same trend that has been occurring in the last few weeks – negative market s...