AAII Sentiment Survey: Bearish Sentiment Festers Among Individual Investors

By AAII: Bullish sentiment declined, extending its streak of consecutive below-average readings, in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, declined 2.4 percentage points to 30.2%. This is the 15th consecutive week that bullish sentiment has been below its historical average of 39%.

By AAII: The latest AAII Sentiment Survey reveals that bullish sentiment among individual investors has exceeded bearish sentiment for the first time since the end of July. The percentage of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months continued its slow upward climb, up 2.2%, to a six-week high of 38.6%. The historical average is 39%.

By AAII: Individual investors became a little less pessimistic in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey, though bearish sentiment remains at unusually high levels.Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, edged up 0.6 percentage points to 29.2%. This is the first time since July 26, 2012 that optimism is below 30% on consecutive weeks. It is also the ninth consecutive week, and the 29th out of the last 30 weeks, that bullish sentiment is below its historical average of 39%.

By AAII: Bearish sentiment spread among individual investors to an unusually high level, while bullish sentiment deteriorated in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, fell 0.6 percentage points to 27.4%. This is the tenth consecutive week that optimism has been below its historical average of 39%. The current bullish sentiment reading is more than one standard deviation below the long-term average.

AAII submits: Bullish sentiment jumped 5.6 percentage points to 48.5%. This is the highest that bullish sentiment, expectations that the markets will rise over the next six months, has been since December 31.

By AAII: Investor sentiment continued its pessimistic slide in the latest AAII survey of individual investors. Bullish sentiment decreased 5.2 percentage points to 25.3%. The percentage of investors expecting stock prices to rise over the next six months is 13.7 percentage points below the long-term historical average of 39%. Bullish sentiment has been below its historical average for nine consecutive weeks and has been below the historical average 20 times over the last 23 weeks.

AAII submits: Bullish sentiment rebounded 9.2 percentage points to 37.7% in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. This is a five-week high for optimism about the six-month direction of stock prices. Nevertheless, bullish sentiment continues to stay below its historical average of 39%.Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, fell 4.1 percentage points to 27.3%. The historical average is 31%.

By AAII: Bearish sentiment rose to its highest level since July 26, 2012 in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, declined 1.4 percentage points to 36.1%. This is the fifth consecutive week and the 25th out of the past 26 weeks that bullish sentiment is below its historical average of 39%.