Yes, the latest investor atmosphere shows great attention. No, that doesn’t mean you should follow traditional wisdom and rush into the market. According to a close investigation by the organization, the American Individual Investors Association’s share of put options ending this week has collapsed. This only marks its sixth week above that level, according to an analysis by the Custom Investment Team. More importantly, the customizer found that the five-week bearish emotional growth in the survey was the third highest on record. It lags behind the end of 2000 and mid-1990 periods. Historically, such a high negative sentiment towards the market has brought great opportunities to take stocks. Customized customization found that the S&P 500 rose more than 30% in a typical year after AAII bearish reading volumes exceed 60%. Question: Today’s market is not ordinary. “On the one hand, I can’t deny today’s extreme reading today,” said Peter Boockvar, head of investment at Bleakley Financial Group. “On the other hand, I still think that before reaching a conclusion, investors have to study a variety of different sentiment measurement tables and survey measurements. It’s not a clean reading.” Specifically, Boockvar pointed to the report released on Wednesday by the Investor Intelligence Sentiment Report. This dataset shows more bulls than bears, and draws more terrifying pictures than AAII. Elsewhere, he noted that Citi’s weekly panic/euphoria model shows investors in the “Euphoria” space. On the other side of the spectrum, the index of CNN’s fear and greed slides into “extreme fear” after sitting in the “neutral” area a week ago. Together, Boockvar said the data points of these comparisons have enabled investors to try to act in “no man’s land.” He said measuring emotions is “more effective when they all lean in one direction”. “This is the most contradictory … a set of measures I’ve seen,” Boockvar said. “I honestly don’t know what to do.” Given its weekly volatility, the AAII investigation “shaky” investigation can be very difficult to hedge. For example, if the market will rally next week, he said he hopes for a significant emotional shift. The AAII index has been criticized for focusing on a clumsy old retail investor, which may mean that the data does not represent a growing community of individual traders. In fact, JPMorgan’s data highlights the results of the alleged disconnect: The bank’s latest report shows that small-scale traders continue to support the U.S. stock market, and even the AAII investigation flashed the group’s warning signs. “It’s very fickle,” Bukvar said of the AAII survey. “If you look at the chart, it looks like an ECG chart.” As for why the AAII survey paints such a frustrating prospect, Boockvar points to the negative changes in the Nasdaq composites that are ripe for the Nasdaq technology. He said it could undercut investors who have enjoyed huge gains in their Megacap Tech Holdings for two years. .ixic YTD Mountain Nasdaq Comprehensive in 2025 “Mag 7 trade is on the shaky ground,” Boockvar said. “In terms of the quality and quality of these companies, it’s a huge performance of these stocks.” The CIO added: “These stocks actually bring a broader market on their shoulders.” “I think those days are coming to an end.”
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