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Investor Sentiment (as per month-end July 2015)
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The latest survey (Status/30th July 2015) of investor sentiment from the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) showed a large drop in bullish sentiment:
After climbing up to 32.5% last week, bullish sentiment dropped by over eleven percentage points to 21.1%
A bullish sentiment of 21.1% marks the lowest level since early June 2015 and the 18th straight week that it has been below the average reading of 38.19% since 2009.
The move in bearish sentiment was even larger, as pessimism spiked up to 40.7%. That’s the highest level of bearish sentiment in nearly two years (August 2013).
As a result of these moves, the spread between bullish and bearish sentiment now stands at -19.59 percentage points, which is the most negative spread since April 2013!
While bullish and bearish sentiment readings moved to extreme levels, neutral sentiment actually dropped below 40% at the end of July 2015; being the first time since April 2015. This ended a record 16 straight weeks where neutral sentiment was above 40%.
