“Bullish sentiment registered above 40% for the first time since August 23, 2012 in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey. Bearish sentiment continues to stay above its historical average, however.
Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 5.1 percentage points to 40.9%. This reading ends a 13-week streak of optimism coming in below its historical average of 39.0%.
Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, edged up 1.3 percentage points to 24.7%. Even with the increase, this is the 10th time in the past 11 weeks that neutral sentiment is below 30%. The historical average is 30.5%.
Bearish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will fall over the next six months, fell 6.4 percentage points to 34.4%. This is an eight-week low. Even with the drop, pessimism is above its historical average of 30.5% for the 14th consecutive week and the 30th out of the last 34 weeks.
More individual investors are describing themselves as bullish than bearish for just the second time in the past 10 weeks. The bull-bear spread, which measures the difference between bullish and bearish sentiment, is also at its most positive level since August 23, 2012. The current bull-bear spread is 6.5.”
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