Fear Is Driving the Stock Market: This Is the Single Best Move Investors Can Make Right Now.
This one move can make or break your portfolio during the next market pullback.
Fear Is Driving the Stock Market: This Is the Single Best Move Investors Can Make Right Now.
Overview
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up by nearly 26% over the past year, as of this writing. Despite the record-breaking performance, however, many investors are feeling nervous about the stock market.
The Fear and Greed Index measures investor sentiment on a scale from 0 to 100, with lower numbers indicating "fear" and higher signalling "greed." The metric dropped from 65 one month ago to 34 as of this writing, firmly in the "fear" category.
Details
Also, nearly 48% of U.S. investors believe stock prices will be lower six months from now, according to the most recent weekly survey from the American Association of Individual Investors, with only 30% optimistic that the market will continue climbing.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.
