SENTIMENT & MARKET INDICATORS, 9/17/25
AAII Bull-Bear Spread -0.7% (below average; Survey unusually
bipolar)
CNN Fear & Greed Index 57 (greed)
NYSE %Above 50-dMA 66.32% (positive)
SP500 %Above 50-dMA 55.60% (positive)
These are contrarian indicators.
INVESTOR CONCERNS: Tariffs, inflation, jobs, Fed, debt, budget, dollar, recession, geopolitical, Russia-Ukraine (186+ weeks), Israel-Hamas (67+25 weeks).
For the Survey week (Th-Wed), stocks up, bonds up, oil up, gold up, dollar down.
Fed cut fed fund rate by -25 bps to 4.00-4.25% range, as expected. Market expectations are for -25 bps cuts in October & December. 2-yr Treasury is at 3.5%.
#AAII #CNN #Sentiment
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