The ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped more than expected in April, helping send Germany's DAX index down 0.4%.
The gain came even though the German ZEW economic-sentiment indicator dropped to its lowest reading since December.
On Friday, the final reading of October consumer sentiment indicator slipped slightly from the initial reading, coming in at 82.6.
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For the time being according to our proprietary sentiment indicator, sentiment on Apple has reached the level of negativity that is interpreted as bullish.
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The economic-sentiment indicator for February rose sharply to 5.4 points from -21.6 in January, the first positive reading since May 2011 and much better than consensus expectations.
An interesting sentiment indicator from Genesis Financial Technologies that uses the Commitment of Traders (COT) data also suggests that traders are not yet bearish enough on gold.
In fact, you should never buy or sell stocks based on any single sentiment indicator, whether it is our survey, the State Street Investor Confidence Index or the Investors Intelligence Advisors Survey.
Though the AAII Sentiment Indicator can be viewed as a contrarian signal, I would caution against relying on any one indicator as a sign that the market is at a turning point.
Some modestly upbeat EU data on consumer and business confidence was released Wednesday as the Economic Sentiment Indicator rose to 91.1 in February versus 89.5 in January, and reaching the highest level since last May.
The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% after Moody's sovereign downgrades late Monday contrasted with positive economic data from Germany, where the ZEW economic sentiment indicator for February rose to its first positive reading since May 2011.
Yes, investor sentiment is a contrary indicator when it reaches extremes in one direction or the other, the market usually moving contrary to what the majority expects.
Oil prices are also a good indicator on investor sentiment regarding the world economy.
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Advisor sentiment is a backward-looking indicator of stock market action.
Whatever consumer sentiment surveys record, this is a leading indicator that personal spending can carry our economy through next year.
So, while sentiment is still against stocks right now (a good contrarian indicator), investors are realizing that they hate other asset classes even more.
Given the security's positive price action during this period of rising bearish sentiment, this added put volume is seen as a positive indicator for the shares from a contrarian perspective.
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