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What emotion is driving the market now?

  • Fear & Greed Now: 27 (Fear)
  • Fear & Greed Previous Close: 25 (Extreme Fear)
  • Fear & Greed 1 Week Ago: 13 (Extreme Fear)
  • Fear & Greed 1 Month Ago: 12 (Extreme Fear)
  • Fear & Greed 1 Year Ago: 63 (Greed)
Last updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

Seven Fear & Greed Indicators

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Safe Haven Demand
Greed

Stocks have outperformed bonds by 1.17 percentage points during the last 20 trading days. This is close to the strongest performance for stocks relative to bonds in the past two years and indicates investors are rotating into stocks from the relative safety of bonds.

Last changed Oct 28 from a Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

 
Market Volatility
Neutral

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is at 14.77. This is a neutral reading and indicates that market risks appear low.

Last changed Oct 17 from a Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

 
Put and Call Options
Fear

During the last five trading days, volume in put options has lagged volume in call options by 37.68% as investors make bullish bets in their portfolios. However, this is still among the highest levels of put buying seen during the last two years, indicating fear on the part of investors.

Last changed Oct 28 from an Extreme Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:51pm

 
Market Momentum
Fear

The S&P 500 is 2.02% above its 125-day average. During the last two years, the S&P 500 has typically been further above this average than it is now, indicating that investors are committing capital to the market at a slower rate than they had been previously.

Last changed Oct 29 from an Extreme Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

 
Stock Price Breadth
Extreme Fear

The McClellan Volume Summation Index measures advancing and declining volume on the NYSE. During the last month, approximately 8.04% more of each day's volume has traded in advancing issues than in declining issues. This indicates that market breadth is improving, though the McClellan Oscillator is still towards the lower end of its range for the last two years.

Last changed Sep 11 from a Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

 
Stock Price Strength
Extreme Fear

The number of stocks hitting 52-week lows exceeds the number hitting highs and is at the lower end of its range, indicating extreme fear.

Last changed Sep 18 from a Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:49pm

 
Junk Bond Demand
Extreme Fear

Investors in low quality junk bonds are demanding 2.21 percentage points in additional yield over safer investment grade corporate bonds. This spread is much higher than what has been typical during the last two years and indicates that investors are highly risk averse.

Last changed Sep 19 from a Fear rating

Updated Oct 30 at 2:53pm

 

Fear & Greed Over Time

 
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