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Sentiment & Market Indicators, 2/18/26

SENTIMENT & MARKET INDICATORS, 2/18/26
AAII Bull-Bear Spread -2.4% (below average)
CNN Fear & Greed Index 40 (fear)
NYSE %Above 50-dMA 68.25% (positive)
SP500 %Above 50-dMA 66.80% (positive)
These are contrarian indicators.

INVESTOR CONCERNS: Geopolitical, Fed, dollar, debt, tariffs, inflation, jobs, Russia-Ukraine (207+ weeks), Israel-Hamas (67+27 weeks; fragile peace).
For the Survey week (Th-Wed), stocks down, bonds up, oil up, gold down, dollar up.

Many global issues remain on hold – they haven’t been resolved nor gone away. US-Iran tensions may be flaring up, but talks continue. AI/tech news is coming out of the 4th AI Summit in India (previous were in UK, S Korea, France).
#AAII #CNN #Sentiment
https://ybbpersonalfinance.proboards.com/post/2440/thread

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