Wall Street Worries Mount As Bearish Sentiment Hits Highest Level Since 2009 Amid Trump's Tariffs

The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) survey revealed that bearishness, at 61.9%, continued to outpace bullish and neutral sentiment this week, marking a week-over-week rise in pessimism.

What Happened: The most recent results from the AAII Sentiment Survey, which tracks investor sentiment weekly from Thursday to Wednesday, revealed an increase in pessimism. Specifically, the proportion of individual investors expressing a bearish outlook on the stock market’s short-term trajectory surged by almost 10%, climbing from 52.2% to 61.9%.

This rise in the bearish sentiment marked a 16-year high from March 2009, as highlighted by Kevin Gordon, the director and senior investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co., in an X-post.

AAII bears highest since March 2009 pic.twitter.com/OYzAj9O9yP

— Kevin Gordon (@KevRGordon) April 3, 2025

Bearish sentiment has now persisted above the 50% level for six consecutive weeks. ...

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