1:12PM Investors turn bearish: AAII survey by April H. Lee
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors are now slightly more bearish than neutral or bullish on the stock market for the next sixth months, according to a survey of its members by The American Association of Individual Investors released Thursday. About 38% of investors said they were bearish this week, while 30% were bullish -- a reverse from last week when a 40% were bullish and 33% were bearish. The survey has seen such reversals in majority sentiment every week for the last month, as the number of neutral investors has steadily increased from 22% earlier in the month to 31% this week.