By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese manufacturers grew more confident about business conditions in August after a ...

Wrong! Nearly 29 per cent of global stocks outpace the MSCI World Index year-to-date. So how can you assess sentiment? Start with one labour-intensive method I like: plotting sentiment bell curves.

DAX gains on US-China truce hopes; CPI data and Fed policy outlook may decide if bulls target 24,639 or if a bearish turn sends the index below 24,000.

The VIX index represents the market’s expectations of the S&P 500 index’s volatility over the next 30 days. Its level is derived from the prices of S&P 500 options with near-term expiration dates.

Information the San Francisco Fed collects from businesses and community sources for the Beige Book provides timely insights ...

The relationship between the two sentiments over history is pretty messy but, at times, suggestive. Before the 2008 crisis, consumer sentiment started to wobble while institutional investor sentiment ...

"The indicator is in 'Neutral' territory, a less predictive range than the more extreme 'Buy' or 'Sell' thresholds. However, the indicator is the closest it has been to a 'Buy' signal since early ...

Germany’s economic sentiment fell sharply in August, with the ZEW index dropping to 34.7 as experts reacted negatively to the ...

Sentiment Indicators Sentiment indicators are the main tools that can show you if investors feel positively or negatively about a specific investment or sector. Some of the most common ones include: ...

The VIX index: Embrace the fear The VIX index represents the market’s expectations of the S&P 500 index’s volatility over the next 30 days. Its level is derived from the prices of S&P 500 options with ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said that while he and his colleagues look at the "totality" of the data, the best ...