Buy Side Sentiment Tracker
March 2026 - Views from 47 top asset managers across 73 assets, based on 1,300+ individual views
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The mood of the market, mapped and decoded
Surveys look more bearish than they are
The risk-off mood is reflected in the latest round of investor surveys. But there’s no buy signal from any…
GPR stays extremely high
Geopolitical Risk Index is still at extremes — historically a buy signal.
The latest GPR data is still printing at very…
Heatmap Update
After a week of geopolitics dominating the tape — and everyone suddenly becoming an expert on the Strait of Hormuz — it’…
Sentiment Dashboard — March 2026
The fastest way to get a complete read on where investor sentiment stands — across 500+ indicators and 60+ asset classes.…
Sentiment Ideas: Consumer Discretionary
Deeply Unloved — But Is That Enough?
While much of the recent market conversation has focused on the rotation into Cyclicals,…
Cash allocations flashing orange
AAII Cash allocations have fallen again — and they’re now close to 25-year lows.
That’s the message from the…
Geopolitical Risk Index spikes to 600
Historically a buy signal.
That’s an extreme reading — and exactly the kind of moment when I lean on sentiment…
Heatmap Update
Geopolitics is back — if it ever really went away. It’s difficult (borderline impossible) to have an edge in predicting…
Max disagreement among sentiment surveys...or is it?
Last week I wrote about the mixed messages coming from three popular investor surveys. The latest prints have pushed the…
ZEW Misunderstood
The ZEW Index of Economic Sentiment has a poor reputation among many investors — and I think that’s largely undeserved.…
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