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Buy Side Sentiment Tracker
August 2026
Views from 50 top asset managers across 73 assets, based on 1,400+ individual views.
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Heatmap Update
The latest rally has pushed investor sentiment to its most bullish levels since the start of the year. For both…
How Fund Managers Think—and How They Invest
One of the reasons I started Sentiment Matters was that, despite its importance in the investment process, sentiment and positioning…
Heatmap Update
If you only looked at the S&P 500, you might think it had been a relatively quiet few…
The Biggest Consensus Longs and Shorts
One of the questions I get asked most often is:
“What’s the consensus trade right now?”
The simplest way…
Heatmap Update
Geopolitics is back in the headlines — and back in the driver’s seat for markets.
The latest flare-up in…
A New Lens on Investor Sentiment: AnimusX
I love finding a genuinely new sentiment series to add to the Sentiment Matters toolbox. So I was very happy…
Trade Wars: the next market risk?
As geopolitical risk has wound down, does that mean the end of Trump-induced market crises? Or does it simply…
Heatmap Update
At the headline level, risky assets have been moving sideways since May. Underneath the surface, however, market leadership has changed…
Sentiment Ideas - Japanese Yen
The Japanese yen has become one of the most unloved currencies in our universe.
In fact, it is not just…
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