Everything moves faster today. In the old days, you could carve out an information advantage as an investor. If you had early access to the newswire or connections to the right databases, it would put you ahead of the game.

Editor's note: The S&P 500 Index is 93% likely to go up in 2025... That's because of what Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin calls the "5x Signal." Last September, the 5x Signal triggered for just the 30th time over the past 70 years. And in 93% of those instances, the S&P 500 was higher a year later. We've seen some volatility in recent weeks. But longer term, Marc is still "bullish" on stocks. So is Brett Eversole from our corporate affiliate Stansberry Research... Today's essay comes from the January 30 edition of Brett's free DailyWealth e-letter. In it, he explains that a recent extreme swing in investor sentiment is good news for stocks... 'Mom and Pop' Bulls Hit a Year-Plus Low By Brett Eversole, editor, Stansberry Research Everything moves faster today. In the old days, you could carve out an information advantage as an investor. If you had early access to the newswire or connections to the right databases, it would put you ahead of the game. Now, information is everywhere. Anyone can immediately access just about every detail that matters. As a result, markets respond more rapidly to new information than ever before. What once took weeks for the market to digest now takes days (or hours). Folks make snap decisions... and then move on to the next batch of news. That means prices move fast. And investors need to be more discerning than ever about which information is just noise. We've seen this lately in stock market sentiment. In early December, one key sentiment measure was bullish. Then it crashed to a year-plus low. Sentiment has swung back since then. But the wild action tells us that investors are scared. And that matters for the minor stock sell-off we've seen over the past couple weeks... 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We sent our in-house currency expert to the Lone Star State to investigate, and he found three smoking guns... undeniable PROOF that Texas is laying the groundwork to challenge the U.S. dollar and send massive shock waves throughout the U.S. financial system. We're breaking the story here first... Sentiment always swings in response to prices. But extreme swings usually only occur alongside extreme price changes. That's what makes the recent action interesting... You see, the stock volatility we've seen lately is far from extreme. At its worst, the S&P 500 Index was down only 4% from its December high. Yet, despite that small decline, sentiment from mom-and-pop investors completely rolled over. That's according to the American Association of Individual Investors ("AAII") Sentiment Survey. This weekly survey asks investors whether they're bullish, bearish, or neutral on stocks over the next six months. In early December, 48% of respondents were bullish. That bullish percentage was near the high end of the range in recent years. But in the weeks that followed, the bulls disappeared. Take a look... The number of bulls collapsed after that early December reading. And a few weeks ago, just 25% of respondents were bullish on stocks. That's the lowest number since November 2023. Remember, at that time, we were in the thick of a true stock market correction. This is today's fast-moving market in action. In the past, a 4% market decline wouldn't have budged sentiment. It's hardly a big enough move to notice, let alone worry about. Markets work differently today. Folks react first and analyze later. But once we understand this new dynamic, we can use it to our advantage. That's because we don't have to react when others do. We can sit back, be patient, and capitalize on extremes when they appear. That's the situation right now. Stocks barely sold off... But we saw the kind of major negative sentiment that happens when no one is left to sell. That tells me the worst of the decline is likely behind us. We can see that in what has happened since then, too. Two weeks ago, the reading took a quick swing back into bullish territory, rising to 43%. And last week, it was still at 41%. The bearishness we saw in mid-January – and the stock sell-off that caused it – were most likely short lived. Stocks bounced back and regained their December losses. We'll likely see even more new all-time highs soon. Good investing, Brett Eversole Editor's note: Brett and his research team publish DailyWealth every weekday that the markets are open. And like Chaikin PowerFeed, it's completely free to read. So if you're not already receiving DailyWealth, you can learn how to sign up right here. Market View Major Indexes and Notable Sectors     # Hld:     Bullish     Neutral     Bearish Dow 30 -0.25% 11 12 7 S&P 500 -0.67% 94 254 150 Nasdaq -0.8% 31 48 21 Small Caps -1.17% 364 1054 486 Bonds +0.46% — According to the Chaikin Power Bar, Small Cap stocks and Large Cap stocks remain somewhat Bearish. Major indexes are mixed. *  *  *  * Sector Tracker Sector movement over the last 5 days Communication +1.65% Utilities +0.84% Information Technology +0.06% Health Care -0.07% Materials -0.19% Financial -0.29% Staples -0.9% Discretionary -0.96% Real Estate -1.45% Industrials -1.58% Energy -2.4% *  *  *  * Industry Focus Biotech Services 18 78 41 Over the past 6 months, the Biotech subsector (XBI) has underperformed the S&P 500 by -17.69%. Its Power Bar ratio, which measures future potential, is Weak, with more Bearish than Bullish stocks. It is currently ranked #12 of 21 subsectors and has moved up 1 slot over the past week. Indicative Stocks AGIO Agios Pharmaceutical ALT Altimmune, Inc. APLS Apellis Pharmaceutic *  *  *  * Top Movers Gainers IDXX +11.13% MOH +4.82% ABBV +3.39% WELL +2.86% TPL +2.75% Losers MRNA -7.28% BEN -6.83% FDX -6.62% SMCI -5.86% BLK -5.74% *  *  *  * Earnings Report Earnings Surprises EQR Equity Residential Q4 $0.26 Missed by $-0.14 TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Q1 $1.14 Beat by $0.26 PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Q4 $0.14 Beat by $0.03 CLX The Clorox Company Q2 $1.55 Beat by $0.15 IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Q4 $2.62 Beat by $0.22 *  *  *  * You have received this e-mail as part of your subscription to PowerFeed. If you no longer want to receive e-mails from PowerFeed, click here. You're receiving this e-mail at STEVENMAGALLANES520.NIMS@BLOGGER.COM. For questions about your account or to speak with customer service, call +1 (877) 697-6783 (U.S.), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern time or e-mail info@chaikinanalytics.com. 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