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Market Sentiment Survey Results


On a scale of 1-10, how bullish or bearish do you feel about the UK stockmarket over the next two weeks? (1=Grizzly Bear, 10=Bull by the Horns)
Answer Response
1 2.0%
2 2.4%
3 12.6%
4 26.5%
5 25.7%
6 14.8%
7 9.1%
8 5.3%
9 0.7%
10 0.9%

The last 5 Market Sentiment Survey results are listed below. Click here to view all results.

Week commencing Mean
(average)
Mode
(most popular)
FTSE 100
8th March 4.9 4 5615
15th February 4.4 4 5179
25th January 4.2 4 5273
11th January 4.8 5 5568
7th December 4.5 4 5296

Other Survey Results

Monday 8th March


On 7th December, 63.2% of you predicted that Emerging Markets would provide the best returns over the next 12 months. Almost 3 months on, which Emerging Markets in particular do you think will offer the best returns?
 
  Answer %
1. India 52.8%
2. Brazil 50.4%
3. China 45.4%
4. Russia 21.4%
5. South Africa 16.0%
6. Vietnam 13.3%
7. Turkey 12.1%
8. Poland 9.6%
9. Indonesia 8.7%
10. Malaysia 8.6%

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Monday 15th February


Greece's debt woes have dominated the financial pages over the past few weeks and with Eurozone member states set to discuss possible “bail-out” options, many commentators have expressed increasing concerns over the stability of the Euro.

Sterling has rebounded some 7.5% against the Euro since the lows of October and is currently trading around the 1.15 level. How much further do you think the pound will appreciate against the Euro over the next 6 months?
 
Answer Count %
Higher than 1.30 49 6.2%
1.26 – 1.30 113 14.4%
1.21 – 1.25 248 31.5%
1.15 – 1.20 281 35.7%
It will fall below 1.15 96 12.2%

With the jury still out on inflation/deflation or whether we will see a double-dip recession or not, roughly what proportion of your investment capital is currently held in cash?
 
Answer Count %
0% 45 5.7%
1 - 25% 322 40.7%
26 - 50% 202 25.5%
51 - 75% 119 15.0%
76 - 100% 104 13.1%

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Monday 25th January


Last week, the Icelandic government announced it will hold a referendum on 6 March over whether to repay the UK and the Netherlands debts owed from the collapse of Icesave bank – a bill estimated at around £3.3bn (source: BBC).

We would like to hear your thoughts on this issue. Do you feel the Icelandic public would be justified in voting against the repayment of this debt?
 
Answer Count %
No – the debt should be honoured. The Icelandic government should cover the liabilities of its banks, so they should foot the bill. 452 53.7%
Yes - the debt was not run up by the Icelandic people or indeed its government. It is wrong that a generation of Icelanders should pay for the failure its banks. 301 35.8%
Don't Know 88 10.5%

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Monday 11th January


Which of the following sectors are you most BULLISH about for 2010?
The 5 most popular sectors were as follows:
Oil & Gas Producers 45.0%
Mining 42.2%
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 32.8%
Oil Equipment, Services & Distributio 28.5%
Gas, Water & Multiutilities 23.6%

Which of the following sectors are you most BEARISH about for 2010?
The 5 most popular sectors were as follows:
General Retailers 29.9%
Banks 29.0%
Travel & Leisure 26.3%
Automobiles & Parts 20.9%
Real Estate 19.5%

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