MoneyShow.com Investors' Sentiment Indicator Reveals Investors are Still Bullish but Expect Increased Inflation
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyShow.com, the largest multimedia investment education destination for investors, traders, and financial advisors, announced today the results of the latest MoneyShow.com Investors' Sentiment Indicator at The MoneyShow in Chicago, Illinois. The results revealed that amid the current market fluctuations, over 42% of investors remain bullish about the market, predicting the S&P 500 to increase between now and the end of the year – 16% of which believe it will rise more than 10%. However, 56% believe we are in a volatile market that won't make big moves either way for awhile.
In line with other major economic indicators, 94% of investors polled reported they expect the Federal Reserve to keep rates where they are and either end, maintain, or increase monetary stimulus for the remainder of 2011. And of those investors polled, about 73%, expect an increase in inflation for the rest of the year.
Almost 88% of investors predict the housing market to bottom after 2011. The majority of respondents (94%) also expect the unemployment rate to be between 8% or more at the end of 2011. Large-cap stocks, precious metals and small-or mid-cap US stocks are the asset classes investors anticipate performing best for the remainder of the year, with approximately 63% of investors expecting those categories to remain strong.
The MoneyShow.com Investors' Sentiment Indicator polled 630 investors from its Investor Members list between October 3, 2011 and October 10, 2011. The complete findings of the Investors' Sentiment Indicator will be presented today at The World MoneyShow Chicago.
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