Bulls All the Way in Poll

There's nothing but bull skies for participants in the TheStreet.com RealMoney Barometer survey.

For the 16th week in a row, the bulls carried the sentiment mantle. Of the 2,078 people who took the survey, 901, or 43%, see the market rising this week.

"Neutral" was again a popular choice, pulling down 35%, or 737 votes.

Bearish sentiment came in at 21%, or 440 votes.

In the sectors, integrated oil was seen as most likely to rise, with the homebuilders seen as most likely falling.

Energy equipment and services pulled the second-highest number of bullish votes; automobiles was the second-most bearish sector, likely helped by Ford's(F Quote) multibillion-dollar loss for 2006, announced last week.

In company news Monday, Symantec(SYMC Quote) signed an agreement to acquire Altiris(ATRS Quote) in an $830 million deal.

Also in the M&A realm, a report out of France said that Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY Quote) and Plavix marketing partner Sanofi-Aventis(SNY Quote) might be close to announcing a merger.

Verizon (VZ Quote) confirmed Monday that it passed on a chance to sell Apple's(AAPL Quote) iPhone, judging that a five-year exclusive sales deal came with too many strings attached.

The stock market was trading higher on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 40 points to 12,527 recently; the Nasdaq Composite was higher by 10 points, to 2446, and the S&P 500 was trading at 1425, up about 3 points.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury continued its ascent and was recently at 4.89%.

Crude oil futures were trading lower on the Nymex today, down 72 cents to $54.70 a barrel.

Below are the complete poll results.

Date	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral	Week Ending S&P % Change	Bullish Sector	Bearish Sector
Jan. 29	901 (43%)	440 (21%)	737 (35%)		Integrated Oil	Homebuilding
Jan. 22	582 (40%)	357 (24%)	520 (36%)	- 0.6%	Energy Equipment & Services	Semis, Semi Equipment
Jan. 16	767 (64%)	193 (16%)	240 (20%)	- 0.03%	Integrated Oil	Integrated Oil
Jan. 8	953 (46%)	549 (26%)	569 (27%)	+ 1.5%	Biotechnology	Integrated Oil

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	111	5%
Airlines	34	2%
Automobiles	11	1%
Beverages and Food Products	61	3%
Biotechnology	85	4%
Commercial Banks	83	4%
Computers and Peripherals	75	4%
Consumer Nondurables	31	1%
Energy Equipment & Services	276	13%
HMOs and Hospitals	44	2%
Homebuilding	60	3%
Insurance	19	1%
Integrated Oil	298	14%
Internet, Software Services	127	6%
Investment Bankers and Brokers	125	6%
Media	11	1%
Multiline Retail	21	1%
Pharmaceuticals	84	4%
Precious Metals	188	9%
Semis, Semi Equipment	41	2%
Telecom Equipment	70	3%
Tobacco and Alcohol	87	4%
Utilities	61	3%
Wireless Communications	73	4%
Source: RealMoney.com

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	30	1%
Airlines	239	12%
Automobiles	218	11%
Beverages and Food Products	26	1%
Biotechnology	71	3%
Commercial Banks	56	3%
Computers and Peripherals	83	4%
Consumer Nondurables	26	1%
Energy Equipment & Services	61	3%
HMOs and Hospitals	37	2%
Homebuilding	347	17%
Insurance	20	1%
Integrated Oil	164	8%
Internet, Software Services	86	4%
Investment Bankers and Brokers	41	2%
Media	30	1%
Multiline Retail	50	2%
Pharmaceuticals	102	5%
Precious Metals	85	4%
Semis, Semi Equipment	110	5%
Telecom Equipment	59	3%
Tobacco and Alcohol	25	1%
Utilities	55	3%
Wireless Communications	49	2%
Source: RealMoney.com