Bears Still in Charge of Poll

Helped by a miserable stock market, the bears had no problem holding on to sentiment in TheStreet.com RealMoney Barometer survey.

It was the fourth week in a row the bears captured the poll, getting 895, or 52% of the 1,721 votes cast. The bulls had 511 votes, or 30%, while neutral came in at 306 votes, or 18%.

In the sectors, precious metals was picked as mostly likely to rise, with commercial banks seen falling, reinforced Friday by federal regulators turning over IndyMac Bancorp to the FDIC.

Below are the complete poll results.

Date	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral	Week Ending S&P % Change	Bullish Sector	Bearish Sector
July 14	511 (30%)	895 (52%)	306 (18%)		Precious Metals	Commercial Banks
July 7	667 (28%)	1,185 (50%)	506 (21%)	- 1.85%	Energy Equipment & Services	Commercial Banks
June 30	801 (27%)	1,481 (51%)	642 (22%)	- 1.21%	Energy Equipment & Services	Commercial Banks
June 23	612 (34%)	854 (47%)	325 (18%)	- 3.0%	Energy Equipment & Services	Commercial Banks
June 16	839 (47%)	567 (32%)	368 (21%)	- 3.1%	Energy Equipment & Services	Integrated Oil

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	12	1%
Airlines	159	9%
Automobiles	103	6%
Beverages and Food Products	5	0%
Biotechnology	6	0%
Commercial Banks	430	25%
Computers and Peripherals	10	1%
Consumer Nondurables	20	1%
Energy Equipment & Services	62	4%
HMOs and Hospitals	9	1%
Homebuilding	128	8%
Insurance	22	1%
Integrated Oil	150	9%
Internet, Software Services	17	1%
Investment Banks and Brokers	352	21%
Media	11	1%
Multiline Retail	38	2%
Pharmaceuticals	21	1%
Precious Metals	66	4%
Semis, Semi Equipment	9	1%
Telecom Equipment	18	1%
Tobacco and Alcohol	13	1%
Utilities	13	1%
Wireless Communications	18	1%
Source: RealMoney.com

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	27	2%
Airlines	29	2%
Automobiles	11	1%
Beverages and Food Products	44	3%
Biotechnology	83	5%
Commercial Banks	144	8%
Computers and Peripherals	18	1%
Consumer Nondurables	14	1%
Energy Equipment & Services	280	16%
HMOs and Hospitals	20	1%
Homebuilding	20	1%
Insurance	14	1%
Integrated Oil	225	13%
Internet, Software Services	47	3%
Investment Banks and Brokers	89	5%
Media	13	1%
Multiline Retail	11	1%
Pharmaceuticals	121	7%
Precious Metals	284	17%
Semis, Semi Equipment	29	2%
Telecom Equipment	18	1%
Tobacco and Alcohol	57	3%
Utilities	59	3%
Wireless Communications	41	2%
Source: RealMoney.com