Bulls Back on Top in Poll

The stock market was down last week, but the bulls are back in form in TheStreet.com RealMoney Barometer poll.

The bulls took 508, or 45% of the 1,088 votes cast. The bears got 376, or 33%, while neutral came in with 254 votes, or 22%.

In the sectors, not unusually, commercial banks was picked as the sector most likely to rise and to fall this week.

On Monday, the financials were leading the market higher, thanks to an improved outlook from analyst Meredith Whitney. She raised her outlook on Goldman Sachs(GS Quote) from hold to buy and said on CNBC that Bank of America(BAC Quote) is inexpensive given its assets. Goldman Sachs, which reports earnings Tuesday, was up 5%, while Bank of America rose 7%. JPMorgan Chase(JPM Quote) and Citigroup(C Quote) also report earnings this week.

The KBW Bank Index, which tracks 24 of the nation's largest banks, was up 5%.

In the last half hour of trading Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.2%, or 177 points to 8324, the S&P 500 was up 21 points, or 2.4%, to just under 900, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 34 points, or 2%, to 1790.

Last week, the Dow finished down 1.6%, the S&P 500 lost 1.9%, and the Nasdaq dropped 2.3%.

Below are the complete poll results.

Date	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral	Week Ending S&P % Change	Bullish Sector	Bearish Sector
July 13	508 (45%)	376 (33%)	254 (22%)		Commercial Banks	Commercial Banks
July 6	1,690 (32%)	2,715 (51%)	933 (17%)	-1.9%	Precious Metals	Commercial Banks
June 22	2,182 (46%)	1,612 (34%)	955 (20%)	-2.4%	Commercial Banks	Commercial Banks
June 15	2,723 (40%)	2,764 (41%)	1,266 (19%)	-2.7%	Integrated Oil	Commercial Banks
June 8	1,376 (45%)	1,039 (34%)	640 (21%)	+0.7	Precious Metals	Commercial Banks

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	16	1%
Airlines	15	1%
Automobiles	19	2%
Beverages and Food Products	37	3%
Biotechnology	38	3%
Commercial Banks	363	32%
Computers and Peripherals	29	3%
Consumer Nondurables	21	2%
Energy Equipment & Services	51	5%
HMOs and Hospitals	22	2%
Homebuilding	22	2%
Insurance	14	1%
Integrated Oil	49	4%
Internet, Software Services	34	3%
Investment Bankers and Brokers	126	11%
Media	5	0%
Multiline Retail	5	0%
Pharmaceuticals	36	3%
Precious Metals	75	7%
Semis, Semi Equipment	35	3%
Telecom Equipment	13	1%
Tobacco and Alcohol	32	3%
Utilities	47	4%
Wireless Communications	24	2%
Total	1,128	100%

Sector	Total Votes	Percentage
Aerospace and Defense	17	2%
Airlines	44	4%
Automobiles	44	4%
Beverages and Food Products	12	1%
Biotechnology	12	1%
Commercial Banks	204	18%
Computers and Peripherals	12	1%
Consumer Nondurables	20	2%
Energy Equipment & Services	68	6%
HMOs and Hospitals	37	3%
Homebuilding	78	7%
Insurance	19	2%
Integrated Oil	161	14%
Internet, Software Services	17	2%
Investment Bankers and Brokers	86	8%
Media	29	3%
Multiline Retail	33	3%
Pharmaceuticals	37	3%
Precious Metals	77	7%
Semis, Semi Equipment	18	2%
Telecom Equipment	14	1%
Tobacco and Alcohol	27	2%
Utilities	37	3%
Wireless Communications	21	2%
Total	1,128	100%