Neutrality Carries the Day in Poll
People could be having a tough time figuring out if the stock market's recent rebound is for real, being that neutral is the top sentiment in TheStreet.com RealMoney Barometer survey this week.
Of the 8,095 votes in the poll, 36%, or 2,894 were neutral. The bulls got 2,732, or 34%, while the bears came in at 2,469, or 30%.
In the sectors, HMOs and hospitals were seen as most likely to rise, with commercial banks tapped as most likely to fall.
The stock market's major averages are coming off their seventh winning week out of the last eight. On Monday, stocks were rallying, with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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up 150 points to 8363, the
Nasdaq Composite
higher by 25 points to 1744, and the
S&P 500
up 17 points to 894 shortly after noon EDT.
Below are the complete poll results.
