sentiment

Financial markets are becoming increasingly schizophrenic, ruled by erratic ups and downs. It's at times like these when technical analysis can help investors manage the emotional roller coaster, which is why for chart watchers, the catchphrase of the next few months could be "mind the gaps."

The yawning gap -- the largest since tracking began in 1992 -- between these two measures is telling us something. And chances are it's saying consumers know better than the economic indicators what's really going on in the U.S. economy.

Investors are reeling after Wednesday's global decline in the equity markets, as the Dow fell 265 points and the S&P 500 lost over 2%. Some key charts suggest that the battle between bulls and bears is approaching an important turning point.

Yale regularly publishes four indexes that measure institutional and investor confidence. Its 'Buy-on-Dips Confidence Index' is now showing a large divergence in sentiment. What might that trend be saying about the stock market?

Slipping consumer confidence sent U.S. stocks tumbling Friday, nearly ending a six-month-long sprint that saw major indexes climb steadily and dramatically in the face of recession. The drop, on the last trading day of a wildly volatile October, capped a month of stock-price swings that whipsawed...

A fresh new study about how consumers use Twitter to talk about brands is being published in an upcoming issue of "The Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology," shedding some light on how many people are Tweeting about brands and what they're saying. The study done at...

Exactly how much money does it take to feel rich? A new survey by Fidelity Investments suggests that hitting the old $1 million in assets mark isn't what it used to be. In its third, annual Millionaire Outlook, released Wednesday, Fidelity found that 46 percent of wealthy Americans who described...