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"bearish" Definitions
  1. showing or expecting a fall in the prices of shares

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A new chart shows a bearish indicator is not so bearish after all.
So that's a very, very bearish thought, OK, and I've been super bearish.
That compares to 21% who are bearish or somewhat bearish and 44% who are neutral.
Bearish trend equals stocks to sell and stay away from; GE's got a bearish trend.
AND IRONICALLY EVEN THOUGH I'M BEARISH AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HEDGES ON, I'M NOT THAT BEARISH.
Seventeen said they were more bearish, only five said they were more bullish, and the remaining six strategists said they were less bearish.
A "butting bearish wedge" is formed when a trading range narrows as prices rise — Twilio broke out of this bearish channel earlier this year.
Among the most bearish strategists was Morgan Stanley's Michael Wilson, who doubled down on his bearish 2018 call with a Street-low forecast for 2503.
Gartman told CNBC that the European market is showing "bearish concern"; Japanese stocks are in "very bearish market" territory, while Brazilian stocks are in a bull market.
The spread between bullish and bearish investor sentiment (bullish minus bearish sentiment) is weakly correlated to the weekly return of the S&P 500 — but it's lagging.
Eventually, you get through this little panic thing ... Ironically, even though I am bearish and we have a lot of hedges on, I am not that bearish.
"Investors are bearish on global growth but not bearish enough to signal anything but a short-term bounce in risk assets," BAML chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett said.
"Investors are bearish on global growth, but not bearish enough to signal anything but a short-term bounce in risk assets," Michael Hartnett, BofAML chief investment strategist, said in a statement.
" Susquehanna initiated coverage and said consensus was "overly bearish.
" Indicating that the bank's view on markets had turned bearish, JP Morgan said that "crude markets are close to floating storage economics and (this) is a bearish sign for output price developments.
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members have successfully pushed oil prices back above $50 by squeezing bearish fund managers ("Saudi Arabia squeezes hedge funds with bearish bets on oil", Reuters, Oct 10).
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The market expected bearish wheat news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new-crop supply and demand report on Tuesday, but the news was way more bearish than anyone had surmised.
Rich Ross, technical analyst at Evercore ISI, is getting bearish on the whole market, but not too bearish, predicting a pullback of 3 percent on the and 5 percent on the NASDAQ-100.
You're fairly bearish on the auto industry as a whole.
Worth believes the big bet will be a bearish one.
Raymond James is also bearish on Square's move into banking.
Several firms like Wedbush are strongly bearish on the stock.
It just shows you the strength of the bearish sentiment.
That followed a surprisingly bearish outlook from OPEC on Monday.
Often, a strong dollar is bearish for gold and the .
All signs are pointing to a bearish downtrend, Wald said.
Poll: Are you bullish or bearish on the semiconductor space?
In fact, he believes there are several bearish factors ahead.
The takeaway: It's tough to be bearish on the stock.
Wilson is among the most bearish strategists on Wall Street.
It's a bearish trend he's been preparing for since January.
Soybeans led the way down as traders considered bearish fundamentals.
However, that's where his bullish case takes a bearish turn.
COLUMN: Zinc is coming under sustained attack from bearish funds.
That indicates markets are turning cautious if not outright bearish.
Weak industrial demand gave a bearish signal for oil demand.
Are you bullish or bearish on deals outside of here?
"It's a little bit on the bearish side," Saal said.
Immediately, bearish investors said this was a disastrous development. Wrong.
Despite his bearish forecast, Boockvar acknowledges he's still long stocks.
There are three categories the bearish ETFs fall into: 103.
"We remain broadly bearish on sterling," wrote BNP Paribas analysts.
So we, as a house, are not bearish on China.
Flat, bearish markets were one factor in last year's contraction.
Academy Capital Management is even more bearish on IBM's prospects.
Still, many investors are bearish on Treasuries across the curve.
He said he would "remain bearish in general" on housing.
"We are also bearish on iPhone 22016SE model," he said.
Estimize Senior Vice President Christine Short is bearish the name.
Traders who made these bearish bets essentially doubled their money.
But analysts have a bearish outlook on Sony's mobile operations.
Still, he has long been known for his bearish calls.
Most hedge funds make bullish or bearish bets on stocks.
The strength of this downtrend line is a bearish feature.
Tice has made bearish calls like this in the past.
Not necessarily bearish, but they obviously did not see bargains.
Vincent Deluard's recent bearish prognostications have not been that type.
But Tim Cook wasn't buying the bearish view of China.
Still, at least one bearish Tesla investor is steering clear.
In the end, he expects bearish investors to be disappointed.
But that didn't stop Citi from issuing its bearish call.
Does he seem unusually bearish this quarter, compared with last?
Commodities King Dennis Gartman is bearish on crude oil again.
Kuo said bearish reports are "overdone," according to blog MacRumors.
This has caused traders to turn bearish on the dollar.
Traders weighed the bullish stockpile draw and bearish production data.
That is funds' most bearish spring wheat stance since July.
It typically suggests a bullish trend is turning bearish. Disclaimer
Trump isn't entirely bearish on his expectations for the markets.
And some of the company's staunchest backers have turned bearish.
Tesla declined to comment on the bearish reports by analysts.
But the declines don't mean the majority are now bearish.
But he's turned bearish again over the past several months.
In the meantime, technical indicators are also flashing bearish signals.
The EEM ETF is now flashing bearish signals, he said.
FALLING YIELDS Bearish sentiment on Tuesday pushed bond prices higher.
Despite such bearish sentiment, the economic outlook is relatively sanguine.
But at least one analyst was bearish on the bid.
We're not as bearish as some, but around 4 percent.
" "If it closes at a new high today there'll be meetings for investors who are bearish and they'll say ok we're still bearish but we've got to put a little more money to work here.
Sterling's slide spurred another round of bearish forecasts on the currency.
Economists had turned more bearish on the city-state's economy recently.
The bearish OPEC forecast follows a recent rebound in oil prices.
Trading was a near-even mix of bullish and bearish bets.
Of course, there's always a bearish case for a stock, too.
Members of the Democratic establishment were bearish on the proposal's chances.
Analysts have turned bearish on 20193, according to a Reuters poll.
A break of these could be seen as major bearish signals.
The bearish supply picture pushed wheat futures to two-month lows.
"There's less bearish sentiment than there was back then," Essner added.
Flat cash markets also cast a bearish tone on the markets.
A break below $1,350 could paint a bearish picture, he added.
Below are the bullish and bearish scenarios debated on Wall Street.
Plus, market sentiment is still lukewarm, with many neutral or bearish.
"A break below that's going to be quite bearish," Maley said.
Fresh bearish bets have been placed as far out as June.
A drop in technology shares added to the day's bearish tone.
In every case, the boffins were more bearish than the bettors.
UBS has been been one of the bearish voices on bitcoin.
Mizuho also penned a more bearish note on semiconductor stocks Friday.
"Our macroeconomic view remains firmly bearish," said commodities brokerage Marex Spectron.
However, one of Wall Street's most relentlessly bearish voices was unimpressed.
And it's not just one bank that's turning bearish — it's everybody.
A strengthening dollar isn't necessarily a bearish signal for U.S. equities.
And it will not be pretty for those holding bearish trades.
That has added a bearish sentiment to the market, Lipow said.
MoffettNathanson was the most bearish with a price target of $7.
Of course, this isn't the first time Stockman has been bearish.
"The sentiment continues to be pretty bearish here," Gilbert said Friday.
Still, the longer-term outlook for oil has grown increasingly bearish.
"The fundamental backdrop is still bearish," said Commerzbank analyst Carsten Fritsch.
The sector's outlook remained bearish with exports in October sharply down.
That, says the technician, is a bearish sign for the stock.
Some of Astenbeck's rivals have turned rather bearish on oil lately.
Trading in Chipotle's options also leaned towards bearish bets on Wednesday.
Those trend lines are currently "flattening to falling," another bearish sign.
Bullish positions outnumber bearish ones by a ratio of 10:1.
The technical move usually indicates the beginning of a bearish trend.
The widening spread indicates an increasingly bearish outlook for the rupee.
Still, he cautioned that rising stockpiles at Cushing were somewhat bearish.
Still, many experts, including those from Morgan Stanley, aren't so bearish.
But the bearish periods were short, and the price recovered quickly.
"Our macroeconomic view remains overwhelmingly bearish," commodity brokerage Marex Spectron said.
I'm very bearish, but am always open to being proven wrong.
That's the bearish view, and a pretty extreme one at that.
A break below 101.5 would be quite bearish for the IBB.
Does that mean investors should turn bearish on stocks this year?
There is a major reason this bearish outcome may not occur.
Here's his latest call — and a highly bearish one at that.
"We've been increasingly bearish for a few years now," Creutz said.
Some economists are more bearish because of cuts in oil output.
Markets are bearish on the outlook for the dollar this year.
Still, all things considered, Lang came out fairly bearish on Alphabet.
All 14 participants in the poll were bearish on both currencies.
"A lot of the bearish news is out there, so how much more bearish can you be when we know there is a lot of grain and oilseeds?" said Stefan Vogel, global grain strategist at Rabobank.
Though market positioning had become decisively less bearish towards sterling before the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates last week, investors have become a bit more bearish about the outlook after this week's political turmoil.
NEW YORK, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Players in the options market have ridden the bearish slide in energy stocks for months, but with oil dipping below $30 a barrel, bearish sentiment is finally waning, if only a bit.
That sentiment also appeared in the RBC survey analysis, with nearly 90% of respondents seeing a Democratic sweep of the White House and both chambers of Congress as either bearish or very bearish for the stock market.
By June 11, fund managers were running the most bearish position in U.S. heating oil for two years and the most bearish position in NYMEX and ICE WTI since the end of the oil slump in 2016.
For those feeling bearish, Dan Nathan suggests a put spread in Netflix.
Slowing growth and bearish markets will only complicate its task going forward.
The recent price action is almost an overshoot on the bearish side.
For now, there's simply "bearish macro trades being called in," Reynolds says.
Earlier in the day, oil prices had slumped against a bearish backdrop.
Some of the few bearish picks came from two noted short-sellers.
Meanwhile, some insurers that were initially bullish on Obamacare are turning bearish.
But bearish monthly soy crushing data hung over the market, capping gains.
Jon Najarian gave the bearish case for Tiffany on the "Halftime Report".
The Citi analysts converted this into a bearish call on British equities.
That made some traders bearish on their longer-term view of oil.
Markets that don't go down on bearish news aren't going down anymore.
If market caps are rising, they're bullish; if they're falling, they're bearish.
A month later, the institutional broker still stands by its bearish sentiment.
The outages, however, are outweighing the bearish forces for now, he said.
Traders scrambled to buy bearish U.S. crude options, particularly for $25 puts.
Technicians see this sort of pattern as a bearish reversal in trend.
Steve Weiss is bearish on Macy's and the retail space more generally.
For gold though, he's neutral short term and bearish on the intermediate.
Plenty of time for a turnaround, but sentiment is most definitely bearish.
The bearish view comes as a crucial Fed meeting approaches this week.
The combination of the trade channel and the trade band is bearish.
Everyone gets bearish and starts talking about 10, 15, 20 percent corrections.
"As we expect margin headwinds & slowing deliveries, we remain bearish," said Langan.
This is the most bearish way for the market to sell off.
But if they're bearish and get it wrong, there is zero accountability.
However, the bearish sentiment during the current rally is harder to figure.
The bearish figure hung over the corn market throughout the trading day.
However, for the longer term Ciana remains bearish on the bond market.
When they hear about interventions, locals are always bearish on the rouble.
UBS was the most bearish, cutting its target to $140 from $160.
Some blame factors other than supply and demand for turning increasingly bearish.
It suggests further supply availability, for potential reloads, a further bearish factor.
But there is a bearish flip side to that scenario, he said.
Funds' extension of bearish bets in CBOT wheat was much more sizable.
Commodities strategist Oliver Nugent at Citi said the news was modestly bearish.
Buying a put usually signifies a bearish bet against a given stock.
A bearish call on Caterpillar shares also kept market gains in check.
That will force the bears to rethink their bearish balances for Q2.
Tamas Varga, analyst at PVM brokerage, said the market trend remained bearish.
Stone doesn't appear to be letting the bearish chatter affect his forecast.
Baird was the most bearish, cutting its target to $108 from $115.
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn is bearish on bond insurer Assured Guaranty.
So we think that's a bearish red herring that you can discount.
This second feature adds to the bearish outlook for the currency pair.
Still, Fasanara may be among the more bearish market watchers out there.
Technology's big gains in recent years have another analyst feeling more bearish.
Gross short positions, representing bearish bets, fell by 1,229 to 29,0867 lots.
But the post-earnings conference call sparked some bearish worries among investors.
But those who are bearish on GoPro's future don't understand the company.
Longer term, however, the crown prince's rule could be bearish for oil.
"The economy is a lot more bearish than last year," he said.
How could both sides of the argument possibly be bearish, he wondered?
Closes at, or near, the low of the day are very bearish.
Analysts said nervousness about fourth-quarter earnings added to the bearish tone.
Thereafter, open interest drops off sharply until December, when bearish views predominate.
Kai is naturally standoffish, especially around men—big, bearish ones above all.
The survey also showed investors had turned more bearish on the euro.
For months, Zidle has warned investors not to turn bearish on stocks.
Unsurprisingly, the Chaikin Power Gauge is flashing bearish signs, too, he added.
It's not the first time this year he's been bearish on Apple.
It is a technically bearish signal that indicates a rapidly decelerating trend.
Carter Worth and Mike Khouw recommend a bearish call spread in Tesla.
Still, he pointed to rising product inventories as a potential bearish signal.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A BEARISH INDICATOR FROM THE DOW THEORY IN FOREVER.
Rolland is one of most bearish analysts covering AMD on Wall Street.
Aberdeen Standard Investments is also bearish on Argentina and have reduced exposure.
Like Ford, it also had a bearish outlook for the new year.
Bearish selling of WTI exceeded bullish buying of gasoline and heating oil.
The greenback found support as investors further unwound bearish bets against it.
Despite enjoying Thingtesting, Kate and Mamoon are bearish on the D2C movement.
Those are bearish features that signal a continuation of the current downtrend.
"I'm bearish on gold despite the recent uptick we've seen," he said.
Bearish traders may rush to take profits on short positions next week.
Despite bullish signs, some analysts' assessments of the oil market remained bearish.
Chapman told CNBC's Scott Wapner he shorted ADP shares, a bearish bet.
Bearish for stocksAs mentioned above, the first Boomers turned 70 in 2016.
Options traders also boosted their bearish bets against Tesla in recent weeks.
Watch as the Halftime traders give their bearish views on the company's stock.
A major May sell-off has set off bearish alarms on the Dow.
Chowdhry's call is a particularly bearish voice amid a chorus of cautious investors.
"The bearish sentiment at this point has overshot," FBR analyst Daniel Ives said.
S&P's iron ore assumptions are more bearish than others in the market.
When measured against a baseline, the indicator can suggest bullish or bearish momentum.
Fundstrat's Tom Lee is the most bearish firm with a 2,275 price target.
But there are still those in the markets with a more bearish outlook.
" The relentlessly bearish former congressman added that "It could be worse than 1929.
However, that could be a sign that bearish sentiment has gotten too extreme.
The bearish technical move implies the rapid deterioration of a stock's upward momentum.
Analysts are bearish on 2019, according to a Reuters poll released on Monday.
Pumping more oil without a reciprocal boost in demand is net-net bearish.
Tamas Varga, analyst at PVM brokerage, said the market trend was still bearish.
"(Investors) are getting more bearish and less optimistic about the outlook," Nolte added.
"Bottom line is: Bullish OPEC cuts versus bearish U.S. shale recovery," said Wittner.
Filia's long-term forecast for oil prices is far more bearish than some.
Key factors driving the bearish sentiment are increasing competition and subscriber growth concerns.
" Tepper said he is "pretty cautious" on the market and "not outright bearish.
Year-on-year results at Christie's on Thursday evening were even more bearish.
"I'm still pretty bearish on the long term outlook for bitcoin," he said.
These factors, some bullish for oil prices, some bearish, may offset each other.
Despite the rebound, AlphaValue analyst Hans-Peter Wodniok remains bearish on the company.
And one often-bearish strategist says Apple has recently become a "crowded" trade.
That was the smallest increase in two-year bearish bets in three weeks.
U.S. equity markets fell more than 1 percent, adding to the bearish sentiment.
Something more significant has to happen for the bearish case to be strengthened.
A Cushing inventory rise of over 200,000 barrels is typically bearish for crude.
The notoriously bearish Marc Faber is doubling down on his dire market view.
Dimon was less optimistic about the global economy but wasn't outright bearish either.
Big money is turning bearish because the reward does not justify the risk.
FBR Capital was the most bearish, cutting its target by $20 to $120.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Beijing's squeeze on yuan doubters sends a bearish signal.
"I don't know that you want to be bearish on Yahoo," she said.
The recently launched Wisdom Tree Dynamic Bearish U.S. Equity ETF is an example.
Unlike the bearish activity in gold, bitcoin has soared 10 percent since 2014.
Bearish trends in poorly performing groups, rated poorly by the Schwab Equity Ratings.
This is a very bearish outlook, given the down closed overnight at 16,516.22.
The silver-haired and bearish Bayik is one of Turkey's most wanted men.
He is bearish on Gap because of its low margins and structural uncertainties.
The new stance is funds' most bearish in the vegoil since last April.
To be sure, this is not Henrich's first time making a bearish case.
It's even more infrequent for an analyst to get the bearish call right.
Weekly data on U.S. supplies of corn-based ethanol added to bearish sentiment.
Barclays' view makes it one of the most bearish firms on Wall Street.
Morgan Stanley is the most bearish it's been on global equities since 2014.
Whether you're bullish or bearish copper, keep an eye on the copper spreads.
That created a rising wedge bearish pattern that often signals prices will collapse.
Shares closed up more than 5 percent Tuesday even after Goldman's bearish note.
But despite Monday's gains, analysts remain bearish on sterling over the longer term.
Bearish economic commentators are welcome to make their case on the housing market.
If it fails to pull back meaningfully, this would be a bearish signal.
Lee also happens to be the most bearish strategist on U.S. stocks currently.
When analysts start to sound more bearish, oil bottoms and restarts its climb.
" That said, he told CNBC, "I'm less bearish than I used to be.
Financial newsletters, which often lean bullish or bearish, are falling out of style.
But bearish shorts also climbed to 241 million, the highest level since February.
Did Saudi Arabia deliberately set out to squeeze hedge funds with bearish bets?
SPX were down nearly 3 percent, extending the bearish sentiment across risky markets.
Goldman Sachs warned that its outlook for the country was turning more bearish.
While a string of strong days could turn that around, momentum is bearish.
"Generally, we are bearish about Turkey," said Tatha Ghose, an economist at Commerzbank.
The greenback also found support as investors further unwound bearish bets against it.
Earnings season is at our doorstep, and Wall Street has become more bearish.
A bearish sterling view would be reflected in a greater premia for 'puts'.
There is one thing that could turn Colvin from bearish to bullish: clarity.
The technical trend has turned more bearish for gold, CMC Markets' Yang said.
When stocks were plummeting last December, he characterized Wall Street as too bearish.
The other bearish argument, higher interest rates, is a given among market participants.
During that time, the stock market went through both bullish and bearish cycles.
Bearish positions continued to increase, hitting 220,139 contracts in the week to Aug.
Bearish bets on the Indonesian rupiah were at their lowest since May 31.
"While the stock may look bearish, the options definitely are bullish," added Gilbert.
A poll of 13 respondents showed bearish bets ease on the Indonesian rupiah.
We see the U.S. complex as decidedly bearish over the next two months.
"I would agree with the split as Ari has put it, which is … Alibaba and Tencent as more domestically oriented with fundamentals that aren't necessarily bearish – I'm not saying they're bullish but they're not necessarily bearish either," said Sanchez. Disclaimer
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch says the market's "best reason to be bearish is ... there is no reason to be bearish" — a cute way of saying that the only thing the market has to fear is the lack of fear itself.
While hedge funds have turned mildly bearish on the outlook for the dollar in the latest weekly positioning data, they have ramped up bearish bets against currencies such as the Australian dollar on fears of rising challenges for the global economy.
While hedge funds have turned mildly bearish on the outlook for the dollar in the latest weekly positioning figures, they have ramped up bearish bets against currencies such as the Australian dollar on fears of rising challenges for the global economy.
"People got too bearish too quickly," said Quint Tatro, managing director at Joule Financial.
Adding to bearish sentiment were data by oil services company Baker Hughes Inc BHI.
But prices could struggle to make much headway, analysts said, as sentiment remains bearish.
Tuesday on CNBC's "Fast Money " I highlighted some substantial bearish activity in Freeport-McMoRan.
The bearish mood in the oil market is noteworthy given recent OPEC supply disruptions.
Unsurprisingly, most analysts were bearish on emerging markets at the start of the year.
Khouw says bearish options trading has spiked recently as the market continues its fall.
If most oil traders are not exactly bullish yet, they are no longer bearish.
"It's surprising to me given that Goldman Sachs is bearish on BTC," he said.
A drop in oil prices dragged down energy shares, adding to the bearish tone.
SPDR Gold holdings have dipped about 5 percent this year, reflecting bearish investor sentiment.
The firm has small-caps "on watch" for a downgrade from neutral to bearish.
A stronger dollar, which makes U.S. grains less competitive globally, added to bearish sentiment.
A few bearish investors and I got lucky; many millions of Chinese did not.
When markets are down, it's a bearish market; they go in the opposite direction.
This typically happens when there are super bearish calls out there on the Street.
Deutsche Bank, previously bearish on sterling, was the most prominent convert to this view.
He has repeatedly vowed to "burn" Tesla short-sellers and "explode" their bearish positions.
Put options can be a bearish bet that an asset is going to decline.
So, limiting your risk on a bearish bet against the stock is important, too.
Bearish investors believe oil is falling because not enough of it is being used.
This new bearish position may be short-lived pending trade on Monday and Tuesday.
Cramer's bearish thesis on the stock was torn to shreds after this latest quarter.
But while UBS was sanguine on the ringgit, other analysts were far more bearish.
In the soy products, funds cut record-bearish views in soybean oil through Sept.
Still, the overall takeaway from the IEA's report has been more bullish than bearish.
However, in recent days a host of big money investors have been vocally bearish.
He found that the market was bearish on the potential of Google's other bets.
However, he doesn't see the bearish scenario sticking around more than a few months.
Over time, he's settled into being bullish on some VR breakthroughs, bearish on others.
The hedge fund community has therefore pivoted from a relatively bearish position on Nov.
Societe Generale's 2150 outlook was among the most bearish – and also the most accurate.
This measure of sentiment has grown notably more bearish since the beginning of April.
C. based organization also turned more bearish on many emerging and low-income countries.
A break below that level would be quite bearish for emerging markets, he wrote.
Long positioning in Brent is at record highs and vulnerable for a bearish repositioning.
Such overly bearish investor sentiment and lower Fed rate expectations have created select opportunities.
The bearish activity among traditional retail was triggered by disappointing April retail sales numbers.
"If prices were to break below $35, then my view would turn more bearish."
Many analysts doubt the dollar can rally much, since so many investors remain bearish.
Additionally, Faber cited concerns about debt in China as support for a bearish position.
So there is nothing in today's announcement to make us turn suddenly yen bearish.
Like his brother, Jon Najarian is also on the bearish side of the call.
Such an event is typically seen as bearish, as its ominous name would suggest.
The 12-month outlook was bearish, with all seven analysts forecasting a weaker tenge.
Now, none of this should be too surprising and is not necessarily overly bearish.
Bearish short positions have actually declined by 10 million barrels in the same period.
These are bearish features but they do not assist in setting a downside target.
"investors were too optimistic in 2016 but they are too bearish now," he said.
Stacey Gilbert, market strategist at Susquehanna, shares in Wald's bearish assessment of Under Armour.
Still, many experts, including Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money, " aren't so bearish.
He is known for his bearish company-specific reports published his website Citron Research.
Commodities guru Dennis Gartman is not backing off his dramatically bearish stance on bitcoin.
Apple reported earnings Tuesday that beat expectations, despite bearish sentiment going into the event.
Overall, 115 weeks have hit this level of bearish sentiment since the survey began.
These are bearish bets that shares of Tesla will trade below $190 by June.
Banks also added to the bearish sentiment, with the financial index down 0.3 percent.
Seaport Global Securities downgraded the stock on Thursday, while other analysts offered bearish comments.
Besides signaling that bearish bets are scarce, a lower ratio could signal complacency. 2.
Finally, Cramer addressed a major market conflict: the battle between bullish and bearish forces.
"When everything else is looking a bit bearish, why sell the dollar?" asked Foley.
Bearish investors were likely the only people celebrating on the bull run's 11th birthday.
That means the recession itself is a new and less bearish period for stocks.
Wall Street legend Byron Wien doesn't find technology's bearish start to the week disturbing.
"That top pattern ... is a distributive pattern, and it has bearish implications," O'Hara said.
This tells you why you shouldn't get overly bearish, you shouldn't get overly bullish.
The oil market is getting whiplash, rocked by bullish and bearish catalysts at once.
I don't see people taking on a very bearish stance or anything like that.
Rising share prices and a recovering dollar were relatively bearish for gold, he said.
Traders are still bearish on cannabis stocks after months of turmoil in the industry.
This seeming barrage of bearish news has actually made me bullish on oil prices.
Analysts at the firm grew increasingly bearish on the health of Macy's retail operations.
Bullish call trading outpaced that of bearish puts by more than 2 to 1.
That indicates that bullish call options have become more expensive than bearish put options.
Sluggish automobile sales number for November wrapped up the week with a bearish bias.
In June, oil reached a 7-month low on a bearish U.S. inventory report.
"By moving from 75 to 50%, everybody says 'oh, you're so bearish,'" said Bernstein.
Ulf, as I'll call him, was a bearish man in a lumpy burgundy sweater.
The fund manager has already lamented over his bearish bets on stocks last year.
This is a bearish bet that USO will close below $10.01 by August 18.
Fundamentals for oil remain bearish as U.S. driving season nears an end, he cautioned.
Despite Friday's gains, some analysts are maintaining a bearish view on the oil sector.
This wasn't the first time Citron expressed a bearish view on Motorola Solutions shares.
Even though he doesn't see a near-term surge, he is far from bearish.
" However, he warned: "The bearish trend is yet to end, fundamentals can deteriorate further.
He presciently predicted Ackman would have a difficult time exiting his bearish Herbalife position.
Meanwhile, pivot points are technical indicators that help indicate either bullish or bearish shifts.
Last year, it gained nearly 23.2 percent, helped by a bearish bet on crude.
The Philippine peso saw bearish bets strengthen slightly, a poll of 12 respondents showed.
NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The slide in bitcoin's price in recent weeks has favored bearish bets on the cryptocurrency, and with January futures expiring on Wednesday, speculators who had loaded up on bearish positions in front-month contracts will reap big gains.
This technical development is often seen as a bearish signal of more pain to come.
Also, interest rates are poised to go higher and market sentiments are bearish on gold.
In other words, all three of the major components of my investing strategy were bearish.
But volatility also looks certain, with speculators ramping up on both bullish and bearish wagers.
Bearish sentiment, meanwhile, rose to 35 percent, a 6.3-point gain from the week before.
Thirty-eight of 82 strategists said they were more bearish and 37 were more bullish.
Bearish sentiment in Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund's options Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) (XLP.
It is rare for OPEC to give a bearish forward view on the market outlook.
Options volume this week has grown increasingly bearish, indicating the negative sentiment on Wall Street.
The OECD on Wednesday was a little less bearish, forecasting a £3,20153 hit to households.
Goldman Sachs, perhaps the world's most influential commodity bank, stuck to a more bearish view.
The S&P 500 is also forming some bearish patterns, including two broken rising wedges.
But others, including Fort Pitt Capital portfolio manager Kim Forrest, remain bearish on energy stocks.
Speculators flipped back to a bearish stance on Minneapolis-traded spring wheat through March 20.
The bearish sentiment spread into Wall Street with major indexes shedding more than 2 percent.
A net 20163 percent expect a Chinese slowdown, the most bearish in over two years.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has this reading, this bearish sentiment reading, among [portfolio managers].
"The bearish trend is your friend," wrote Societe Generale strategists in a note on Tuesday.
Into the end of the year, Hunter believes the bearish trend for Treasurys will extend.
Traders said that industrial consumers and speculators buying to reverse bearish positions spurred the recovery.
The recent pullback towards 1.10 suggests that bearish pressure is building on the euro-dollar.
But on Monday's "Halftime Report," the traders expressed disagreement with these bearish calls on tech.
Fitzpatrick sees a more bearish picture, with a decline to the $1.80 area by 2024.
As interest rates rise, non-interest-bearish assets like gold become less attractive in comparison.
So unless the Bank is particularly bearish on the economy we may see a squeeze.
However, the underlying fundamentals were still bearish, traders said, pointing to rising U.S. shale production.
He sees a rush of investors making bearish bets on Tesla over the next month.
"The report is fairly neutral; mildly bullish crude, modestly bearish for the products," Smith said.
"It's hard to get too bearish on Tech, even with everything that is going on."
Since then, Faber has generally only become more and more bearish as stocks have climbed.
Goldman Sachs remains bearish on Lebanon, said Sara Grut, emerging markets strategist with the bank.
Before the November production agreement, low oil prices were considered a bearish sign for stocks.
Views on the Malaysian ringgit MYR=MY became the least bearish since late April 33.
The shares rose as investors scrambled to cover large bearish bets, analysts and traders said.
Banks, which have the heaviest weighting on the benchmark, underpinned the bearish trend on Monday.
More linearly, Trump's declining public appeal may be a bearish catalyst in and of itself.
O'Cull said sentiment is bearish for Buffalo Wild Wings "given recent trends" to the upside.
While both calls and puts were busy traders appeared to be leaning toward bearish bets.
It's also concerned that the consensus remains "exceptionally bearish" and may sell on any rally.
"This consensus bearish view could be now a short-term risk to performance," it said.
However, the market remains heavily short the pound versus the dollar and sentiment is bearish.
Consequently, we have raised our view to neutral from bearish and closed our short position.
Lower equity prices on Wall Street and other world stock markets was another bearish factor.
This is a bearish bet that FedEx will drop to $155 before the contract expiration.
And talk of 'currency wars' could potentially add to the bearish momentum in the markets.
The very marginal bearish bets against the Singapore dollar SGD=D3 also increased a tad.
If you want to go bearish, you don't want to look to earnings right now.
LONDON (Reuters) - Speculators are sticking to their bearish bets on the dollar and U.S. Treasuries.
Adding to the day's bearish tone for metals and for stocks was the U.S. dollar.
The close well below the lower edge of the long-term GMMA is particularly bearish.
Tse noted that bitcoin, even before these recent events, has been in a bearish momentum.
Some of the recent bearish sentiment came after two South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges were hacked.
But the forecasts are the most bearish since CNBC started its Millionaire Survey in 2014.
This is a bearish bet that the XLF will fall below $23.23 by April expiration.
That said, China seems to have turned collectively bearish on copper before the latest tensions.
Bets on the Taiwan dollar took a bearish turn for the first time since January.
However, "most people really are bearish," said Bernstein, former chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch.
Furthermore, the current weakness is, in part, driven by the bearish global bond price action.
It's also a much more bearish outlook than typical from the Wall Street analyst crowd.
Wall Street has been turning more bearish on Tesla, at least in the short term.
Investors turned bearish on the Philippine peso for the first time since October last year.
The company said that, despite the record, the numbers should not be read as bearish.
The report contained some bearish news on refined fuel stockpiles and U.S. production, Kilduff said.
Tusa, the most bearish analyst on GE's stock, has gained a following in recent years.
He suggested that the company would buy back stock to counteract bearish analysts and traders.
Zero Hedge is best known for its sensationalist headlines and bearish outlook on the world.
When asked why, 45 percent of investors who responded highlighted a bearish view on markets.
Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein is making a bearish contrarian call on earnings.
Both benchmarks are on track to close the week lower, after bearish data early on.
Aluminium touched the weakest since August last year as speculators piled on more bearish positions.
Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) is her bearish beau, a documentary filmmaker, who doesn't say much himself.
At the same time, I don't think there's any reason to be particularly bearish, either.
He is a bearish man — the administration's backslapping offensive lineman, shorter and rounder than Trump.
That might be one reason Wall Street is bullish on Alphabet but bearish on Apple.
The theory goes something like this: At times when many are bullish, there is little money left to be added to the equity market, and bullish news will be expected while bearish news will shock; at times when many are bearish, the opposite is true.
"A win for Lega would likely be short-term bearish for BTPs, but without a national election that could propel Salvini to the premiership, it's not clear that the bearish move could be sustained on such a result alone," said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid.
Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, however, remained mired in a bearish trend amid intense regulatory scrutiny.
A break of its January 13 high of 21 percent could turn investors even more bearish.
That's nearly double the 2.5-to-1 ratio it takes for that firm to get bearish.
A break of its January 2014 high of 3.041 percent could turn investors even more bearish.
" Bearish signs for Dems: "There is no obvious candidate or even close to an obvious candidate.
One does not need be bearish on the economy to start thinking about the next recession.
"The bearish correction however will not be as severe as in the early 1990s," he said.
Adding to the bearish outlook is additional Iranian production and Saudi comments regarding new production capacity.
Data was slightly bearish, but firmer cash cattle prices could underpin futures on Monday, Nelson said.
"It's quite a bearish global market environment," said Koon Chow, an emerging markets strategist at UBP.
Other points of concern contributing to Barclays' bearish view are fragile global growth, and Chinese overproduction.
SPDR Gold holdings have dipped about 5 percent so far this year, reflecting bearish investor sentiment.
Funds are now taking an ever more bearish view of copper's prospects on the CME market.
The strength of the bearish case suggests that, when the market turns, it will be dramatic.
The bearish call from Capital Wealth Planning's Jeffrey Saut stems from one of his proprietary gauges.
To help you digest this report, each section will contain a bullish and bearish key finding.
Some analysts were more bearish than their peers, to the point of tilting toward the apocalyptic.
The pattern of well-established trading bands sets up the strategic trading pattern, which remains bearish.
"It was shockingly bearish report," said Ted Seifried, an analyst at the Chicago brokerage Zaner Group.
Speculators have also ramped up bearish bets on the loonie to the most since February 20183.
Traders are making some bearish bets on the energy space ahead of Wednesday's big OPEC meeting.
A break above its January 2014 peak of 23 percent could turn investors even more bearish.
A move below the recent and temporary support level near 1.09 will confirm this bearish pressure.
The numbers for lead, however, were if anything bearish, with national production rising by 224 percent.
"A Trump presidency would be enormously bearish for stocks," Gartman told CNBC's "Fast Money " on Monday.
On the bearish side, Morgan Stanley see's near-term downside for industrial supply company W.W. Grainger.
But overall, supplies were expected to remain plentiful, keeping a bearish tone hanging over the market.
His forecast was one of the most bearish yet on the impact of the Sino-U.
The George Soros run group also nearly doubled down on its bearish U.S. stock market bet.
A bearish 933 outlook for oil demand by the International Energy Agency weighed on the market.
A higher fee indicates willingness from investors to short a stock, and therefore more bearish sentiment.
"This report is bearish," said Phil Flynn an oil analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
"Technical signs indicate that investors are bearish," said Nobuhiko Kuramochi, a chief strategist at Mizuho Securities.
The bearish case for oil continues to be concerns about a slowdown in the global economy.
Goldman also only expects a temporary fillip and it's remaining "structurally bearish" over the longer term.
The longer-term outlook for oil has also grown increasingly bearish, market participants said on Thursday.
Last week, currency investors built up the highest bearish positions in pound sterling in 16 weeks.
This is a bearish bet that targets a move to $145 in the new two weeks.
Cowen & Co was the most bearish with a $11 price target, which it revised from $18.
Bearish positions on the Taiwan dollar TWD=TP rose the most, after those on the yuan.
Goldman was again bearish, however, saying that structural factors limiting commodity prices were still in play.
The would mean a Denver Broncos' victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday would be bearish.
A Reuters poll released on Thursday showed investors raised bearish bets on all emerging Asian currencies.
Despite the bearish bear market, OPEC is unlikely to call for an emergency meeting, said Kingston.
Still, Grant doubts that management can turnaround the stock, and is sticking to his bearish position.
Left admitted he was losing on his bearish view on online furniture retailer Wayfair last month.
"Oil traders are overwhelmed by bearish news," said Clay Seigle, managing director of oil at Genscape.
It also reinforces the core thesis underpinning the bank's ultra-bearish outlook on the oil market.
The forecast was one of the most bearish yet on the impact of the Sino-U.
Hedge funds and money managers raised their bearish bets in copper in the week to Feb.
It had trimmed some of its losses as investors lightened bearish positions ahead of the weekend.
Gina Sanchez, CEO of Chantico Global, shares a similarly bearish view on the company's growth potential.
They are overall bullish on stocks, bearish on bonds, long U.S. dollar, and long on volatility.
However, I'd love for those of you who are bearish to blow my arguments to smithereens.
The only other time specs were more bearish on meal was for seven weeks between Dec.
Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Iran did not plan to exacerbate an already bearish oil market.
When Glencore released first-half earnings in August 2015, the market mood was bearish on commodities.
Vanguard has said that its views aren't bearish, especially in light of the low rate environment.
In relative terms, the net positioning was among the most bearish in the last seven years.
Many of those expressing a bearish view on housing have been doing so for months now.
Hedge fund managers have become progressively more bearish about petroleum prices in recent weeks (tmsnrt.rs/2ti1hd0).
The bearish gasoline data overshadowed a 1.7 million-barrel drawdown in U.S. crude stocks, analysts said.
On the bearish side, Russian average oil production rose close to 11 million bpd during Sept.
The draw on refined products inventories did not completely offset the bearish crude data, he said.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, one options trader closed out a large bearish position on Disney, Nathan noted.
You are very bearish on cable and the cable industry, that's no longer a unique idea.
The bearish case for Tesla: Without cash from the IPO, there's less money to spread around.
Adding to the bearish supply outlook is an apparent glut in U.S. East Coast product supplies.
There didn't appear to be anything in the minutes to make investors particularly bearish or bullish.
The flat price had the best its going have this year, were bearish until year end.
But, we have been terrible at market level calls having been bearish before bearishness was cool.
Brokerage B Riley was the most bearish with a price target cut of $63 to $245.
As bearish sentiment multiplied on Wednesday, however, Trump was not accepting blame but looking for scapegoats.
Extremely bearish sentiment has often resulted in gains for the S&P 500 a year later.
Yet, the Aussie has shrugged off most bearish indicators to jump almost 3 percent in January.
CNBC's is tired of watching the stock market swing from bullish to bearish on a dime.
He believes investors are shifting from focusing on bearish "political noise" to strong corporate stories again.
But while traders were bearish on Apple, the rest of Wall Street doesn't seem as concerned.
But that bearish turn will likely be short-lived, according to RBC Capital Markets' Helima Croft.
A month earlier, Ackman had told CNBC that he exited his losing bearish bet against Herbalife.
The bearish case on tax reform is now much easier to make than the bullish case.
This all theoretically would prove bearish for the yellow metal, even as markets are going haywire.
The range of possible values ascribed to it will be broader than "bullish, bearish or doubtful".
Other bearish views included a continued belief that capex will not be a focus for companies.
Traders also said a bleak fundamental picture was casting a bearish tone on the wheat market.
However, over the longer term the eight-week ratio is at 3853, which is still bearish.
Technical analyst Todd Gordon is bearish on the market, but there's one stock he can't resist.
Gulf markets were generally bearish despite oil prices hitting their highest in more than three years.
If the NASDAQ Composite keeps trending down Thursday, it could qualify as a bearish outside reversal.
Investment ideas presented were largely familiar, including so-called bearish views on China, commodities and stocks.
Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Hall has resisted bearish sentiment in the oil market this year.
Market sentiment remains bearish amid the dispute and concerns of an economic slowdown in emerging markets.
We spoke to an expert who accurately predicted the 2018 market plunge — and he's still bearish.
Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, says the charts back up Tepper's bearish case.
"     RYAN NAUMAN, MARKET STRATEGIST, INFORMA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE, ZEPHYR COVE, NEVADA: "Right now it's a bearish sentiment.
The indicator's 10-point scale ranges from most bearish at zero to most bullish at 10.
Positioning has turned quite bearish, a lot of negative news is already priced in the market.
"While the headlines may be bearish, not only is this just a proposal that is unlikely to make it past Congress, it is also phased over 20053 years ... So we do not see this as bearish for fundamentals even though the headlines won't help," she added.
Smith noted that overall OPEC exports have been rising, which would normally be bearish for the commodity.
Chesapeake Energy Corp and driller Helmerich & Payne Inc have also seen a pick-up in bearish bets.
Given how many times Alphabet has been investigated for issues like these, experts aren't totally bearish — yet.
It'll show the intermediate term trend will have shifted to a bearish trend from a sideways trend.
This is a bearish bet that the FXI will fall as low as $33 by the Dec.
Instead, bearish market sentiment has pressured U.S. crude to its longest stretch of daily declines since 1984.
All of these factors combined sent "the bearish arguments ... into hibernation" in Tuesday's trading session, Cramer said.
Certain allusive shapes reappear: a bearish hump; repeated curlicues; double curves terminating in horizontal or vertical lines.
On Thursday morning, one trader appeared to buy a large number of bearish options on Express Scripts.
The firm was particularly bearish on the group given weak housing starts data and rising interest rates.
The bank is also bearish on tech, where the "breadth of the expected negative results is stunning".
Phillip Futures' Chong said despite current bearish sentiment, chocolate lovers will continue to chase the sugar high.
This is a bearish bet that Apple shares could fall as low as $150 by mid-February.
The credit funds selected commonly take bearish short positions, which are lately getting mauled in this market.
In the past two days, there were two bearish calls on airlines from Cowen and Morgan Stanley.
Wells Fargo's David Maris has been bearish on the stock since he initiated coverage back in February.
The market became far too bearish before Christmas on the assumption that mild weather would continue indefinitely.
The indicator runs from zero, indicating extremely bearish and "buy", to 10, signalling extremely bullish and "sell".
However, because of his generally bearish outlook on world markets, Mr. Soros did profit from other investments.
Ironically, the equity team does not need to go far to find a source of bearish sentiment.
Still, bearish fundamentals remain as the Brazilian harvest picks up in pace amid an already oversupplied market.
But if history is any guide, this milestone may be a bearish signal for the precious metal.
Perennial bull Tom Lee said Thursday he's not convinced low bond yields are flashing a bearish signal.
That absence suggested that perhaps Tepper had grown bearish or at least more neutral on the markets.
The other recent bearish candle was a "hanging man," which occurred during the first week of August.
Ultimately, Suttmeier explained that, despite recent bearish signs in the market, the reasons for optimism remain strong.
Bearish views from the conference added to the negative tone and sell-off already underway in markets.
Energy shares fell sharply for the second day, as oil prices slid again as bearish sentiment deepened.
"In that world, there is almost every indication that you want to be bearish," Mr. Bordoff said.
The self-proclaimed "unrepentant gold bull" is now more bearish because of last week's impressive jobs data.
Charles Schwab's latest survey of retail investors shows a slightly bearish outlook for the U.S. stock market.
"It's a bearish trend and a poor risk-reward," Wald said on CNBC's "Trading Nation " on Monday.
Oil prices have entered a bearish trend despite short-term bounces, supply cuts and improved demand estimates.
Analysts on average give Skyworks Solutions a rating of "overweight," with a slightly bearish $94.76 price target.
Fashion retailer Next has sounded a bearish note on clothing demand, and food deflation can't persist forever.
That bearish sentiment could be based partially on broader concerns in the housing space beyond SWK's woes.
Instead, bearish market sentiment has pressured U.S. crude into its longest stretch of daily declines since 1984.
The first thing investors need to do is take their risk temperature before stepping into bearish ETFs.
U.S. government data last week showed that gold speculators had lifted their bearish bets to a record.
The GMMA relationships simply show that investors are not strongly bearish or bullish on the Australian dollar.
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Once that is past, though, investors will be looking at indicators that are more bearish, he said.
Carbon analysts have said Britain's exit from the scheme would likely have a bearish impact on prices.
Foreign institutions took an "extremely bearish" view, with the index sliding to 33.33, versus 77.78 in November.
Speculators who trade on technical signals regard a break below key moving averages as a bearish sign.
That bearish bond move sent equities tumbling but the weekend message from Goldman is to keep calm.
Still, he's not exactly bearish on gold, either — pointing to support on the chart just below $1,200.
"The market report was slightly bearish," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
This new bearish feature suggests the oil price will continue to fall and retest support near $30.
Other than dry bulk, Drewry is also bearish on the container shipping sector in the medium-term.
Chicago wheat joined soybean meal as the only two contracts in which funds hold a bearish view.
The latest offering from the perma-bear community, delivered by Albert Edwards at SocGen, is, well, bearish.
Against the dollar, bearish bets grew to their highest levels since September 2017, according to Refinitiv data.
Tuesday's price rout took place the day after two apparently bearish bits of news hit the wires.
As a result, multiple firms published bearish notes and knocked down their price targets for Snap's stock.
Tuesday on CNBC's "Fast Money, " Nathan noted that there was an abundance of bearish activity this week.
However, some investors are more bearish on the stock, unsure if Yelp will remain competitive moving forward.
Democratic voters have the most bearish outlook, with 723% thinking there will be a recession in 2020.
Further underpinning the bearish outlook is the belief that fundamental demand for new housing is drying up.
Adrian Sparks, white-bearded and bearish in the title role, lacks the dynamism and bombast we expect.
The Trump administration will not be able to change bearish oil fundamentals of oversupply and lagging demand.
On Wednesday, shorting activity was muted, as traders appeared in no rush to close out bearish bets.
But data this week showing a temporary dip in U.S. oil production has dented the bearish sentiment.
He also was helped by bearish positions on stocks, particularly European financial stocks such as Deutsche Bank.
Bearish investors have limited gains in Xiaomi's stock since it priced its IPO at HK$17 ($14.633).
This has risen from minus 16 last week but back in December 2018, bearish bets reached -33.
He also named lower oil and wider credit spreads as recession "tells" and reasons to stay bearish.
According to "Options Action " trader Mike Khouw, that sent off a frenzy of bearish activity in Tesla.
Instead of a bearish trend, gold has built a constructive chart pattern above the psychological $1,33 mark.
Strangely enough, Cramer didn't see many of those bearish theories meaningfully weighing on stocks in Monday's session.
Funds also hit new record bearish bets in Kansas City wheat futures and options through April 2072.
Even the most bearish forecasts from Morgan Stanley and Barclays imply a 9.6% gain for the year.
"However, the market is relatively long and there are no signs of investors getting bearish," he said.
Mr. Li has a reputation as being more bearish during financial crises than other Chinese government economists.
A three-day surge pushed the Dow Jones industrial average out of bearish territory by Thursday's close.
Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal.
For the first time since the eurozone crisis, the world's biggest wealth manager is bearish on stocks.
In other words, when retail investors get too bearish, it becomes a buy signal for some investors.
Moreno, Cramer said, determined that to be a "double top," which is a bearish technical reversal pattern.
Speculators currently have a record net-long position on the market, with bullish bets outweighing bearish ones.
But the British bank said it had "a bearish view on oil prices for the quarters ahead."
Ultra-wealthy investors may be feeling bearish about the markets, but they are still searching for returns.
As a result, Tesla's share price in July showed a substantial callback, falling to the bearish zone.
BofA analysts said Wall Street is too bearish when it comes to its view on profit margins.
A sharp jump in U.S. crude oil inventories also added to the bearish tone in the market.
"I'm not as bearish, but it really will depend on how senior they are," said one headhunter.
Bearish experts, on the other hand, fear bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are part of a speculative bubble.
One high-yield corporate bond exchange-traded fund, the HYG, has made some concerning bearish moves lately.
That's the glass-half-empty perspective, the bearish view that ultimately triggered today's market-ending sell-off.
"The falling knife continues here," Wald said Tuesday on CNBC's "Trading Nation, " pointing to bearish technical trends.
"We're bearish on retail," Mark Tepper, president of Strategic Wealth Partners, told CNBC's "Trading Nation " on Tuesday.
N). Soros, meanwhile, appeared bearish overall and exited stakes in companies such as Noble Energy Inc (NBL.
That's another reason why Wall Street is so bearish about the likes of Smucker, Hormel and Kellogg.
A trader said the White House comments sparked short covering after speculators had earlier extended bearish positions.
Chinese stocks have tumbled about 15 percent since the start of the year and bearish signs persist.
Either the market is wrong and it's too bearish, or perhaps the Federal Reserve is too hawkish.
Futures markets signalled speculators last week built the most bearish positioning against the dollar since mid-October.
On Monday, Schlumberger — the world's largest oil driller — put out a bearish presentation on the industry's outlook.
Its going to make the bears less bearish or more worried they're going to get run over.
Money managers had nearly wiped away their mild bearish bet of just 37 contracts in CBOT soybean meal in the prior week, but they decidedly moved back into bearish territory in the week ended May 16 with a new net short of 11,688 futures and options contracts (reut.rs/2rAhENQ).
"Investors remain bearish, with growth and profit expectations plummeting this month," said Michael Hartnett, BAML's chief investment strategist.
Bob Aliber is equally bearish but at the centre of his more panoramic view is the U.S. dollar.
For example, sentiment in Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. energy company by market value, has grown more bearish.
This is far from the first time the analyst has trained a bearish eye on the streaming giant.
Investors ages 40 through 55 and those who are retired are the most bearish, according to the survey.
It is a difficult landscape, and there are, again, pockets that we're finding, but I'm relatively bearish there.
If you're bearish, it's not low enough for the bears and it's not high enough for the bulls.
It's really easy to say I'm really bullish, or I'm really bearish I see a two-sided market.
One investor has made a bearish bet those declines could continue, according to "Options Action " trader Mike Khouw.
The whole oil and products complex remains well bid, pushing more bearish traders and analysts to the margins.
Both bullish and bearish trades Keene has made have been foiled by the general lack of market movement.
Worse, the MACD made a bearish crossover this month, telling Lang the S&P could still trade lower.
The reasons tend to be different for most physical grades but overall the trend paints a bearish picture.
In fact, he initiated coverage of Snap with a bearish $26.053 price target for its first official rating.
A bearish breakthrough will see gold prices target the next main station of $1,245 in the coming term.
I thought that would be the case because I was bearish on the bond market as you mentioned.
Kilduff, who has been bearish on oil, admitted he was "obviously wrong" in not anticipating the ongoing rally.
Market watchers were largely bearish on the IPO, citing Uber's past issues with its culture and corporate governance.
Shares of Big Lots fell 3.8 percent Monday after Deutsche Bank released a bearish report on the stock.
"We have definitely become less bearish on the U.S. dollar and less bullish on foreign currencies," he said.
The third scene trio is bearish, and is triggered by a close below 16,000 on the weekly chart.
The bond market has priced in a far more bearish picture on the economy since the Fed meeting.
There are obvious downside risks but there is also the risk of being too bearish going into 2019.
Wednesday's supply-demand data from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) could herald a more bearish trend, analysts said.
Traders bearish on crude could also bet against the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund, said trader Dan Nathan.
However, wholesale beef prices retreated Thursday from two-year highs and fell again on Friday, a bearish signal.
A Reuters poll shows that traders are bearish on the rupiah for the first time since December 2016.
Hedge funds, despite the bearish sentiments from some of the industry's biggest names, also are moving to stocks.
Similarly, bearish sentiment on the Indian rupee reversed ahead of a Reserve Bank of India meeting on Thursday.
As for the bond market, the reaction is expected to be bearish Friday if the 8:30 a.m.
When the broader market and the analyst report were both bearish, the sell-off was greater than 10%.
SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW,GENERALLY SPEAKING, PRETTY CAUTIOUS ON THE MARKET, NOT OUTRIGHT BEARISH ON THE MARKET.
Wednesday's supply-demand data from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) could trigger a more bearish trend, analysts said.
The Dow rolled over Tuesday after hitting another record on some bearish trade comments from President Donald Trump.
The investor compared the electric car maker to his most famous and prescient bearish call on Lehman Brothers.
The rebound in oil prices from 12-year lows seen in February has reduced bearish bets on TIPS.
The loonie's recovery in 2019 has come amid evidence speculators hiked bearish bets on the currency in December.
But if you look at the yuan's strength this year, anyone who is bearish on China would suffer.
Yet as trade uncertainties still loom, investors are now the most bearish they've been since those December lows.
" This pattern "obviously carries bearish implications here, so we would stay away," Wald said Thursday on "Power Lunch.
"It's a bearish signal" that WTI futures ended the week below $50, said John Kilduff of Again Capital.
Of course, increasing interest rates are classically bearish for stocks, as they make bonds a more attractive alternative.
Those who are bearish on Trump already see the ghost of McClellan hanging over the current press secretary.
Investors appear to be having some last-minute reservations and squared off some bearish bets before the referendum.
"No one who is bearish should invest in a shorting ETF," said Doty at Koss Olinger Financial Group.
Trader Dan Nathan said he has a bearish option on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).
This was the lowest since January and down from 8.79 million bpd in June, seemingly a bearish outcome.
The Philippine peso PHP= has the second highest level of bearish bets in the region, the poll found.
SINCE the new year, the price of oil has surprised even the most bearish punters, plunging by 22017%.
Since the Elliott waves suggest a neutral-to-bearish outlook for equities, Gordon is adjusting his positions accordingly.
One short seller, however, is recommending that investors should add to their bearish Wayfair positions on the rally.
Global bearish sentiment also dragged on mainland China markets, according to Zhang Qi, an analyst at Haitong Securities.
In Chicago wheat, the increase in bearish momentum from the previous week was the largest since mid-March.
Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, was one of the few bearish voices among the Sohn speakers.
We have had brief rallies but within a couple of days, bearish sentiment seizes the upper hand again.
"We're [also] finally getting positive retail investor flows," he said, arguing that even technical analysts are less bearish.
Moreover, during the current decade, the outlook for gas prices has become even more bearish than for oil.
Gross short, or bearish, futures and options positions among money managers fell to the lowest since mid-323.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Speculators extended bearish bets in Chicago-traded grain futures and options in the week ended Oct.
"Bearish sentiment has seized control of the oil markets," said Clay Seigle, managing director of oil at Genscape.
Turkey's lira was 0.5% firmer on bearish technical factors for the USD/TRY pair, while stocks rose 0.2%.
U.S. government data out last week showed that gold speculators had lifted their bearish bets to a record.
For Faber, the strategy of shorting Tesla is merely a part of his bearish approach to the market.
That's a dollar-bearish scenario and may have contributed to the unwinding of long-held dollar net longs.
Funds and speculators have been growing increasingly bearish on the pound since April, when it traded above $21.
Vivek added that options traders were taking a bearish position on Western Digital, as call prices are low.
This can indicate future volatility, but it can also spur gains as investors call off their bearish positions.
And some analysts were still bearish after the company's earnings call, even labeling Musk's behavior a red flag.
In the last three months, FB has received 29 buy ratings from analysts and only two bearish ratings.
Investors sentiment turned bearish last week on the possibility that MSCI could downgrade Nigeria later in the year.
If we can break here, then perhaps the narrative changes to more of a bullish tone versus bearish.
The prospect of, say, the Netherlands, a member of the euro, voting to leave would be very bearish.
Locally, a stalemate in wage talks between power utility Eskom and labour unions has added to bearish sentiment.
As for whether Amazon will be able to fulfill its one-day Prime delivery promise, Squali is bearish.
Markets were calmer after sharp selloff on Monday, but the U.S. rates outlook kept the overall mood bearish.
But bearish hedge funds also increased short positions by a combined 22 million barrels over the same period.
Below $1,949.753, the bearish trend could recover strength, with a first targeted support area at $1,180, he added.
Portfolio managers have more than seven bullish long positions for every bearish short position in the petroleum complex.
Positioning has become exceptionally stretched, with bullish long positions outnumbering bearish short ones by more than 25:1.
And he's been ahead of the current pack of investors who are bearish on Tesla for some time.
Larry McDonald, editor of the Bear Traps Report, is more bearish on the tech sector as a whole.
We expect bearish arguments now to focus on limited potential for Model 3 volume at higher price levels.
This comes on the heels of extremely oversold conditions, and sentiment has become quite bearish around the greenback.
As a result, lenders are bearish on demand, according to a recent survey of lenders by Fannie Mae.
"In terms of sentiment, I would say it's probably slightly leaning more bullish than bearish here," added Gilbert.
The consolidation activity is not using the $1,4903 level as a support and this is a bearish signal.
"I've been bearish [on] crude oil and the energy sector," he said in the same "Trading Nation" interview.
Perhaps that also explains why Italian attendees were the most bearish on the future of foreign exchange traders.
Hedge fund managers have become slightly less bullish about the outlook for oil prices rather than outright bearish.
For weeks, traders seem to have been positioned bearish, convinced weak manufacturing data would bleed into the consumer.
This is part of an ongoing trend, which has seen traders placing net bearish bets since last spring.
Below $1,200, the bearish trend could recover strength, with a first targeted support area at $1,180, he added.
Other market strategists are similarly wary about buying stocks at these levels given September's usual bearish track record.
Funds and speculators have been growing increasingly bearish on the pound since April, when it traded above $220.
Trading appeared to be a mix of bullish and bearish bets, according to options analytics firm Trade Alert.
Potential shocks from election day on Thursday are driving up demand, and thus the price, of bearish derivatives.
CNBC's on Thursday predicted a new bearish assessment of Costco will induce a buying opportunity in the stock.
"Beginning in late January I was getting increasingly bearish and I woke up with a nightmare," Ackman said.
Countering these bearish factors are ongoing supply cuts led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
"The report was somewhat bearish due to the large crude oil inventory build, but the drawdown in refined product inventories and the big jump in refinery activity could signal the end of the recent string of mostly bearish reports," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital Management in New York.
"I think in the market, over the last four weeks or so, every news item has been uniformly bearish, even the technical situation has been bearish and a lot of the entrenched bulls were really throwing in the towel," said Andrew Lebow, senior partner at Commodity Research Group in Darien, Connecticut.
"In the short term, positioning has become so bearish that 'a ceasefire' could spark a risk rally," they said.
Investors increased bearish positions over the past two weeks on all emerging Asian currencies, according to a Reuters poll.
If the acreage number could not give traders a convincing reason to be bearish, the stocks report surely did.
"If Maduro is ousted, that would actually be bearish for oil," said Ryan Fitzmaurice, an energy strategist at Rabobank.
Democrats would be neutral for stocks in general but bearish for pharma, REITs, telecom and some health care services.
Compression shows that some investors are joining in the selling activity and signals the development of a bearish outlook.
The put-call ratio, a sentiment indicator in the options market, was also at its most bearish since 103.
But some bearish investors are likely interpreting it as a move to stimulate demand, said Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
However, doubts about the effectiveness of the OPEC cuts underpin one of the most bearish forecasts on Wall Street.
Nickel was a chronic underperformer after two cogs of the ore supply chain, Indonesia and the Philippines, turned bearish.
Investors have been broadly bearish on the pound, resulting in a shortage in trading volumes which exacerbates price swings.
The biggest investors in the market got together on Wednesday, and judging from their investment ideas they're pretty bearish.
Technicians view the bearish cross as marking the spot a short-term pullback graduates to a long-term downtrend.
On Tuesday, Coca-Cola stock saw a surge of bearish activity at five times the average daily put volume.
Hedge funds and other money managers became steadily more bearish about the outlook even as prices continued to decline.
Bearish short positions have fallen by more than 60 percent from a peak of 122 million barrels on Dec.
"Investors remain bearish but we are seeing signs of green shoots," said Michael Hartnett, the bank's chief investment strategist.
If the offshore side-bets all point in one, bearish, direction, the onshore markets tend to follow their lead.
But if foreign investors are wary of another tilt at the yuan, sentiment inside China is turning more bearish.
Bond markets may be pointing that way but some other indicators, such as equity markets, are not as bearish.
Some noted reports of Canadian officials mulling new retaliatory tariffs against the United States as a bearish market factor.
The new bearish stance tallies 36,523 futures and options contracts compared with 34,23 in the week prior (reut.rs/2r0SHxV).
The bond market has priced in a far more bearish picture on the economy since the Feds July meeting.
The big fund short is back, the money men flexing their bearish views on copper out to 23,1.83 contracts.
"They were taking chips off the table at the first hint of bearish news" after several weeks of gains.
It is always so much easier to be publicly bearish than it is to be bullish in this market.
It is always so much easier to be publicly bearish than it is to be bullish in this market.
With the economic outlook seeming increasingly bearish, which names should buyers back in the face of a possible downturn?
The handbag and clothing designer saw an upswing starting in June, but Keene has a bearish outlook going forward.
The host said he wondered if the company would get hit with some bad news following the bearish indication.
The outlook for global trade growth, already quite bearish relative to the hyperglobalisation of the 2000s, has darkened considerably.
The hedge fund's big bearish bet on Herbalife, the nutritional food supplement, worked against it once again this year.
"Inputs on the speculative side are certainly more bearish than bullish," said analysts at JBC Energy in a report.
Tuesday's figures reflect the most bearish long-term export outlook that the USDA has ever produced for U.S. corn.
Speculators have raced to unwind some of the record-large bearish positions racked up over the last six months.
Even bearish predictions about the Chinese economy have at least pretended that economic data from the country are reliable.
This is a bearish bet that Halliburton could fall to $47.55, down about 1.6 percent from current trading levels.
While funds and speculators have upped their bearish bets on the pound, there's room to ramp them up further.
This options trade, one of the largest of the day, appears to represent a bearish outlook on the market.
Some bankers also remain bearish on current conditions and believe that the ECB's intervention has simply distorted credit valuations.
Hedge funds have built a large bullish position in heating oil and taken a relatively bearish view on gasoline.
This is a bearish bet that Wells Fargo could fall below $39.80 in a little more than a month.
JPMorgan remains bearish with a forecast 447,000-tonne surplus, exceeded only by Julius Baer's expected 450,000-tonne supply overhang.
"We remain bearish, targeting $0.6400 or lower by year-end," said Westpac's head of NZ market strategy Imre Speizer.
Analysts said that the minimal price movement on Thursday was due to bullish and bearish fundamentals offsetting each other.
Oil prices reversed course to fall 2 percent as bearish U.S. manufacturing data stoked concerns over global energy demand.
Although Gen Xers seem most anxious about retirement, it is Baby Boomers who are most bearish about market expectation.
"The world wheat market is still bearish," said Ted Seifried, chief agriculture market strategist for Zaner Group in Chicago.
"I actually think positioning was overly bearish," noted a skeptical Tim Seymour in a special "Behind the Trade" session.
Rosenberg had been known for his bearish views on the economy and markets but changed his tack in 2011.
Deutsche Bank Chief U.S. Economist Joseph LaVorgna said the jobs report doesn't change his bearish view on the economy.
Even so, many big investors are still shifting more of their bets to the bearish side of the market.
In the very short term, bearish factors may predominate, which could help push both crude and gasoline prices lower.
Taking a bearish look at the U.S. markets, he believes we'll see a 10-20% downturn by year-end.
And this is why nickel's prospects look so bearish even by the standards of a bleak base metals picture.
The bearish positioning of the stocks in the options market also validates Goldman Sachs' fundamental views on the companies.
But bearish economic indicators this week, including lower German factory orders, may be putting a cap on those gains.
Oil supply fell by 4.6 million barrels but the increase in gasoline was seen as bearish for oil prices.
WTI fell nearly 453 percent on Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration released bearish supply data for the market.
Bearish hedge fund managers point to strong growth in gas output especially from the prolific Marcellus and Utica shales.
Better performance of economically sensitive sectors such as financials could be a sign that investors are becoming less bearish.
Among Wall Street's largest banks, the firm now has the most bearish position on the S&P 500 Index.
"The recent rally is also a reflection of the extremely bearish sentiment and positioning on emerging markets," he said.
On the other hand, bearish positions in the Philippine peso PHP=PDSP rose to more than 9 month highs.
He's issued a streak of bearish calls about the S&P 500 and earnings performance over the past year.
The confidence of brokers and retail investors was bearish, with domestic institutions declining but still in the neutral zone.
Standard Chartered is more bearish, predicting a 4.2 percent recession in 2016, worse than last year's 3.8 percent contraction.
While insurers have drawn bearish bets traders have been optimistic about the outlook for stocks of building materials makers.
Speculators who trade on technical signals regard a break below the 2544-day moving average as a bearish sign.
Friday's bearish tone has spilled into Monday's session, said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago.
In a bearish outcome, the loss of capital and market confidence can result in a sudden and total collapse.
Some analysts expect a more bearish supply-demand picture when the U.S. government issues weekly oil data on Wednesday.
Bearish short-sellers were clearly ill-advised back in February, and he doesn't think it is done roaring, yet.
However, the positioning within silver right now is no longer anywhere near as bearish as it was last month.
Credit card and loyalty programs company Alliance Data Systems reported a bearish outlook for 2019 which hit its shares.
This appreciation has come during turmoil for riskier assets like stocks and amid some gloomy warnings from bearish economists.
However, before victory over the bearish forces is declared we should look at the main factors driving this optimism.
"With the group still net long at 40,969 contracts, there's potential for this bearish flow to continue," Evans said.
"The outlook remains bearish due to the stronger greenback," Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) said in a market note.
Analysts warned, however, that the bearish fundamentals that had brought prices to four-month lows last week still lurked.
Myanmar's emergence as a major supplier is the bearish specter hovering over tin's bull story of chronic supply shortfall.
Michael Block, chief strategist at Rhino Trading Partners, is bearish on the banks in the near- to intermediate-term.
Bearish on growth and momentum stocks There is "soon to be a price momentum beta factor crash," Garry said.
Shares opened in the green following the report, but later dropped 10 percent after bearish comments by Caterpillar management.
From a macro perspective, traders selling after the initial gap at the open is a bearish signal, Walters said.
The technician pointed to its recent head-and-shoulders formation, one of the most bearish stock patterns in existence.
That's pretty bearish, considering his goal for this year was 2,23, and the index closed at 2,629.27 on Wednesday.
Andrew Left is bearish on shares of Roku, the maker of TV streaming devices, at their current price level.
"The currency we are most bearish on is the lira ... you are seeing broad-based inflationary pressures," said Kowshik.
And a huge spike in crude-oil prices this week hit many funds with bearish views on the commodity.
I know this is going to sound like I've gotten bearish, but here's a stock that's up 175 percent.
Pershing Square Capital's Bill Ackman revealed a new strategy on Wednesday in his years-long bearish position on Herbalife.
Fidelity's massive Contrafund is bullish on WeWork but bearish on Airbnb compared to fellow asset manager T. Rowe Price.
Most of the FX market's bearish view on the dollar is rooted in its bullish view on the euro.
"It's bearish – puts limits on exports to Brazil," said a U.S. ethanol trader who asked not to be named.
"Abu Dhabi's resistance is at 3,920 and the trend shall remain bearish if this resistance holds strong," Prakash added.
Investors, however, turned more bearish on the Philippine peso PHP=PDSP, with short positions at their highest since November.
Arnold also said in the interview that autonomous vehicles could be "terribly bearish" for oil over the long term.
Bearish sentiment rises much more quickly and has hit similar highs during the recessions in 1990 and 2008-09.
But IEA data on the 35 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries paints a more bearish picture.
Indeed, Republicans were bearish on Rosendale's chances all year — he never led in a single poll tracked by RealClearPolitics.
Two things follow from this analysis, one more bullish for the outlook for oil prices, and one more bearish.
Based on conversations with White House insiders, I can tell you they're more bearish than ever about the outcome.
But even before the capital controls, Goldman Sachs warned that its outlook for the country was turning more bearish.
The fall in bearish short positions came as benchmark prices steadied after dropping sharply since the middle of August.
The analyst said bearish sentiment around Macau's gaming market is creating an "attractive" entry point for longer-term investors.
"Commentators bring out this list of reasons to be bearish, but there's nothing original on that list," said Liu.
I felt a little bit Mama Bearish, like we gotta protect our employees and the IP we work on.
And they turned sharply bearish in early 2008, when many economists were still debating whether the recession had started.
Richard Burr is running for reelection (153) Democrats were bearish on North Carolina at the beginning of the year.
Shares of Ubiquiti plunged 10 percent after the short seller released his bearish report on the company Monday morning.
Bespoke Investment Group's Paul Hickey expects stocks to buck a bearish earnings season pattern that emerged earlier this year.
The percentage of bearish millionaire portfolios spiked to 39 percent in July from 26 percent in the second quarter.
Bearish analysts are concerned about General Mills' ability to execute on what many consider to be an expensive deal.
The question now is whether they go one step further and turn outright bearish on the U.S. bond market.
Bearish bets on Comex gold have risen to record levels while investors have liquidated exchange-traded gold fund holdings.
Afterwards, the weighted sum of bullish minus bearish ratings was calculated to arrive at the final bull-bear score.
Even Facebook, says Gordon, has "double topped," which he takes as a bearish indicator that the stock will fall.
Investors are so bearish on the space that they're valuing GoPro and Fitbit at less than one times revenue.
Maley pointed to the Daily Sentiment Index, which measures futures traders' sentiment, flashing very bearish sentiment toward the dollar.
Several analysts issued bearish reports on Slack after it reported results, adding to the downward pressure on the stock.
Death crosses are typically viewed as bearish signs and have proven to be reliable indicators of impending bear markets.
Another factor fueling Gross' "mildly bearish" view is the significant increase in Treasury issuance over the next 12 months.
"A stainless steel inventory overhang contributes to bearish (Chinese) onshore sentiment," Marex Spectron's Alastair Munro said in a note.
Chapman downplayed concerns over CEO Elon Musk's erratic behavior, instead focusing on the carmaker's financials for his bearish view.
Incumbents have shuttered some early experiments, and FI execs are beginning to discuss blockchain&aposs prospects in bearish terms.
After going bearish on oil last year, these trend-following traders have gone long on crude in recent months.
Regional funds have turned slightly bearish towards Egyptian equities, according to a monthly poll published by Reuters last Thursday.
"I looked at the inventory report as not bearish," said Bill Baruch, president of Blue Line Futures in Chicago.
This will in turn have a "meaningful impact" on the company's revenue, which in part fuels Morganlander's bearish view.
The big fund short is back, the money men flexing their bearish views on copper out to 2000,547 contracts.
Bets on the rupee turned bearish for the first time since late February, a poll of 14 respondents showed.
Bearish hedge funds have built up a $600 million short position in Equifax, according to data from IHS Markit.
"If one had a more bearish outlook...I guess you could view on the way back up, that the 50-day could act as resistance, and the inability to push through it would keep your very short-term bearish thesis alive," said Oppenheimer techncial analyst Ari Wald, who is bullish on the market.
Specifically, he is buying the 12-strike put and selling the 10-strike put to create a bearish put spread.
The forecast is the latest bearish call for what is traditionally one of the world's most expensive real-estate markets.
CBNC's report also downplays the potential for streaming TV, citing BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield's rather bearish description of the market.
The way the bearish trade was structured, profits would be generated if the XOP closed below $34.60 on Dec. 16.
"The technical picture has turned increasingly bearish this month," said Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research.
Be bearish on bonds – With yields expected to pick up throughout 2017, the price of bonds will move down. 7.
Bearish positions in the Singapore dollar's SGD=D3 rose to their largest since October last year, according to the survey.
Bearish sentiment, or a belief that the market is heading lower, dropped to 16.2 percent, the lowest since August 2015.
A bearish put buyer is betting that the price of copper will fall in the short term, but will it?
A bearish technical trend is afoot in the dollar index, wrote Miller Tabak managing director and equity strategist last week.
There are areas overseas which are in much better shape than the United States, according to the notoriously bearish investor.
Data showing a third straight weekly build in the U.S. oil rig count had little bearish impact on the market.
Making sense of upside-down rates So which market is right — the bullish stock market or the bearish bond market?
The current pessimism runs counter to last week's performance, which saw Wall Street take the edge off a bearish month.
Analysts currently give Tesla an average "hold" rating, according to FactSet data, with a slightly bearish target price of $25.06.
But in the back half of 2019, U.S. output flips from a bullish boost to bearish drag in oil markets.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Lynne Collier was the most bearish on the stock, cutting her price target by $75 to $325.
Looking forward, the outlook for distillate consumption and prices is split between IMO regulations (bullish) and the slowing economy (bearish).
But a bearish analyst could be driven to put forward a high estimate that the company is likely to miss.
Tom Lee, the most bullish strategist at one point in 2017, just became the most bearish soothsayer on Wall Street.
After she was deemed to be credible and convincing even by conservative pundits, investors turned bearish on Mr Kavanaugh's odds.
Market sentiment became more bearish as shifting U.S. policy on Iran had less immediate impact than initially feared, analysts said.
Shares of Seagate Technology fell nearly 6 percent Monday after analysts at JPMorgan released a bearish outlook on the firm.
Now, with so many areas sporting bearish patterns like this, if one breaks, the odds are it will have company.
There is an ascending wedge and this ascending wedge can be a bearish pattern if it falls down below it.
Data on Friday showed speculators cut their bearish bets on the U.S. dollar in the week up to last Tuesday.
The imbalance between bullish and bearish positions is close to a record, an analysis of regulatory and exchange data showed.
The U.S. currency also drew strength as its counterparts such as the euro and pound were dogged by bearish factors.
"[A breakdown] would be bearish for the dollar and bullish for crude oil, emerging markets and other commodities," Ross said.
The chief executive officers of two hotel titans said Monday they were unfazed by recent bearish first-quarter industry data.
Oil prices fell after eight sessions of gains as climbing OPEC exports and a stronger dollar turned sentiment more bearish.
Kilduff, who has been bearish on crude, pointed out that refiners are soon going to go into their seasonal maintenance.
But others, like Tyche Capital Advisors' Tariq Zahir, were hoping to profit again from bearish bets once the rally peaks.
"Investors are less bearish, but sentiment has yet to shift from 'fear' to 'greed,'" said Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist.
The French bank's forecast for demand also trended towards the bearish side, rather than the bullish side of the spectrum.
Oil prices whipsawed in afternoon trade after comments from Alexander Novak, Russia's energy minister, offset bearish U.S. crude stockpile reports.
Netflix's charts have formed a head-and-shoulders pattern this year, a reversal chart formation that signals a bearish trend.
"Crude futures are taking on an increasingly bearish appearance," said Jim Ritterbusch of Chicago-based oil markets consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates.
But the strongly bullish position on heating oil and bearish position on gasoline remains fundamentally intact for the time being.
Sentiment and positioning in the pound remains bearish on growing fears of a chaotic British exit from the European Union.
Conversely, when many investors are bearish, there are more potential buyers than sellers, meaning stocks could be set to rise.
Bullish long positions were trimmed by 153 million barrels while the number of bearish short positions rose by 215 million.
Despite some increasingly bearish calls on sterling looking ahead, analysts were far from convinced that sterling-dollar parity was looming.
Analysts said sentiment towards bonds remained bearish given expectations of major central banks stepping back from ultra-loose monetary policies.
Some investors may be more apprehensive about going for gold, but don't get so bearish so fast, another trader said.
Many investors, in fact, have taken up the bearish cause, yanking money from U.S.-focused stocks and shifting it overseas.
"An accelerated pace of tightening is going to be bearish for the gold market," Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said.
"It's hard to be very bearish when we're consistently seeing profit growth this year," Gibbs said Monday on "Trading Nation."
"The rest of the news is decidedly negative about oil," he said, pointing to bearish official figures on U.S. stockpiles.
Apple shares dropped 3.6 percent on bearish comments from brokerage HSBC and as supplier Cirrus Logic Inc cut its outlook.
As the markets pummeled Netflix and rewarded Amazon, the "Fast Money" traders were bearish on one streaming service's future prospects.
To be sure, the positioning in the fund's options is more suggestive of hedging activity rather than outright bearish bias.
Traders scrambled to buy bearish U.S. crude options, particularly for $25 puts, on the back of the continuous price slide.
Kyle Cooper, a consultant for Ion energy, is also among those who are bearish on coal, despite the president's promises.
"We see no positioning or policy capitulation yet; institutional positioning not bearish enough to signal Big Low," the strategists wrote.
Oil prices saw temporary respite during overnight trade, despite bearish data from Stateside showing further build up in oil inventories.
Grain traders said they were monitoring bearish technical signals as well as falling prices in the global cash wheat market.
In bearish trends, stocks are often seen trading below their 20-day SMA, using this line as a resistance point.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Friday may have a neutral to bearish reaction to the report, said analysts.
However, the brokerage said that price gains could be capped by what it called a "deeply bearish" macro-economic environment.
The compounding pain stems from a drop in used car prices, growing auto loan defaults and bearish Wall Street sentiment.
This head-and-shoulder pattern suggest strong bearish pressure in the Dow for 2016 so traders will short the rallies.
It's hard to get bearish on a market that has shown such resilience in the face of these emerging concerns.
Analysts currently give Tesla an average hold rating, according to FactSet data, with a bearish median target price of $248.26.
In fact, I would say that we are inclined to be bullish China and bearish AAC, over the long term.
However, a more bearish case for the dollar can be made when looking it is compared to the Japanese yen.
"If we get bearish U.S. oil statistics this week, we could see a test of $45 on Brent," Varga said.
But technician Craig Johnson of Piper Jaffray said he's waiting for crude to hit $40 before changing his bearish tune.
Positioning has been shifting steadily from bearish to bullish since November 20153 but the pace of adjustment has accelerated sharply.
Bearish investors see this as worrisome for Whirlpool, which holds a leading 40 percent share in such markets, Barron's noted.
This is a bearish bet where a trader will buy a put and sell a put to offset the cost.
"We're in a textbook transition from a bullish environment into a bearish environment," said Adam Sarhan, CEO of Sarhan Capital.
Wheat and corn futures also weakened, but short-covering limited the sell-off in grains as investors unwound bearish bets.
He said it was normal for the market to experience some bearish moment having been rising for almost two months.
But bearish sentiment about the country's economic prospects for the rest of the decade remains rife at home and abroad.
"It's a perfect storm of bearish information this morning for WTI," said Scott Shelton, a broker at ICAP in Durham.
If the shift in equities last month was a dramatically bearish one, it was an equally bullish shift in bonds.
And the emerging downtrend in oil prices has emboldened managers to increase their bearish bets on short-term oil prices.
"It's becoming clear after investor feedback and market action that sentiment has taken a significantly bearish turn," Morgan Stanley notes.
Some traders said Wednesday's 4 percent slump in oil prices after a raft of bearish U.S. inventory data was excessive.
He joined the "Halftime Report" experts and "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer to discuss why he's bearish on the stock.
Posni found the stock stuck in a bearish channel, trapped below its 200-day moving average for a whole year.
Mr. McKinley is bearish on the future of student loans and expects them to become generally less available over time.
The oil markets have developed a higher threshold for bearish news as prices have plunged 75 percent since mid-2014.
The investor seemed to reference Ackman's exit from his losing bearish bet as a reason why he's reducing his stake.
It's got an underlying bearish case but on a two, three, four month basis it's quite a tight metal market.
The hedge fund's big bearish bet on Herbalife, the nutritional food supplement company, worked against it once again this year.
"That said, Citi's 'sell' recommendation has so many caveats that I have trouble considering it all that bearish," Cramer said.
The dip left the index stuck below its 200-day moving average, which is widely seen as a bearish signal.
Not even a 20 percent rebound off the December low is changing David Stockman's bearish prognosis for the stock market.
That means investors' bearish feelings have outweighed bullish less than 3 percent of the time in the past 25 years.
"For the geopolitical situation you could bend bearish or bullish," said Michael Cohen, head of energy commodities research at Barclays.
Zhang predicted that bearish trend "will last for a long time," potentially halving the index's valuations from the current level.
In April we were bearish on the dollar with the chart suggesting a downside target near 0.85 was a possibility.
She noted that bearish bets on oil have recently risen while many traders have unwound wagers that prices will rise.
Wilmington Trust's Luke Tilley is worried a bearish trend in the employment numbers will hurt the economy's strongest part: consumers.
"The across-the-board inventory builds makes for a very bearish report," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital.
After a burst of economic optimism, investors have turned bearish, and chatter about a coming recession is becoming more common.
He also noted that sentiment is "so bearish and cautious," which often occurs closer to bottoms in stocks than tops.
"I'm not quite as bearish as I was even though it has a longer way to go down," he said.
But the small business owners surveyed have sometimes missed seeing a recession coming — or, more often, have been too bearish.
At the time, Paulsen predicted a sharp rally would follow the sell-off, arguing that Wall Street was too bearish.

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