The market's emotional temperature in a single number from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). Built from 7 sub-indicators. Updated daily by CNN Business.
“The market cannot decide. Neither can we. Sentiment is at the mushy middle, which is exactly where the data is least useful for predicting anything.”
CNN Business publishes the Fear & Greed Index daily as a composite score from 0 to 100. It measures how investors are feeling about the stock market — not what the market is doing, but what the market is afraid of doing.
The composite score is built from 7 sub-indicators that each measure a different dimension of market sentiment:
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Sentiment data is for informational purposes only. Not financial advice.