It was founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), who divested themselves of it in a sequence of sales in 2000 and 2001. It is owned and operated by the NASDAQ OMX Group, the inventory of which was listed by itself stock trade beginning July 2, 2002, below the ticker symbol NASDAQ: NDAQ. It is regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Investor Sentiment is a reading of what number of traders are bearish (think the stock market will decline) versus how many investors are bullish (think the inventory market will increase). Investor’s shopping for and selling selections in the end drive up and down the stock market. Investor sentiment is used as a contrarian indicator by inventory market watchers. Market bottoms and tops have historically been marked by excessively bearish investor sentiment (bottoms) and excessively bullish investor sentiment (tops). When Investor Sentiment is excessively …