The Fear & Greed Index uses junk bond demand as a signal for Greed. Note: The frequent drops of the yield spread on the Junk Bond Demand chart usually appear on the ex-dividend date. The spread ...

That’s partly why, a little over a decade ago, journalists at what was then called CNNMoney created the Fear & Greed Index ... “New doom needle just dropped,” quipped one user on Bluesky ...

You could compare long-term charts of fear and greed scores to the corresponding market charts, looking for an edge against investors who don't pay attention to these helpful patterns. Let's take ...

or greed (buying stocks, loading up on risk). On Friday afternoon, in the middle of a massive global selloff, the index was at a 4, firmly in “extreme fear.” On social media, some users are just ...