Bull/Bear Ratio

Bull/Bear Ratio

A market sentiment indicator published weekly by Investor's Intelligence that uses information polled directly from market professionals. The ratio is derived by dividing the total number of bullish investment advisors by the number of bearish and bullish advisors.

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High readings of the ratio indicate a bearish sentiment, whereas low readings indicate a bullish one. Typically, extremely high and low readings have shown simultaneous market tops and bottoms.

See also: Bear Market, Bull Market, Market Sentiment, Member Short Sales Ratio, Mutual Fund Liquidity Ratio, Sentiment Indicator, Specialist Short Sale Ratio