Market Mood Ring
A composite sentiment gauge updated daily. What is the market feeling right now?
Markets are calm. Neither fearful nor greedy. Business as usual.
What Drives the Mood?
Market Momentum
Volatility
Social Media Buzz
Put/Call Ratio
Safe Haven Demand
Junk Bond Demand
What's YOUR Mood Today?
Cast your daily vote. One vote per day — come back tomorrow to vote again.
12-Month Mood Timeline
How the mood has shifted over the past year. Hover for details.
What Would Buffett Do?
“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient.”
Markets in equilibrium reward the steady hand. Keep investing consistently, don't try to time anything, and let compound interest do the work.
— Warren Buffett
What Happened Last Time?
When sentiment hits extremes, what followed may surprise you.
Extreme Fear Moments
March 2009
Score: 4S&P 500 hit 666. Newspapers declared capitalism dead.
What happened next: The S&P 500 rallied 68% over the next 12 months. One of the greatest buying opportunities ever.
March 2020
Score: 2COVID crash. Markets fell 34% in 23 trading days. Fastest bear market in history.
What happened next: The market doubled in under 2 years. The Nasdaq hit all-time highs within 5 months.
December 2018
Score: 8Christmas Eve Massacre. Fed hiking into a slowdown. Worst December since the Great Depression.
What happened next: The S&P 500 gained 29% in 2019 — one of its best years of the decade.
Extreme Greed Moments
December 1999
Score: 95Dot-com euphoria. Pets.com IPO. Day traders quitting their jobs. CNBC viewership at record highs.
What happened next: The Nasdaq fell 78% over the next 2.5 years. Many dot-com stocks went to zero.
January 2021
Score: 92GameStop mania. AMC to the moon. Retail traders vs hedge funds. YOLO everything.
What happened next: GME fell from $483 to $40. AMC went from $20 to $2. Most meme stocks lost 80%+.
November 2021
Score: 88Crypto peak. Bitcoin at $69K. NFTs selling for millions. Everyone's an expert.
What happened next: Bitcoin fell to $15K. Luna/Terra collapsed. FTX imploded. $2T in crypto value destroyed.
The market mood ring is a contrarian indicator. When everyone is scared, the best opportunities are forming. When everyone is euphoric, the biggest risks are hiding. The mood ring doesn't tell you what to do — it tells you what everyone else is feeling, so you can think independently.
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