I just devised a new sentiment indicator, a very personal one, and I think it tells a lot about where investors’ heads are at, especially those who read Forbes.com (which are, of course, the wisest of investors). The sentiment indicator I created simply tracks the readership of the articles I write for Forbes.com over the previous six months, grouped into several different categories. Bitcoin and S&P 500, the two magic phrases in my sentiment indicator, accounted for roughly 3/4 of the ENTIRE number of views for all my articles over the past 6 months. What other observations can we make about this sentiment indicator, which I will unofficially dub the Forbes-Isbitts pageview indicator, or FIV Indicator for short. And they were less than 1/5 the readership of the S&P 500 articles I mentioned above.

Source: Forbes March 27, 2018 15:56 UTC