Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. 2025 has been a year of mixed signals. Investors worried over high ...

Famed investor Sir John Templeton always recommended investing at the point of maximum pessimism. This principle emphasizes that the optimal time to invest and find opportunities is at the bottom of ...

Trump’s technology czar worries AI dread will equate to a “self-inflicted injury.” He’s also against the California ...

Today, if ever, positive energy is in short supply. Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent.

The weekly S&P 500 Net Non-Commercial Futures Positions established a new record last week for the length of time of below -200 for this sentiment indicator. This correlated with a rise in the S&P 500 ...

Those who haven’t struggled with any form of mental illness find it difficult to understand the rigidity of highly negative, and even obviously false, beliefs. They wonder how it’s possible that ...

He may still turn things around, but it’s a shame about President Trump and the economy. All he had to do was nothing, and what they refer to as "the economy" would be soaring now. Of course, Trump ...

The amount of pessimism, uncertainty and disconnect employees experience in the workplace is “reaching critical levels, endangering employee well-being and undermining productivity,” according to ...

In the aftermath of the 2024 elections, Democrats are less optimistic about their party’s future than they’ve been at any point in the past eight years, according to new Pew Research Center polling ...

Boise State University's School of Public Service in conjunction with the Idaho Policy Institute released their annual Idaho ...