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US Investor Optimism Rises To Highest Level Of 2009

By Mark Perry on August 31, 2009 | More Posts By Mark Perry | Author's Website

PRINCETON, NJ - Consistent with Gallup’s Consumer Confidence measure and the continued strong performance of the equity market, the Gallup Index of Investor Optimism - a broad measure of investor perceptions - in August hit a new 2009 high of 9. This represents a 12-point increase from July and is the first time the Index has been positive since June 2008. The Index has improved by 73 points from February’s -64 reading - its lowest level since its inception in October 1996.

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