Americans Have Never Been This Pessimistic. The Stock Market Doesn't Agree, and History Says the Market Wins.

Americans Have Never Been This Pessimistic. The Stock Market Doesn't Agree, and History Says the Market Wins.

Key PointsOver the past 50 years, times when consumer sentiment hit historic lows correlated with bear markets, recessions, and high interest rates.Today, the S&P 500 is hitting new all-time highs while sentiment is hitting lows.Historically, when consumer sentiment hits lows, it acts as a "buy low" signal followed by double-digit gains for the S&P 500.10 stocks we like better than Vanguard S&P 500 ETF › For much of the past two years, consumer …