pessimistic
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“We’ll continue to pay attention to it, but try not to get too optimistic or pessimistic based on the latest headline,” said Tim Holland, the chief investment officer at Orion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Retail investors, meanwhile, remain pessimistic about where the stock market is headed over the next six months, based on the most recent sentiment survey from the American Association of Individual Investors.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
That’s because the mood on Wall Street in March and early April hasn’t been pessimistic enough to trigger a contrarian buy signal.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The pessimistic view on the cease-fire is that “underlying positions remain far apart.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
I began to hope that I had been overly pessimistic, that we might be able to live in Mansfield in an atmosphere of peace and under-standing after all.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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