pessimism
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Earlier this year, the short interest—a measure of how many people are betting a stock will fall—in Moderna hit 20%, a level signaling intense pessimism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
It follows an Air Force statement on Monday urging the media not to write "sensationalised headlines" or "spread pessimism" about the shortage of air defence interceptors.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Readings below 41.5 indicate extreme pessimism, while readings above 62.5 signal excessive optimism.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
He points out that Hub24 was coming off a deceleration of inflows in the final five weeks of the prior quarter, a period that he refers to as peak pessimism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Foucauldian politics is the opposite of this: optimism of the intellect, pessimism of the will.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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