The market has been down on JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) stock recently. JPM gets a Bearish score from InvestorsObserver's Stock Sentiment Indicator.
What is Stock Sentiment?
In investing, sentiment generally means whether or not a given security is in favor with investors. It is typically a pretty short-term metric that relies entirely on technical analysis. That means it doesn’t incorporate anything to do with the health or profitability of the underlying company.
Recent trends are a good indator of current market sentiments. In its most basic form, stocks that are trending up are desirable by investors while stocks currently falling must be unattractive.
InvestorsObserver's Sentimental Indicator tracks both changes in price and volume to analyze the most recent trends. Typically an increase in volume indicates ongoing trends are getting stronger, while a decrease in volume usually signals an end to the current trend.
Available options can also represent current sentiments for a given stock. Since investors are able to bet on future trends of stocks using options, we consider the ratio of calls to puts when analyzing market sentiments .
What's Happening With JPM Stock Today?
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) stock is trading at $96.78 as of 3:12 PM on Monday, Aug 3, a gain of $0.14, or 0.14% from the previous closing price of $96.64. Volume today is light. So far 7,999,558 shares have traded compared to average volume of 21,094,058 shares. The stock has traded between $95.85 and $97.57 so far today.
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More About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest and most complex financial institutions in the United States, with more than $2.5 trillion in assets. It is organized into four major segments--consumer and community banking, corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, and asset and wealth management. JPMorgan operates, and is subject to regulation, in multiple countries.
