Charles Schwab’s Q1 2026 Trader Sentiment Survey found U.S. stock market bullishness eased to 52% from 57% in Q4 2025, led by a sharper pullback among traders under 40. Nearly six in 10 respondents said equities look overvalued, while concerns centered on politics, geopolitics and the risk of a market correction. Despite the caution, 83% said they would be likely to buy the dip, and 59% reported increasing equity exposure, alongside greater use of options and higher allocations to gold. Bullish sentiment declined for AI, growth and domestic stocks, improved for commodities, and rotated at the sector level toward Energy and Materials while weakening for Information Technology and Finance.

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