How four different types of stock market participants are thinking about 2024 🧐😎🤠🙁

Financial pros are bullish, but consumers not so much 🤷🏻‍♂️

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Source: Library of Congress)

As I often say, I’m not a fan of the idea of trading heavily on short-term forecasts.

However, I think it can be interesting and informative to see what various market participants expect in the coming weeks and months. That sentiment can give you insight into market sentiment and whether it may be lopsided. It can open your eyes to compelling contrarian perspectives. And it can tell you which types of ideas tend to be right — and which tend to be wrong.

Here’s a quick roundup of what four different classes of market participants are expecting for the market in 2024.