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Investor Movement Index January Summary
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 2:14pm | 1968Read More...Monthly Summary The IMX decreased for the fourth month in a row in January, moving down 2.95 percent to 4.28 from a previous score of 4.41. TD Ameritrade clients were once again net buyers during the January period. Buying among equities was light, with clients favoring less risky assets,...
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Investor Movement Index December Summary
Monday, January 7, 2019 - 5:52pm | 1494Read More...Monthly Summary The IMX decreased once again in December, declining for the third month in a row, to 4.41 from 5.27, a reduction of 16.32%. TD Ameritrade clients were net buyers overall, although buying activity lessened as market volatility increased. For the second month in a row, TD Ameritrade...
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IMX Dips In October, But Investors Remain Bullish
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 3:25pm | 869Read More...In tune with the major market indices, the October edition of TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) posted its first decline since April, falling about 2.1 percent from 6.23 to 6.10. This puts the index square in the middle of its historical range since its inception in January 2010...
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Investor Movement Index October Summary
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 11:50am | 1725Read More...Monthly Summary The IMX decreased for the first time in six months, moving lower by 2.09 percent in October to 6.10, from 6.23 the previous period. TD Ameritrade clients were once again net buyers during the October period, finding value in the market as overall volatility increased and indices...
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Macro News Motivates Investor Moves In September's IMX Report
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 2:43pm | 766Read More...Posting its biggest gain since June, TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index closed out the third quarter with a September score of 6.23. This is up 7.07 percent from August in the broker’s monthly survey of investor sentiment. September’s IMX also marks the first time since...
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Investor Movement Index September Summary
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 11:48am | 1914Read More...Monthly Summary The IMX increased for the 5th month in a row, rising to 6.23 in September, an increase of 7.04 percent from the previous period. TD Ameritrade clients were net buyers during the September period, increasing their exposure to equity markets. Net buying, coupled with increasing...
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Investors Try To Read The Trade Tea Leaves In The Latest IMX Report
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 3:15pm | 740Read More...After a relatively tame August that saw some volatility in the large-cap tech sector, the Investor Movement Index — TD Ameritrade's monthly survey of investor sentiment — climbed a respectable 6.79 percent to reach a new six-month high of 5.82. The jump comes after the index...
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The Highs And Lows Of Earnings Season Dominate July's IMX Results
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 4:10pm | 792Read More...Despite some unexpected volatility during an eventful earnings season, the Investor Movement Index (IMX) — TD Ameritrade's monthly survey of investor sentiment — remained flat at 5.45. While overall feeling toward the market is somewhat mixed with the prospect of an intensifying...
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Investor Movement Index July Summary
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 9:12am | 2025Read More...The IMX was unchanged from the previous period, remaining at 5.45 during the July period. TD Ameritrade clients were net buyers during the July IMX period, increasing exposure to equity markets. Net buying was offset by lower relative volatility among some widely held names, including Apple Inc. (...
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TD Ameritrade Traders Adopt Some Old And New Approaches To The Trade War Market In June's IMX
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 4:46pm | 974Read More...TD Ameritrade on Monday released the June update to its monthly Investor Movement Index (IMX), revealing that opportunistic traders with TD Ameritrade accounts brushed aside trade fears to resume the "buy-the-dip" strategy that characterized last year's market. As a result the IMX,...
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Investor Movement Index June Summary
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 12:27pm | 1756Read More...Monthly Summary The IMX increased for the second month in a row, increasing 0.39 or 7.16 percent to 5.45 during the period. TD Ameritrade clients appeared to use volatility during the June IMX period to increase their exposure to equity markets. Net buying was responsible for the second straight...
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May's IMX Shows TD Ameritrade Investors Await Further Growth
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 12:54pm | 762Read More...After tracking lower for four months in a row, TD Ameritrade's Investor Movement Index (IMX) ticked up slightly by 5.64 percent to 5.06. The modest gain reflects movements in the broader indexes, with the S&P 500 showing 1.9 percent gains throughout a bumpy May while the small-cap-focused...
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TD Ameritrade Data Shows Retail Investors Are Becoming More Picky About Their Stocks
Friday, May 11, 2018 - 3:33pm | 582Read More...Retail investors spent April moving into less volatile names according to the TD Ameritrade Investor Movement Index, continuing a trend that started in December. The Investor Movement Index, or IMX, takes a sampling of TDA clients and measures data like holdings and trading activity to gauge...
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The March IMX Reveals Investors Are Rolling With The Punches
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 1:33pm | 695Read More...Another month of heightened volatility and widespread uncertainty led to a 12.3 percent drop in TD Ameritrade's Investor Movement Index (IMX), which incorporates monthly investment and sentiment data from TDA clients to create a broad picture of retail investor activity. The index now sits at 5...
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An Eventful February Took Its Toll On TD Ameritrade's Investor Index
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - 5:17pm | 845Read More...After nearly two solid years of plotting a strong upward trajectory, TD Ameritrade's investor Movement Index took its first decisive downturn in February. The index — which measures sentiment among TDA investors based on holdings, trading activity and other trader behavior — fell by...
