PESSIMISM popularity and PESSIMISM trends

THE Australian dollar has dropped further overnight to hit a new six-month low as pessimism over the eurozone weighed on markets.

The negative effects of the crisis are taking their toll on the Spanish psyche, and could be bringing back the return of the inferiority complex with regard to northern Europe

THE Australian dollar is bouncing back from six-month lows reached at the end of last week as the market mood improves.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The unending turmoil in Greece spread fallout across the financial markets Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the ninth day out of 10, and gold, oil, and the euro all dropped to multi-month lows....

THE dollar fell below parity with the US dollar for the first time in almost five months, as political uncertainty in Greece and signs of an economic slowdown in China rekindled trader pessimism.

Angela Merkel and François Hollande to have first face-to-face talks in Berlin after eurozone finance ministers meet in BrusselsEurope is braced for a crucial 48 hours of high-stakes summitry likely to decide whether Germany and France can strike a grand bargain aimed at dispelling growing pessimism over the chances of the single currency surviving in its current form.While eurozone finance min...

NEW YORK -- Call it the power of pessimism. With his team down in the waning seconds of a likely 2-1 defeat in Game 5, Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was looking ahead.

Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius lowered the bar for the U.S. employment report on Friday, forecasting a gain of just 125,000, which is below consensus estimates of about 170,000. From December through March, the economy has added an average of 177,250 jobs each month, CNBC notes. To Hatzius it’s “payback” time. Specifically, he thinks that [...]

In short, we have a chance to have an "American decade" economically. All we are missing is a little optimism -- well, OK, a lot of optimism, and lot more skepticism about the folks peddling pessimism as if it were the new true religion.

eldavojohn writes "The New York Review of Books has an article penned by Steven Weinberg lamenting the future of physics, cosmology and this era of 'big science' in which we find ourselves. A quote from Goldhaber sums up the problem nicely, 'The first to disintegrate a nucleus was Rutherford, and there is a picture of him holding the apparatus in his lap. I then always remember the later pictur...

BOXINGTHERE IS optimism and pessimism travelling home from Trabzon. Optimism because as every sports administrator understands, the bigger picture is always a mix of politics, credibility and how well the athlete performs.

Poll finds 53.6 per cent of francophone Quebeckers prefer independence to status quo; rare point of agreement with all Canadians is pessimism about renewed federalism

US small business confidence dropped in March for the first time in six months amid widespread pessimism, adding to evidence suggesting that economic growth slowed in the first quarter.

The smaller tracking devices become, the more applications they find. The coolest thing about RFID chips -- those ultra-cheap, ultra-tiny devices allow remote tracking, even without batteries -- is that these qualities make them suitable for types of research that would otherwise be impossible. Or at least challenging.

More brutal predictions ahead of RIM's Thursday earnings report.

AUSTRALIA'S job market continues to weaken amid persistent pessimism on the economic outlook, AIG chief Heather Ridout said today.

The morale of the force is hardly sky-high — but it is better than a year ago.

We're at a strange moment, trembling between optimism and pessimism. Much of this is economic; after a gloomy four years or so, there are signs that a more solid economic recovery may be in the works.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- The optimism that permeates most big league players when they start spring training wasn't quite there for Justin Morneau on Friday. There certainly wasn't pessimism, either, for the former AL MVP who is coming off another injury-plagued season....

An official on Friday tried to dispel pessimism over China's economic outlook, saying the world's second-largest economy will surely maintain steady and rapid growth this year thanks to great domestic demand potential.

Pessimism about the outlook for yuan appreciation may make sense, but there is at least one variable at work that is outside Beijing's control: the value of the dollar.

At weekly cabinet meeting PM says Israel interested in continuing exploratory talks but "signs not particularly good"; announces UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Israel to discuss peace process, Iran sanctions.

In a sign of pessimism about humanity's future , scientists today set the hands of the infamous "Doomsday Clock" forward one minute from two years ago. [More]

UK banks and insurers enjoyed their strongest quarter since before the financial crisis but the industry shed 9,000 jobs in the last quarter and a further 11,000 cuts loom.

Enough with the 2012 apocalyptic pessimism. Jason Silva's positively mesmerizing indie videos will jolt you with a joyous hit of good vibes about technology and its place in our world.

Many people's long-term pessimism, and their faith in financial institutions has eroded. One such institution is Social Security.

After a long spell of gripes over policy inaction, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has provided some much-needed support to the government, saying he did not share the gloom and pessimism that several industry leaders were talking about.

MKM Partners chip analyst Daniel Berenbaum this morning initiated coverage of Broadcom (BRCM) with a Buy rating and a $35 price target, writing that the company is “positioned to grow revenue well ahead of the semiconductor industry over the next five years,” thanks to its expertise in system-on-a-chip design for multiple markets. Broadcom, trading at [...]

Rescuers said Monday that it would be a miracle if they found anyone else alive after a drilling rig with 67 men on board sank Sunday in the icy seas off Russia’s Far Eastern coast.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are making progress in working down their heavy debt burden, but are struggling to break out of another funk holding back the economy: their deep pessimism.

Terming falling value of rupee as a general phenomenon, IT major Infosys' founder N R Narayana Murthy said it should not be seen with pessimism.

The CIA’s use of surveillance drones over Iran reflects a growing belief within the Obama administration that covert action and carefully choreographed economic pressure may be the only means of coercing Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, current and former U.S. officials say. The administration’s shift toward a more confrontational approach — one that also includes increased arms sales to ...

Consumer confidence increased for the third consecutive month as Americans became slightly more optimistic about the economy and small gains in employment, according to a new survey released Wednesday. The Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment rose to 64.1% in November, up from an August low of 55.7% when pessimism was high after negative reactions to the congres...

‘Disconnect between spending and confidence' as U.S. shoppers profess pessimism but get ready to spend

Euro zone markets were also weighed down by a warning from Moody’s that France would have to fight to retain its top rating.

Pessimism mounted among members of a Congressional panel on deficit reduction about their ability to strike a deal by Monday and avert a high-profile failure.

Increasing pessimism among Congressional aides as Republicans and Democrats began to blame each other directly for the lack of progress

Pessimism toward the U.S. economy -- particularly concerning the near future -- is rapidly growing among America's wealthy, according to the PNC Wealth and Values Survey released Wednesday.

Tokyo stocks opened up 1.37 percent on Monday amid easing pessimism over European debt problems as former EU commissioner Mario Monti was nominated to head a new Italian cabinet to battle the crisis.