The American Association of Individual Investors' Investor Sentiment Survey in late December revealed that only about 27% of investors have an optimistic outlook on the market for 2023.
However, the stock market was one area of the economy that saw improvement. After plunging more than 18% in 2022, the S&P 500 rallied over 24% in 2023. (Fun fact: Every time the S&P 500 has fallen ...