For the most part, the world is made up of optimists and pessimists—and sprinkled with a healthy dose of realists in between. In general, optimists expect good things to happen, and pessimists expect ...

Apocalyptic economic visions of bread lines, riots are drawing eyeballs online. April 9, 2009— -- People are logging onto the Internet to read all sorts of dire economic predictions: a new Great ...

The AAII Sentiment Survey has been conducted weekly since July 1987. The survey and its results are available online. If you want to become an effective manager of your own assets and achieve your ...

There are valid reasons to feel pessimistic in today's workplace, given the deep divide between employers and employees, but studies show that optimism helps you get unstuck and move forward with your ...

Today, if ever, positive energy is in short supply. Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent.

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? It’s important to realize because as a leader, it can affect not just you and how you think, but also the culture you create and what the people you lead ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. 2025 has been a year of mixed signals. Investors worried over high ...

In the aftermath of the 2024 elections, Democrats are less optimistic about their party’s future than they’ve been at any point in the past eight years, according to new Pew Research Center polling ...

This guest post was contributed by Jung Jang, a graduate student in the USC Psychology Department's Clinical Science program. I am a pessimist. By that, I mean I am thinking about how this ...

Following Abigail Spanberger's inauguration as governor, 60% of Virginians feel optimistic, with bipartisan support for policies like stricter data center oversight.