AAII Investor Sentiment Turns More Bullish After Fed Pause, Bullish Sentiment Rises to 37.0% and Bull-Bear Spread Improves to -0.9%. Bearish sentiment fell 4.1 percentage points to 38.0%, while neutral sentiment declined 1.9 percentage points to 25.0%. A majority of respondents indicated that the Fed made the correct decision by keeping rates unchanged.