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Investor Confidence Index

Boring Money's Investor Confidence Index

Investor sentiment, tracked every month. Our Investor Confidence Index turns Boring Money's sentiment tracking capability into a continuous monthly read on the investment market. Every month, we deliver a headline score, the drivers behind it, and CEO and Founder Holly Mackay's take on what's moving and why.

Why sentiment data matters to your team

The index is built from one simple question:

This has been put to thousands of fund investors aged 18+ monthly since 2020.

Our index is benchmarked against the market

The Investor Confidence Index is the net balance of investors expecting things to improve versus get worse, across personal finances, the UK economy, global outlook, and the UK stock market.

Tracking it monthly against the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 shows not just where sentiment sits, but how closely, or loosely, it's following the market cycle underneath it.

Investor behaviour

Behaviour, not just sentiment

Alongside sentiment, every release tracks what fund investors are doing with their money that month.

What's in the monthly release?

Tracking press releases

Boring Money investor sentiment tracker, August 2026. Net sentiment fell on all four measures compared with July: personal finances down 12.9 points to +28, the UK economy down 15.7 points to −33, the FTSE 100 down 3.7 points to +11, and the global economy down 15.4 points to −35. Based on 500 UK investors surveyed.

Summer of positivity comes to a halt as investor sentiment turns

Investor confidence slid to 46 in August, with UK investors turning more cautious and signalling a shift towards cash amid rising economic pessimism.

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