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USA Fear & Greed Index — Saturday, 1 August 2026

On Saturday, 1 August 2026, the USA Fear & Greed Index read 62 out of 100 (Greed), unchanged from Fri 31 Jul.

62
GREED
2026-06-23 2026-08-01
Reading for 2026-08-01
Previous day
62
GREED
A week earlier
47
NEUTRAL

Why it read 62

Overall mood is greedy, driven largely by strongly upbeat news coverage of easing geopolitical tension and AI spending.

Written after the fact from this day's scored news, to fill the archive — the app did not show it on the day.

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