Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, including on the Iran war and the economy, a Washington ...

Feeling gloomy about the future? You’re not alone. New data shows economic pessimism is growing in Australia, and the implications reach far beyond the hip pocket. The latest Lowy Institute poll shows ...

The past decade has seen historic challenges for U.S. democracy and an intense focus by scholars on events that seem to signal democratic decline. But new research released Dec. 17 finds that a bias ...

I’m a bit of a pessimist. I’m in good company, in politics at least, as a supermajority of Americans have a similarly bad attitude toward our homeland. And I find melancholic fellows just as often in ...

Having a pessimistic feeling regarding a specific matter is understandable, especially when there is good reason to doubt predicted outcomes. Depending on the situation, it can be helpful to consider ...

The most common approach heading into a big competition is to think positively–visualize the best-case scenario, focus on improving times or beating opponents, and avoid worrying about negative ...

It’s been midnight on the left and right for far too long.

Stocks could soon see a fresh rally as investors' pessimism on bonds appears to be changing course, according to Ned Davis Research. In a Wednesday note, strategists led by Tim Hayes, the chief global ...

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 ...

One of the bright sides of pessimism is that in the face of uncertainty, the pessimist is either right or pleasantly surprised. However, there’s evidence that pessimism is actually the better choice ...

Wagering that the Federal Reserve is done hiking interest rates, market bulls have staged a strong November rally. At the same time, the number of bears in the market has dwindled to potentially ...

POSITIVE THINKING can help people who are feeling down. Politicians, too, have long understood that gloomy expectations can become self-fulfilling. In the late 1970s, as America grappled with an ...