While the hopes that 2025 growth will persist in 2026 haven’t been entirely obliterated, the stock market bloodbath of the January 20 session made investors feel less greedy and open to considering being fearful, according to the January 21 ‘Fear and Greed Index.’January 21, 2026, ‘Fear & Greed Index.’ Source: CNNFurthermore, the main cause of the latest downturn – tensions between the U.S. and the E.U. over President Donald Trump’s drive to annex Greenland – is far from resolved, and the bond market is als ...