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John Hancock: Investor sentiment is improving

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 12, 2012

Investor sentiment showed signs of improvement in the fourth quarter as investors saw “elements of optimism for 2012,” according to an investor-sentiment index maintained by John Hancock Financial. For its fourth-quarter 2011 survey, about 1,000 investors were contacted in late November and early December. According to John Hancock, more positive views toward real estate and stock investments seem to have driven the fourth quarter’s uptick in optimism.

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