Bullish Investors Drive John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index ® to Highest Point in Nearly Two Years

Investor sentiment rose during the second half of 2016 and into the start of 2017, buoyed by investors' confidence in the improving stock market, according to the John Hancock Investor Sentiment Survey. The John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index® score for Q1 2017 was +29, four points higher than when the survey was last conducted in Q2 of 2016, and ten points higher than one year ago in the first quarter of 2016.