The statement is assessed as highly likely to be true based on strong, consistent evidence from multiple credible sources. Three separate, high-authority sources confirm the core facts. Both a Fortune magazine article and a Yahoo Finance article report that Bank of America's Bull & Bear Indicator has risen to a value of 8.5. A post on X from a well-regarded financial journalist explicitly states that this 8.5 level means the indicator has entered 'Extreme Bullish territory'. This is further corroborated by the Fortune article, which notes that this event has triggered a contrarian sell signal—the prescribed interpretation for when the indicator reaches the extreme bull zone (typically defined as 8.0 and above). The remaining sources do not contradict this finding; one provides general context on market bullishness, and another, being slightly dated, reports the indicator at 7.9, which effectively confirms the indicator was close to the extreme zone just before the event occurred. The consensus across the most relevant and authoritative sources provides high confidence in the statement's accuracy.