BofA: Investor optimism surges on back of rate cuts and soft landing hopes
Managers have upped equity and lowered bond allocations at a record rate, according to the BofA October global fund manager survey
Fund Manager Survey
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Managers slash equities and raise cash amid market falls
Global fund managers slashed exposure to equities in February and put more into cash, according to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey.
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Managers begin 2018 in bullish mood
Global fund managers have begun 2018 in bullish mood, dropping cash balances to a five-year low and increasing equity exposures to a two-year high, according to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey.
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Cash balances jump in December
The average cash balance held by global fund managers jumped for the first time in four months in December according to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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The cash conundrum: What’s driving cash balances down?
Global fund managers were yesterday accused of flying too close to the sun when it was revealed that despite thinking equities are overvalued, risk-taking has hit an all-time high.
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Managers showing ‘irrational exuberance’ as cash balances drop
Despite perceiving equities to be overvalued, global fund managers cut cash allocations and admitted taking above normal levels of risk, according to the November BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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Cash balances fall but investors still flying close to the sun
The average cash level held by global fund managers has dropped to its lowest level in more than two years according to October’s BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey.
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Global managers’ EM overweight hits 47%
Global fund managers upped their emerging markets overweight to a net 47% in September, while increasing their underweight to the US, according to the latest Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch survey.
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Global managers’ EM overweight hits 47%
Global fund managers upped their emerging markets overweight to a net 47% in September, while increasing their underweight to the US, according to the latest Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch survey.
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Profit expectations fall to lowest level in nearly three years
Global fund managers are becoming increasingly bearish on corporate profits, with the amount thinking they will improve over the next 12 months falling to the lowest level since November 2005, according to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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Managers slash US weighting to nine-year low
The degree to which global fund managers are underweight in US equities has fallen to its lowest level since January 2008, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch July fund manager survey.
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Massive investor shift from US to eurozone equities
Investors’ rotation from US equities into eurozone stocks in April was the fifth largest such shift since 1999, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
