BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Investors Look For ‘Soft Landing’
–Majority Sees No US Recession in Coming 18 Months –Chinese Economic Expectations See Record Low By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors altered more pessimistic world growth expectations in September, with the majority now looking for a “soft landing” in the next 12 months, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Investors Buy Bonds on Declining Global Growth Expectations
–US Recession Concern Top Tail Risk –Sixty percent of Managers Expect Four Or More Fed Cuts in Next 12 Months By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors made a beeline into bonds in July, driven by declining world growth expectations, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Wednesday. Jitters about […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Expected Fed Rate Cuts Drive Bulls
–Geopolitics Number One ‘Tail Risk’ –U.S. Yields, Dollar Higher On ‘Clean Sweep’ Expected for Republicans in November By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – World investors were bullish in July, with sentiment fueled by Federal Reserve rate cuts expected this year and into 2025, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Wednesday. […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Investors Largely on Hold in June, Eye Fed Rate Cuts
investors waiting for rate cuts later in year
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Rate Cut Optimism Supports Equities in May as Growth Expectations Wobble
investors more bullish on stocks in May
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Managers Prefer Equities, Commodities, Dump Bonds in April
fund managers switch to equities, commodities
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Cash Levels Edge Up as Global Investors Rethink Inflation/Interest Rate View
By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Cash allocations nudged higher in March, driven by global investors rethinking their views about inflation and the outlook for lower interest rates, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Average cash balances were 4.4% this month compared to 4.2% in February and 4.8% […]
As Foreign Investors Shun Italian Bonds, Domestic Retail Investors Increasingly Buying Public Debt – Sources
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italian business lobbies and Democrat opposition forces voiced concern over foreign investors avoiding Italian bonds, though this is increasingly being counterbalanced by a rise in retail-only securities which is shielding Italy’s soaring public debt. “The Italian debt in the portfolio of foreign investors dropped from EUR 685 billion in […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Cash Levels Fall as Bullish Fund Managers Shift Into Equities
By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Cash levels fell sharply in February as global investors took sidelined monies and made a beeline into equities, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Average cash balances fell to 4.2% in February from 4.8% in January, a 55 basis point drop, and […]
IMF: BOJ Should Consider Unwinding Monetary Easing Under Yield Curve Control Framework Now
–IMF: BOJ Then Should Gradually Raise Interest Rates–IMF Critical of Kishida Government’s ‘Untargeted’ Economic Stimulus Package By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan should consider unwinding its large-scale monetary easing now by exiting the seven-year-old yield curve control framework, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, noting that easing in the past decade has […]