BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Fund Managers Cut Back on Risk in September amid Rising Uncertainty
— Managers Increase Cash, Reduce Other Holdings –Potential ‘Disorderly’ Rise in Bond Yields Seen as Top ‘Tail Risk’ NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Uncertainty about a wide array of issues put a dent in fund manager bullish exuberance in September, as per the latest BofA Global Fund Managers survey, released Tuesday. As a result of mounting […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Fund Managers Remain Bullish on Global Growth Prospects
–AI Bubble Still Seen as Biggest Tail Risk By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Fund managers remained bullish on global growth prospects in August, as per the latest BofA Global Fund Managers survey, released Tuesday. Nevertheless, market sentiment shifted on the month to favor equities and reduce cash and fixed income and managers tweaked […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Bulls Turn into Bears In March As World Growth Outlook Sours and Inflation Expectations Rise.
–Cash Levels ‘Jump Sharply’ In March –Geopolitical Conflict Top Tail Risk by Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global fund managers turned from bullish to bearish in March, with shifting sentiment driven by a souring world growth outlook and rising inflation expectations, according to the latest Bof Global Fund Managers survey, released Tuesday. Accordingly, cash […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Fund Managers Stay Bullish in February
–Investors Favor Eurozone, EM Markets over U.S. By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global fund managers remained “uber-bullish” in February, according to the latest Bof Global Fund Managers survey, released Tuesday. Given this mindset, any rise in asset prices during the first quarter of 2026 may prove “much harder when all positioned for it,” […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Investors More Bullish in November as 2026 Growth Expectations Improve
–Cash Levels Slip, Inflation Expectations Drop –More Bullish View Tends to Be a Counter-Indicator By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors were more bullish and more overweight equities in November as world growth expectations turned positive for 2026, according to a survey of investors. This month a net 3% of those polled looked […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Growth Optimism Jumps in September On Fed Rate Cut Hopes and Waning Trade War Jitters
– Fed Independence and US Dollar Debasement Now Number Two “Tail Risk” – 47% Of Portfolio Managers Look for 4 or more Fed Rate Cuts In Coming Year By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global growth optimism jumped in September, fueled by Fed rate cut expectations and waning trade war jitters, according to Bank […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Sentiment Recovers as Trade/Recession Jitters Fade
— Sentiment Back at “pre-Liberation Day ‘Goldilocks bull’” Levels By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investor sentiment recovered in June as trade and recession jitters faded further, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Sentiment toward the global economy, recession and inflation was back at “pre-Liberation Day ‘Goldilocks bull’ […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Investors Less Pessimistic In May As Trade War Uncertainty Eases
By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors were less pessimistic in May as trade war uncertainty eased slightly, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Accordingly, recession and inflation concerns declined on the month, the survey noted. A net 59% of those polled in May looked for a weaker […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Investor Sentiment Plunges as Macro Pessimism Surges
–US Equity Allocation Sees Biggest Monthly Drop on Record By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – A drop in expectations that the U.S. economy will outperform and rising worries about the global economy prompted a “bull crash” in global investor sentiment in March, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. When […]
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 […]