The new risk-on preferences come at the cost of US
stocks and the technology sector.
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Investors are in a risk-on mood, and are snapping up stocks in Europe and emerging markets at the expense of the US and the technology sector, according to Bank of America Corporation’s latest fund manager survey. Participants had the biggest jump in allocations to European equities since June 2020, and the biggest increase in allocations to developing-nation equities since April 2017, strategists led by Michael Hartnett wrote in a note.
Financials were also in fav our in the March survey, with the new risk-on preferences coming at the cost of US stocks and the technology and consumer discretionary sectors. Fund managers are seeking more global exposure as the poll showed risk appetite reached the highest level since November 2021. Allocation to stocks is at a two-year high, but bullish positioning in the US is elevated, with the survey showing that being long on the Magnificent Seven group of US technology stocks is the most crowded trade. BLOOMBERG
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