$DIA $SPY $QQQ Some Wall Street heavyweights who President Trump dubbed ‘rich guys’ last week may sound alarmed about stocks, but some of the world’s biggest investors are holding on or boosting their holdings. Money managers and strategists at Capital Group, Franklin Templeton and BlackRock Inc., which together oversee about $8.8-T, say stocks remain attractive […]
Shayne and I expect to see an increase in risk-on exposures as money managers are now positioning for a slowing rate of coronavirus contagion growth. Despite the buying by some aggressively Bullish hedge funds, macro hedge funds, which place bets on macroeconomic trends using index, currency and interest rate strategies, are still sellers. So, now […]
In just a few weeks, the lives of The People have changed in ways they had never imagined. People can no longer meet, work, eat, shop, and socialize as they used to. The working world moved rapidly from business as usual to cautious travel, office closures, and work-from-home mandates. Instead of traveling and going out to […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Money managers overseeing trillions of dollars are putting money into US government debt like never before, in a wave that is gaining strength as the spreading coronavirus casts doubt on the global growth outlook. Evidence of the demand can be found across the fixed-income universe. Pensions, which have been ramping […]
$EYE, $CSGP, $LOW, $ALLY, $PYPL, $VRTX Going into Y 2020, the market is optimistic that economic growth can continue, especially with diminishing tariff pressures and a Fed on hold. Morningstar has identified some of the best performing fund managers, all of whom beat their benchmarks both in Y 2019 as well as on a longer-term […]
$BAC, $MS Growth optimism is spreading so fast that the percentage of money managers in a Bank of America survey expecting the global economy to improve over the next 12 months just had the biggest 2-month jump on record. As a result, bets on faster economic growth are suddenly all the rage in the equity […]
$XAU, $GLD, $GLX, $IAU, $GLDM, $BAR, $GS For investors seeking a safe-haven from the volatile stock market as trade disputes and global growth concerns persist are chasing the latest gold rush, growth is one of the most important factors to consider Gold prices last week topped $1,500 oz for the 1st time in 6 years, […]
$GLD, $XAU, $USD Gold’s rally since December 2018 is just getting started if hedge funds have their way. Prices are already at the highest in more than 6 years, and Goldman Sachs and Citigroup predict the precious Yellow metal could climb more than 6% to $1,600 oz by year’s end. Money managers are going all […]
$DIA, $SPY, $SOX, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: Cash is King for investors heading into Summer Increasing a cash buffer is typical during times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. But data from global wealth managers show that stashing cash has continued at unusually high rates even as global stocks have rallied this year on conflicting signals […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX, $BAC, FLASH: Global investors’ equity allocations fell 6% in May and 34 % of fund managers have taken out protection against sharp stock market declines in coming months, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (NYSE:BAC) latest monthly survey found Tuesday. The proportion of investors preparing for equity falls is the highest […]
$RACE FLASH: Smart Money is right about Ferrari Ferrari N.V. (NYSE:RACE) investors should be aware of an increase in enthusiasm from smart money in here. Our calculations also showed that RACE isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds aka smart money. In today’s market there are a large number of indicators investors […]
$GLD.$USD, $JPY FLASH: Last week gold posted its 3rd consecutive weekly gainer and rose 1%, the most since the week ending 1 February. The fundamentals Spot gold up 0.1% at $1,314.21 oz as of 0128 GMT. US gold futures up 0.2% at $1,314.40 oz. Investors sold shares Monday moving to the safety of bonds, while […]
FLASH: McKinsey’s annual review reveals an expanding and developing industry; more tools for managed money and investors. Note: Private markets, including PE, debt, infrastructure, real estate, and natural resources. Private markets stayed strong in 2018. True, fundraising was down 11%. But $778-B of new capital flowed in. Investors have a new motivation to allocate to […]
$GLD, $BAR,$USD FLASH: Some money managers says recession fears on global-economic slowdown sign actually give savvy investors a Golden opportunity to start investing in a precious metal commonly considered a haven amid uncertainty and say that gold’s price is “very affordable” now. “You’ve had a bit of a V-shaped recovery in the market, but [with] […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: “Machines are only as smart as their human programmers” Hedge fund investors learned that the hard way last year when data-crunching computers that invest $220-B based on historical price trends did worse than most human managers. The losses were so bad that investors pulled billions of dollars out of […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX FLASH: The Pain Trade is Higher! Professional investors who have missed this global stock rally this year, are still worry about getting on the bandwagon too late Money managers are strategies including derivatives, defensive and/or dividend stocks are being touted as a way out. Fund manager have pulled over $30-B from […]
$SPY The data reveals that hedge fund money has not been chasing the January late December – January rally in US stocks. It is on the sidelines. According to Macro Risk Advisors, these big-money managers are acting much more like it is the aftermath of the Y 2008 financial crisis than the relatively low-volatility environment […]
Professional Money Managers Prepare for 2019 Rally $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX, $USD Bond and stock markets from the US to emerging markets all on pace to lose money this year, investors have not seen this much Red on their screens since Y 1972, the last time no asset class returned at least 5%. Yet […]
Emerging Market Rout Approaching Bottom $USD, $AUD, $NZD Franklin Templeton Investments says the rout in emerging markets may be nearing a bottom, but says that there are still countries like the Philippines that will suffer. Given the uncertainty, the money manager is keeping a net neutral USD position, while making trades including shorting the Philippine […]
Investors are saying, “Stocks Are Too Expensive” $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Caution Signals Blinking Many professional investors (46%) saying stock markets are overvalued, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s monthly fund manager poll showed Tuesday. The survey, which polled 202 asset managers with $587-B under management, was carried out between 4-10 August, and showed cash levels […]
Owners “86” Protesting Colin Kaepernick from NFL America’s NFL teams “genuinely hate” former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and 1 executive calling him “an embarrassment to football” a General Manager said Sunday in an interview. “He can still play at a high level – the problem is 3 things are happening with him,” the […]
Conservatism is Changing in The Trump Era Decades of intellectual and political activity preceded the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review in 1955. A little less than a decade later, National Review publisher William Rusher helped orchestrate Barry Goldwater’s presidential nomination. The following year, 1965, Buckley ran for […]
The Ugly Truth About Bernie Sanders’ Wall Street Tie-up $ARIA FLASH: Shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) dove 15% after US Senator Bernie Sanders (D:Vt)criticized the price of the company’s leukemia drug on Twitter. Wall Street is very short ARIA/shares @SenSanders: Drug corporations’ greed is unbelievable. Ariad has raised the price of a leukemia drug to almost $199,000 […]
Savvy Money Favors “Real” Assets $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Savvy money manager Bill Gross, 72 anni, says investors should favor real assets like Gold and real estate and avoid most stocks and bonds trading at inflated prices. “I do not like bonds; I do not like most stocks, I do not like private equity,” Mr. […]
Silicon Valley Aims to “Break” Wall Street Control of Stock Markets Eric Ries, 37 anni, the author of the best-selling entrepreneurship manifesto “The Lean Startup,” floated a very provocative idea in the Epilogue: Someone should build a new, “long-term” stock exchange. He wrote, Its reforms would amend the Quarterly cycle to encourage investors and companies […]
Money Managers “Dumping” US Treasuries For Equities $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Money managers are dumping Treasury ETFs (exchange-traded funds) as a revival in equity and commodity prices curbs demand for the somewhat safer US debt. Treasury ETF net redemption’s have reached $2.9-B so far in April, on top of $4.8-B pulled out in March, according […]