The strong stock market performance to start 2019 has yet to lure most investors back in from the sideline, implying that more gains could be ahead.
The strong stock market performance to start 2019 has yet to lure most investors back in from the sideline, implying that more gains could be ahead, according to a closely followed survey of professional investors.
Hedge fund managers in particular are at their lowest net allocation to equities since December 2016, with the trend among all investors toward more defensive positions. A"pain trade" is one that generally catches a lot of investors off guard. Sentiment surveys can be reliable contrarian guides when too much the market gets caught on one side.
Professional investors now worry most about a slowdown in China, cited by 30 percent of respondents. The second-biggest concern is the U.S.-China trade war, which had topped the worry list for nine straight months.
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