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1 Mar 2024

Active Funds are underweight all of the S&P 500's largest 10 stocks except for Alphabet $GOOGL. The underweights are most likely driven by diversification / regulatory rules

Source: Bloomberg

25 Jan 2024

Depressed China

China as % of global net exposure is at the lowest levels in "modern times". Source: Goldman Sachs, TME

15 Jan 2024

"Positioning is extremely long... Non-dealer positioning in US index futures is at a all-time highs. Systematic positioning (CTAs + Vol Control + Risk Parity) is near 1y highs."

Source: JP Morgan, TME

12 Jan 2024

Speculators have built their largest short U.S. Dollar position since 2020 and one of the largest in history

Source: barchart

8 Jan 2024

Sentiment and overly bullish positioning remain short-term hurdles for the stock market

Too positive

5 Jan 2024

Citi, JPMorgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley have collectively reduced their exposure to China by about a fourth since 2020

Source: Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg

12 Dec 2023

The net long positioning on the Nasdaq 100 by asset managers and leveraged funds is at a record high

When a trade becomes this crowded, how long until things reverse course? Source: Rosenberg Research

29 Nov 2023

They just started buying gold...

CTAs have reversed the gold short into a long, but they could be buying much more on the back of this break out. They are more than happy to play this momentum move... Source: Bloomberg, TME

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