Equity Positioning Hits 9-Month Low, Funds See Outflows Equity positioning hit a nine-month low on Mar 30, 2026; EPFR recorded $8.9bn weekly equity outflows and VIX rose to 18.5 on Mar 27, 2026.

Equity Positioning Hits 9-Month Low, Funds See Outflows: Equity positioning hit a nine-month low on Mar 30, 2026; EPFR recorded $8.9bn weekly equity outflows and VIX rose to 18.5 on Mar 27, 2026. 👈 Read full analysis #EquityMarkets #Investing #FinancialNews #MarketTrends #EquityPositioning

Trend Followers Accumulate Equity Shorts Trend-following CTAs raised net short equity exposure by ~1,200bps in Q1 2026 (Investing.com, Mar 28, 2026), signaling elevated near-term downside risk.

Trend Followers Accumulate Equity Shorts: Trend-following CTAs raised net short equity exposure by ~1,200bps in Q1 2026 (Investing.com, Mar 28, 2026), signaling elevated near-term downside risk. 👈 Read full analysis #TrendFollowers #EquityMarkets #ShortSelling #Investing #MarketTrends

One Factor Driving All Returns - Apollo Academy AI is driving returns in equity markets because of the growing size of tech in the S&P 500 index, and...

1 #TorstenSlok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management: #AI is driving returns in #equitymarkets because of the growing size of #tech in the #S&P500 index, and this is a problem for both #institutional and #individual #investors 🧵

Trump Legal News Pressures Markets U.S. equity futures fell roughly 0.5–0.8% on Mar 24, 2026 after renewed legal headlines on Donald Trump (Investing.com); volatility and safe-haven flows rose intraday.

Trump Legal News Pressures Markets: U.S. equity futures fell roughly 0.5–0.8% on Mar 24, 2026 after renewed legal headlines on Donald Trump (Investing.com); volatility and safe-haven flows rose intraday. 👈 Read full analysis #TrumpNews #LegalIssues #MarketTrends #Investing #EquityMarkets

BasisPointInsight.com - Petronet and GAIL Are Not the Same Stock but Markets Miss the Point by Dev Chandrasekhar Petronet built its entire business around one terminal in one country accessible through one strait. GAIL spent years building around all three of those constraints. When the market sold them identica...

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Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices Bne IntelliNews #AsianStocks #OilPrices #EquityMarkets #Investing #FinancialNews

12.7 Crore Investors And Rising: Women’s Participation In India’s Equity Markets Grows Women are increasingly participating in India's equity markets, with over 12.7 crore registered investors as of February 2026.

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1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a flat open this morning, while #Treasury #yields are little changed. After shooting first (on #software #stocks exposed to #AI), the #market is now starting to ask the questions, and some names have been rebounding forcefully after deep #selloffs. 🧵
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1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to another soft open this morning after yesterday's #tech led #selloff. So far, not a lot of traction despite word that the #U.S. #Administration is considering scaling back #steel and #aluminum #tariffs, at least on some products … 🧵
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BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a stable open this morning, while #Treasury #yields are little changed ahead of the January #U.S. #employmentreport. #Oilprices are firm with #WTI up about $1 to $65, while the #loonie is holding at $1.353/USD (73.9 US cents) #markets #CAD

1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a higher open this morning alongside a move back into #riskassets, including #crypto. The massive unwinding of the #AI trade and #crypto positions in recent weeks had pulled #Bitcoin down by more than 50% from its recent high at one point …🧵
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Nomura Adopts Cautious Optimism on Equity Markets, Strengthens Focus on Global Growth Themes KUALA LUMPUR — Nomura Asset Management Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is maintaining a cautiously optimistic outlook on equity markets amid ongoing global volatility and geopolitical uncertainties. The company’s Director, Atsushi Ichii, said market fluctuations are currently driven by political tensions, shifting economic policies and global uncertainties, although economic fundamentals remain a key driver of long-term returns. …

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BasisPointInsight.com - The Great Global Repurposing of IPOs by Chandrika Soyantar Global IPO markets in 2026 reveal segmentation by national interest. Listings now fund defence, frontier tech, and domestic expansion over growth stories. by Chandrika Soyantar, BasisPointInsight.com

3/3 The age of a single, frictionless global IPO market is over. What’s emerging instead is a segmented system shaped by policy, security, and structure.

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1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a modestly lower open this morning following yesterday's AI-led rally, while #Treasury #yields are little changed. The 10-year sits just above 4%, near smack in the middle of the two-year range. Pricing for the December #FOMC meeting, however, continues to swing … 🧵

BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a flat open this morning, after yesterday's early post- #Nvidia earnings rally fizzled through the day. #Treasury #yields are little changed, with the 10-year sitting at 4.07%, while #oil #prices are stepping back somewhat to just under $58 for #WTI.
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Markets Aim Higher as Foreign Flows Lift Sentiment - Indian markets are set for a strong open as foreign inflows rise, earnings prospects improve, and global cues turn positive ahead...

Markets Aim Higher as Foreign Flows Lift Sentiment
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QQQ: Tracking for its worst November since 2008.

October 2025 saw the weakest jobs market in 22 years, signs of broader economic strain.

Eventually this hits earnings, and in the long run, earnings are what drive equities.

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1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a flat open this morning, with most major #NorthAmerican #indices sitting just off record highs. We're also into the thick of #earningsseason, with the likes of #Tesla and #IBM on deck today after #Netflix missed expectations last night.🧵
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How AI is reshaping the APAC equity markets Investing.com -- Artificial intelligence is reshaping Asia-Pacific equity markets, positioning the region at the center of global AI development in hardware, infrastructure, and applications. The global AI market is projected to expand from more than $300 billion in 2025 to nearly $1.2 trillion by 2030, with about $1 trillion of cumulative investment expected in APAC. Taiwan dominates AI foundry services, South Korea leads in high-bandwidth memory, and China has advanced in chips, generative AI software, and liquid cooling systems. Japan contributes through robotics and precision manufacturing, while India provides IT talent and services. Together, these economies underpin nearly every layer of the AI stack. The surge is visible in equity performance. Chinese AI chip, optical module, and software stocks have risen sharply, with some increasing 10x to 25x over the past three years. Korea’s robotics and defense firms, along with Japan and Taiwan’s materials companies, have also more than doubled year-to-date. AI is also challenging assumptions about demographics and growth. Investors have long been cautious on China, Japan, and Korea because of shrinking workforces, but automation may upend that logic. As BofA Global Research notes, “labor cost may no longer be a key constraint for GDP growth or a defining factor for nations’ long-term economic competitiveness”. Governments across the region are prioritizing sovereign AI development. South Korea is building domestic large language models, Malaysia is developing AI chips, and Vietnam and Thailand are emphasizing data sovereignty. 3rd party Ad. Not an offer or recommendation by Investing.com. See disclosure here or remove ads. These policies reflect geopolitical divides while creating new investment opportunities in infrastructure and applications. Data centers are another focal point. APAC accounted for nearly 40% of global IT capacity in 2024, led by China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. China’s market alone is forecast to grow at a 13% CAGR from 2024 to 2030, reaching about $46 billion, with AI demand expected to comprise a third of the total by decade’s end. Risks remain. Export controls, bottlenecks in advanced packaging and memory, and power constraints could limit expansion. Structural challenges such as water scarcity and seismic risks add to the pressure. India’s IT services sector faces its own turning point as automation disrupts outsourcing models. “What we’re looking at is a world of 100bn AI agents working alongside us,” said futurist Steve Brown. “You can think of these as digital employees. Digital employees that work for electrons rather than dollars and cents”. That shift could reshape employment patterns and economic reliance on outsourcing. AI is driving a new investment paradigm in APAC equities—creating leaders in chips, infrastructure, and applications, while exposing vulnerabilities in traditional labor-driven growth models. How the region balances capital inflows, policy choices, and demographic pressures will define the depth of AI’s impact. Which stock should you buy in your very next trade? AI computing powers are changing the stock market. Investing.com's ProPicks AI includes dozens of winning stock portfolios chosen by our advanced AI. Year to date, 3 out of 4 global portfolios are beating their benchmark indexes, with 98% in the green. Our flagship Tech Titans strategy doubled the S&P 500 within 18 months, including notable winners like Super Micro Computer (+185%) and AppLovin (+157%). Which stock will be the next to soar?

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SocGen warns higher bond yields will snap equity rally at some point Investing.com -- Societe Generale has cautioned that rising government bond yields pose a growing threat to equity markets, warning investors that the rally fueled by strong corporate earnings and artificial intelligence enthusiasm cannot last indefinitely. “Sorry to be a killjoy in this holiday season, but there is a slow-motion crisis unfolding in the government bond markets that equity investors continue to ignore at their peril,” analyst Albert Edwards wrote in the firm’s Global Strategy Weekly note. Edwards said that yields across major bond markets have been climbing steadily as concerns over debt sustainability and deficit spending mount. According to Societe Generale (OTC:SCGLY), “super loose monetary policy eventually ignited CPI inflation and ended the long secular bull market for bonds and the Japanification theme.” The report added that rising borrowing costs and record levels of public debt are pushing central banks closer to what it called “fiscal dominance of monetary policy.” Despite this backdrop, equities have continued to perform strongly, lifted by resilient earnings from mega-cap technology companies and optimism surrounding AI. Edwards observed that investors have shrugged off the “relentless rise in long bond yields by feeding off news of strong profits … and the promise of more to come.” The bank pointed out that the justification for high valuations under the “TINA” mantra, There Is No Alternative, no longer holds now that interest rates are substantially higher. “Surely we can all agree that rising bond yields will break the equity market at some point? But when?” Societe Generale asked. 3rd party Ad. Not an offer or recommendation by Investing.com. See disclosure here or remove ads. For now, Edwards said, investors appear to be “following former Citigroup (NYSE:C) CEO Chuck Prince’s famous July 2007 advice to keep dancing while the music is still playing.” That's one option, but what if there are better opportunities hiding in plain sight? Investing.com's ProPicks AI has identified growth stocks that often get overlooked by individual investors. Compare your choice against our global range of AI-selected picks - with 3 out of 4 beating their benchmark index year to date and 98% in the green. Get fresh new picks every month, now available at 50% off while our Summer Sale lasts. Hurry, offer ends soon!

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At least a part of the US Equity markets rise this year is directly attributed to the decline of USD. Equities essentially have their own currency which should have risen proportionally to the USD decline.
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Citi Bolsters Wall Street Presence with Key JPMorgan Hire - WIOBS Citigroup appoints Bernal Vargas from JPMorgan to head its North America equity capital markets as part of its aggressive investment...

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BMO: Canada #Equitymarkets pushed higher again last week, w the TSX led by #technology, financials + consumer stocks; it’s now up 10.5% on the year & more than 20% from year-ago levels in a serious show of resilience. #GoC #yields were modestly higher along the curve, and underperforming #Treasuries

1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a steady open this morning, leaving the #S&P500 and #Nasdaq pushing record levels. Yesterday’s solid U.S. retail sales report suggests the consumer is holding up well; there’s been signs that tariffs are driving only a moderate inflation impulse, at least so far … 🧵

1 BMO: #Equitymarkets point to a modestly-lower open this morning, stumbling somewhat on the latest #tariff letters after running unphased for most of the week. #Treasury #yields are little changed. 🧵
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Tariffs, geopolitics drag on European IPOs, even as funds flow in (Refiles to add the name Kramer to the legal firm in paragraph 19) By Charlie Conchie and Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Tariffs and Middle East turmoil are spooking European companies and the investors weighing their initial public offerings even as volatility subsides and money flows back into equity markets, advisers told Reuters. President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs targeting imports from nearly all U.S. trading partners in April and his subsequent U-turn pause on the levies sent shockwaves through the global economy. But markets, including those in Europe, have since bounced back. The VIX, Wall Street’s "fear gauge", has fallen around 67% from a peak touched following Trump’s tariff announcement. And fund inflows into European stocks reached their second-highest level this century earlier this year. Still, investors remain wary of new listings. Topping their list of concerns, according to seven IPO advisers interviewed by Reuters, are the potential impact of conflicts like the Israel-Iran war and uncertainty regarding newly listed companies’ aftermarket performance. "There’s still a bit of nervousness in the network and a hangover from issues around tariffs and the war in the Middle East," said Scott McCubbin, head of EY’s UK and Ireland IPO practice. Some companies, meanwhile, are unwilling to accept lower valuations than they had hoped for, the advisers said. SHELVED LISTINGS German medical technology firm Brainlab postponed its IPO this week, citing "geopolitical uncertainties". Pharmaceutical company Stada delayed its debut in March, citing market volatility, while another German firm, car parts seller Autodoc did the same last month without giving a reason. Glencore-backed metals investor Cobalt Holdings, which was planning London’s biggest IPO of 2025, meanwhile failed to secure enough investor interest, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters previously. Cobalt Holdings declined to comment. The recent run of shelved listings is making things harder for firms attempting to reopen the IPO market, one person close to the Brainlab IPO process said. Investors could not agree a price for the offering with Brainlab, the person and a second source said. Existing shareholders were dissatisfied with the makeup of the order book, said one of the sources, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because the process was private. A spokesperson for Brainlab said interest from investors was "very strong" but the conditions were not optimal for an IPO. While more funds have flowed into European equities this year from investors seeking to reduce their exposure to U.S. assets, that money is going into the stocks of large companies rather than IPOs, said one equity capital markets banker. Some of the reticence stems from cases like German perfume retailer Douglas, which saw its shares drop more than 12% on its listing debut. It subsequently cut its guidance this year. The number of companies that went public across the EMEA region in the first six months of this year fell to 44 from 59 in the same period last year, according to Dealogic data. The amount raised also fell sharply, to around $5.5 billion from $14.1 billion. In such a challenging environment, Naveen Mittel, head of equity capital markets syndicate for EMEA at Citi, said companies planning an IPO have little margin for error. "You need to be clean in terms of setup and structure, evaluation of price, and there needs to be no question marks around it," he said. A POST-SUMMER IPO REBOUND? There have been some success stories this year. Hacksaw, a developer and distributor of online betting games, successfully listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in June. "It’s hard to draw any firm conclusions from a few deals when others like Hacksaw, are still getting away," said Michael Jacobs, a partner at law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. "But it does feel like the IPO window needs a summer break to reset." Advisers are hoping an array of bigger deals may help open the market in the second half. That could include a return of Stada, and possible listings of prosthetic manufacturer Ottobock, Deutsche Boerse (ETR:DB1Gn)’s research and technology unit ISS Stoxx, and classifieds business Swiss Marketplace Group. Stada is evaluating all options for the further ownership of the company including a possible IPO, it said. Swiss Marketplace Group said it had recently taken initial steps to achieve a "high level of IPO readiness", but its shareholders had not yet made a decision on the possible timing of a float. And Ottobock said it is continually reviewing options including an IPO, but no decision has been made. Deutsche Boerse said it was considering an IPO of ISS Stoxx, but could also buy out private equity investor General Atlantic from the company. No decision had yet been made, it added. "The candidates in the pipeline all have next to no tariff impact, so we are optimistic that after the summer the IPO gates will open," the banker said.

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Our Committee on Regulation of Secondary Markets (Committee 2) held a meeting on 25–26 June in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by CVM Brazil. Martina Tambucci (CONSOB), Committee 2 Chair, said: “It is essential to continuously analyze developments in secondary markets and emerging risks." #equitymarkets