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US aktier holdes oppe af retail køb og selskabers egenopkøb

Morten W. Langer

tirsdag 17. november 2015 kl. 21:58

For some this centrally-planned trading environment is a nightmare which leads to trading paralysis, like for example Dennis Gartman:

Do we believe this rally? No, we do not. We refuse to believe that “terror” is bullish. We refuse to believe that the deaths of 129 innocent people by madmen are materially supportive of stock prices. We refuse to accept the notion that the odds of a Fed tightening are reduced modestly and that that is massively supportive of stock valuations. We refuse to believe that common sense has been cast overboard entirely… We are indeed in a brave new world. It is a world we are not particularly fond of, however, if this is the new reality…. We refuse to believe that common sense has been cast overboard entirely, and so neutral we are and neutral we shall be.

Others however, are far more pragmatic. Case in point, the smart money which according to Bank of America is taking advantage of this latest rebound in stocks to sell to who else: the traditionally biggest sucker in the room – retail investors. To wit:

 

Second week of institutions & HFs selling vs. retail buying

Last week, during which the S&P 500 fell 3.6%, BofAML clients were net sellers of US stocks for the second consecutive week, in the amount of $868mn. Hedge funds, followed by institutional clients, were the biggest net sellers – this was the second consecutive week of net sales for both groups.

Some more details:

  • Hedge funds are net sellers of US stocks on a 4-week average basis, which has been the cast since early October.
  • Institutional clients have been net sellers of US stocks on a 4-week average basis since early September.
  • Private clients have been net sellers on a 4-week average basis since mid-October.

Both large and small caps saw outflows last week, while mid-caps saw inflows. Small caps have now seen net sales for seven consecutive weeks, and we noted last week that outflows in early November were the largest in our data history for this size segment.

The buyers? Retail “investors”.

Finally, remember all that buyback-bashing by Goldman which even admitted corporate balance sheets are full and the buyback orgy is ending? Well, maybe some time in the future, but certainly not now:

Buybacks by corporate clients picked up last week to their highest level in two months, with the four-week average tracking above levels we saw this time last year.

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