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October 22, 2021

Home / Investors shrug off rate hike fears to stock up on equities – BofA

Investors shrug off rate hike fears to stock up on equities – BofA

Tajammul Pangarkar

Last updated on:October 22, 2021 Market.us

October 22, 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – Equity funds enjoyed their biggest inflows in five weeks as investors ramped up bets that concerns about sticky inflation may be overdone and that central banks will therefore remain in dovish mode, a weekly round-up by BofA showed on Friday.

In the week to Wednesday, investors ploughed $24.5 billion into stocks and $5.7 billion into bonds, while withdrawing $0.2 billion from gold and $4.2 billion from cash respectively, said BofA, which calculates the numbers from EPFR data.

Broader investment flows went into sectors which would be the best cushioned against any surprise increase in interest rates, such as financials, bank loans and U.S. inflation-protected securities. Inflows into credit funds stalled.

“Investors do not fear Fed or other central banks and do not believe central banks turn hawkish,” analysts led by Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at the bank, said in the note.

BofA analysts noted the UK base rate, which stands at 0.1%, is currently is the lowest in 300 years. Some investors believe that a 15 bps rate hike priced in by the markets for this year would represent a “policy mistake”.

The analysts also noted that Turkey’s massive 200 bps rate cut on Thursday was the 1000th central bank rate cut since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008.

BofA’s Bull & Bear indicator rose a notch to 5.2, in the middle of the range, but remained well below a peak of 7.2 hit in January 2020.

(Reporting by Saikat Chatterjee; Editing by Tommy Wilkes)

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Tajammul Pangarkar

Tajammul Pangarkar is a tech blogger, and has contributed to numerous tech magazines. Tajammul longstanding experience in the field of mobile technology and industry research is reflected in his insightful news articles as presented on News.market.us. His interest lies in understanding the tech trends, mobile applications and technical consciousness on these increasingly consumer-oriented industries. When he is not ruminating about the tech world, he can be found playing table tennis or hanging out with his friends.

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