March Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)

Data Source: Bank of America

Each month, Bank of America conducts a survey of ~200 fund managers with > $500B AUM. Here are the key takeaways from the survey published on March 16, 2020: Continue reading “March Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey Results (Summary)”

Be in the know. 13 key reads for Monday…

  1. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  2. 8 Big Banks Are Halting Buybacks to Brace for More Virus Fallout (Barron’s)
  3. Fed Cuts Rates to Zero as Financial-Crisis Tools Return (Barron’s)
  4. Buffett’s Massive Cash Stash Makes Berkshire a Safe Port in the Storm (Barron’s)
  5. How Coronavirus Remade American Life in One Weekend (Wall Street Journal)
  6. The Fed and Friends: What Central Banks Did in Past 24 Hours (Bloomberg)
  7. Regeneron, Sanofi to evaluate Kevzara in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (MarketWatch)
  8. Coronavirus vaccine clinical trial begins (Fox Business)
  9. Peter Navarro: Faced with coronavirus pandemic, Congress should pass Trump’s $800 billion payroll tax cut (Fox Business)
  10. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Airline And Oil Stocks, And More (Benzinga)
  11. Carl Icahn Says Some Stocks Are Being ‘Given Away’ (Benzinga)
  12. Can Risk Parity Funds Hang in There? (Institutional Investor)
  13. Thinking About Airline Stocks? This Is How Air Travel Is Recovering in China. (Barron’s)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Secretary of the Treasury – Steven T Mnuchin – discusses federal coronavirus response (ValueWalk)
  2. Italians are singing songs from their windows to boost morale during coronavirus lockdown (CNBC)
  3. National Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 Helps Oil & Gas, To Fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. MiB: Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm on 5G (Bloomberg)
  5. Friday 13th, DJIA Attempting to Recover & End Losing Friday Streak (Almanac Trader)
  6. Coronavirus Drug Update: The Latest Info On Pharmaceutical Treatments And Vaccines ()
  7. The Big Bet of 10-year Breakevens at 0.94% (E-piphany)
  8. Why Soap Is Such An Effective Killer Of The Coronavirus (digg)
  9. McLaren Elva ‘M1A Theme’ Honors Retro Grand Prix Winner (Maxim)
  10. 7 Energy Stocks to Buy on the Dip (U.S. News & World Report)
  11. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (AdvisorPerspectives)
  12. Warren Buffett: ‘I won’t be selling airline stocks’ (Yahoo! Finance)
  13. Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed? (Scientific American)
  14. House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency (Fox Business)
  15. Trump emerges as oil’s white knight after worst week since 2008 (Fox Business)
  16. These Common Household Products Can Destroy the Novel Coronavirus (Consumer Reports)
  17. Shopping for Stocks? Think Like a Lender. (Barron’s)
  18. Crown Prince’s Oil War Looms Over First Aramco Results Since IPO (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Will The Fed’s $1.5 Trillion Emergency Stimulus Actually Help? (Benzinga)
  20. Where does the stock market go from here after the worst drop since 1987? Here’s what the analyst who called the 2018 rout says (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump to buy oil for strategic reserve to aid energy industry: ‘We’re going to fill it’ (CNBC)
  2. Gilead Pops After Coronavirus Drug Helps Cruise Ship Patients In Japan Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. Europe Pledges Billions in Economic Aid in Rare Sign of Unity (New York Times)
  4. Dow surges nearly 2,000 points after Trump declares coronavirus national emergency (New York Post)
  5. Trump Says He Supports Pelosi Virus Bill, Urges GOP to Vote Yes (Bloomberg)
  6. Trump Waives Student-Loan Interest, Stockpiles Oil in Virus Plan (Bloomberg)
  7. Esports Leagues Are Only Game in Town After NBA and NHL Go Dark (Bloomberg)
  8. Stocks Retrace 90% of Thursday’s Sell-Off With Trump Address Hitting Mark (Bloomberg)
  9. Cash-Rich Billionaire Hargreaves Jumps Back Into Market (Bloomberg)
  10. Trump called on Walmart, CVS, Target, and Walgreens to help slow the spread of the coronavirus as he declares a national emergency (Business Insider)
  11. Stocks Surge After Trump Promises Speedier Testing (New York Times)
  12. How Billie Eilish Rode Teenage Weirdness to Stardom (New York Times)
  13. Deadly viruses are no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it (MarketWatch)
  14. 18 Stocks to Buy Amid the Coronavirus Carnage, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts (Barron’s)
  15. China’s coronavirus epicenter reports just five cases (Reuters)
  16. Here’s everything you need to know about 5G (CNN)
  17. Google, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronavirus testing (Reuters)
  18. 7 Stocks That Could Ride Out the Turmoil in Energy Markets (Barron’s)
  19. The World Is One Big Carry Trade (Institutional Investor)
  20. Value investors: why are they so calm in a crisis? (Schroders)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Jim Cramer: I’m With Warren Buffett on This One (TheStreet)
  2. China Stocks Are Handily Beating U.S. Since Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s Why (Bloomberg)
  3. Billionaire Sam Zell says he is buying some ‘ridiculously low’ stocks in the wild market swings (CNBC)
  4. ‘Bond King’ Gundlach says Fed panicked and short-term rates are ‘headed toward zero’ (CNBC)
  5. ValueAct’s Jeffrey Ubben buys BP and says oil company can be ‘part of the solution’ (CNBC)
  6. OPEC deal in jeopardy as Russia stalls over deepest round of supply cuts since 2008 (CNBC)
  7. Bullard Says Fed Watching Virus Fallout, Willing to Do More (Bloomberg)
  8. Fed’s Kaplan thinks U.S. can avoid coronavirus recession as Williams says central bank will keep using tools (MarketWatch)
  9. Can Gilead Change Its Dim Fortunes On An Immuno-Oncology Buyout? (Investors)
  10. Global equity outflows hit $23bn on coronavirus fears (Financial Times)

 

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Be Like Warren Buffett in Times Like These. Here’s How. (Barron’s)
  2. Federal Reserve Retools Capital Rules for Largest U.S. Banks (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Market-Beating Bank CEOs Are a Rare Breed (Wall Street Journal)
  4. Cramer’s most trusted market indicator says to start buying stocks (CNBC)
  5. Larry Kudlow Says ‘We’re Not Going to Panic’ Over the Economy (Bloomberg)
  6. Capitulation Moment? ‘We are giving up on energy’, say Jefferies analysts, who compare beaten-down sector to ‘62 Mets (MarketWatch)
  7. Oil prices rise on report OPEC agrees 1.5 million barrel-per-day production cut (MarketWatch)
  8. Buffett-Backed 30-Year-Old Goes to War With Latin American Banks (Bloomberg)
  9. Exxon CEO sticks to spending targets despite oil downturn (Reuters)
  10. The Old Dominion “Snapback” Stock Market? (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Investors Got the Fed’s Rate Cut Wrong. ‘Putting Some Money to Work Isn’t a Bad Idea.’ (Barron’s)
  2. The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. Get Ready to Refinance Your Mortgage. (Barron’s)
  3. This $5 Billion Stock Fund’s Manager Thinks Like a Founder. It’s Working. (Barron’s)
  4. Saudis Want OPEC+ to Cut More Than 1 Million Barrels a Day (Bloomberg)
  5. Here’s how billionaire investor Howard Marks is telling clients to ride out coronavirus volatility (MarketWatch)
  6. Warren Buffett Can’t Resist This Bargain As He Buys Amid Coronavirus Correction (Investor’s)
  7. Fed rate cut to boost homebuyers’ spending power (Fox Business)
  8. iPhone Maker Foxconn Expects 15% Q1 Revenue Hit From Coronavirus, Says Production Rebounding (Benzinga)
  9. US Fed’s coronavirus rate cut is first move in a dance with markets (Financial Times)
  10. Private payrolls up 183,000 as hiring shows no signs of coronavirus scare (CNBC)