Global investors increasingly are turning to U.S. and emergingmarket equities as Europe’s economy continues to falter.
According to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers forNovember, investors have slightly increased their exposure toequities since October’s survey. Five percent of the panel isunderweight equities, down from 7 percent a month ago, and thenumber of investors who are overweight in U.S. equities rosesharply to 20 percent from 6 percent in October.
Global emerging markets bounced back after a weak October.Twenty-seven percent of investors are overweight the region, upfrom 9 percent last month. The Eurozone remains the least popularregion, but the number of investors underweight Eurozone equitiesticked down just 1 percentage point to 30 percent.
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