Market sentiment

Canadians' optimism about their investments continues to climb - and confidence increased if they met with their advisor

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Scotia Global Asset Management Investor Sentiment Index, which measures investors' optimism based on the survey, continues to trend higher since the Index was last published .

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  • The Scotia Global Asset Management Investor Sentiment Index, which measures investors' optimism based on the survey, continues to trend higher since the Index was last published .
  • The Index rose to 126 in May 2021 from 117 in November 2020 and 100 in May 2020.
  • Significantly more Canadians who met with an advisor in the past six months said their advisor makes them feel confident about their financial situation, compared with those who did not meet with their advisor (87% vs 74%).
  • "These results continue to reinforce that regular meetings with financial advisors significantly improve investors' confidence levels.

Bitcoin Short Squeeze Caused Over $1 Billion In Liquidations

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

DETROIT, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Benzinga, a fintech media company providing news and data to retail investors and cryptocurrency traders, publishes its latest data study: Did Bitcoin Just Witness Its Largest Short Squeeze In History?

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  • DETROIT, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Benzinga, a fintech media company providing news and data to retail investors and cryptocurrency traders, publishes its latest data study: Did Bitcoin Just Witness Its Largest Short Squeeze In History?
  • After breaking its psychological support of $30,000, investors were bearish on Bitcoin.
  • With short positions increasing at a rapid rate, some cryptocurrency investors were calling for a short squeeze.
  • After reclaiming $30,000 and continuing to increase to $35,000, these short sellers began to get liquidated, causing the price of Bitcoin to continue higher.

Bloomberg Launches Market-Driven Daily Credit Risk Indicator

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg today announced its Market-Implied Probability of Default (MIPD) product, a fully market-driven creditworthiness indicator, is now available to both Enterprise Data and Bloomberg Terminal clients globally.

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  • NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg today announced its Market-Implied Probability of Default (MIPD) product, a fully market-driven creditworthiness indicator, is now available to both Enterprise Data and Bloomberg Terminal clients globally.
  • MIPD enables clients to easily incorporate creditworthiness metrics within their existing workflows for a more holistic approach to credit risk management.
  • MIPD provides clients with a highly responsive, transparent, daily credit risk assessment that incorporates data from BVAL, Bloomberg's best-in-class evaluated pricing service, to proactively estimate fixed income market sentiment and quickly react to changing market and issuer-level conditions.
  • This solution helps anticipate credit deterioration such as major rating downgrades and defaults ahead of traditional credit analysis, allowing clients to confidently make risk and investment decisions.

Survey: Canadian Investors & Advisors Bullish on Oil; Bearish on Bitcoin

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Friday, July 16, 2021

Each quarter, Horizons ETFs surveys Canadian investors and investment advisors for their outlook on expected returns for distinct asset classes.

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  • Each quarter, Horizons ETFs surveys Canadian investors and investment advisors for their outlook on expected returns for distinct asset classes.
  • Advisors, cautiously neutral last quarter are now evenly split between neutral and bearish sentiment at 34% each, heading into Q3 2021.
  • Despite the strong performance, Canadian investors and advisors decreased their bullishness on domestic equities, while remaining bullish overall.
  • In response, both advisors and investors ranked Canadian Energy as their most bullish asset class.

Corbin Advisors Releases Q2’21 Inside the Buy-side® Earnings Primer®

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Earnings Primer, which captures trends in institutional investor sentiment.

Key Points: 
  • Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Earnings Primer, which captures trends in institutional investor sentiment.
  • After a record number of earnings beats last quarter, investors are once again baking in more of the same and expectations for second quarter earnings performance are high, especially given easy year-over-year comparisons, said Rebecca Corbin, Founder and CEO of Corbin Advisors.
  • Since 2006, Corbin Advisors has tracked investor sentiment on a quarterly basis.
  • Access Inside The Buy-side and other research on real-time investor sentiment, IR best practices and case studies at CorbinAdvisors.com .

Bullish Announces Intent to Go Public on New York Stock Exchange

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Friday, July 9, 2021

Far Peak CEO and Chairman Thomas W. Farley previously served as the President of the New York Stock Exchange, bringing 15 years of world-class exchange leadership.

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  • Far Peak CEO and Chairman Thomas W. Farley previously served as the President of the New York Stock Exchange, bringing 15 years of world-class exchange leadership.
  • Focused on innovative financial services, Bullish seeks to rewire the traditional exchange in order to benefit asset holders, enable traders, and increase market integrity.
  • In the coming weeks, Bullish exchange will run a private pilot program leading up to its public launch anticipated later in 2021.
  • Bullish exchange is operated by Bullish (GI) Limited and is expected to be fully regulated.

Global Healthcare Distribution Market Report 2021 with a Review of Vaccine Distribution Approach in the US - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, July 5, 2021

The "Healthcare Distribution - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Healthcare Distribution - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This segment currently accounts for a 33.7% share of the global Healthcare Distribution market.
  • The country currently accounts for a 34.81% share in the global market.
  • With IMF's Upward Revision of Global GDP Forecasts for 2021, Most Companies Are Bullish About a Global Economic Comeback.

Sentiment Soars in the Real Estate Industry According to RCLCO's New Report

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

BETHESDA, Md., June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading real estate consulting firm RCLCO released the results of their Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey for Mid-Year 2021, which has trackedconfidence in U.S. real estate market conditions for the past 10 years.

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  • BETHESDA, Md., June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading real estate consulting firm RCLCO released the results of their Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey for Mid-Year 2021, which has trackedconfidence in U.S. real estate market conditions for the past 10 years.
  • Says co-author Kelly Mangold, "The degree of rebound in sentiment is impressive, to levels not seen since 2015."
  • Respondents predict that real estate market conditions will remain largely consistent in the near future, with the RMI anticipated to drop only 7.8 points to 81.3 over the next 12 months.
  • 75% of survey respondents believe real estate conditions will be moderately or significantly better in the next 12 months.

Most Retail Investors Believe That by Year-End Value Stocks Will Outperform Growth Stocks; 64% Have No Plans to Invest in Crypto, Finds MoneyShow Q1 Investor Sentiment Survey

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

The MoneyShow Investor Sentiment Survey 2021 Q1 data reflects survey responses from 730 individual investors, who shared their outlook on the market and how certain asset classes might perform in the coming months.

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  • The MoneyShow Investor Sentiment Survey 2021 Q1 data reflects survey responses from 730 individual investors, who shared their outlook on the market and how certain asset classes might perform in the coming months.
  • The overall market view is primarily "sideways,"with more investors feeling it will go up than down by year-end.
  • Most investors believe that by year-end 2021, value stocks will outperform growth stocks (57%), while 43% think growth stocks will outperform value stocks.
  • "With the Fed continuing to purchase assets and rising inflationary concerns for the US economy, we are noticing a growing sentiment towards value stocks."

Corbin Advisors Releases Q1’21 Inside the Buy-side® Earnings Primer®

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

b'Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Earnings Primer\xc2\xae, which captures trends in institutional investor sentiment.

Key Points: 
  • b'Corbin Advisors, a strategic consultancy accelerating value realization globally, today released its quarterly Earnings Primer\xc2\xae, which captures trends in institutional investor sentiment.
  • Investors have baked in handy beats and expectations for guidance raises are high,\xe2\x80\x9d said Rebecca Corbin, Founder and CEO of Corbin Advisors.
  • While investors currently favor growth over margin, companies that can successfully expand while preserving profit will capture outsized mindshare.
  • Despite a slight thaw, Utilities and REITs continue to see the highest level of bearish sentiment.\nSince 2006, Corbin Advisors has tracked investor sentiment on a quarterly basis.