Investors 'make Europe great again' with big stock allocation, BofA says

Published 01/21/2025, 04:23 AM
Updated 01/21/2025, 04:51 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) - European stocks saw their second largest allocation in a quarter of a century in January, as lagging risk assets played catch up, according to a survey of investors from BofA Global Research published on Tuesday.

In a report titled "Make Europe Great Again", BofA said asset allocation remained risk-on, with investors bullish towards the U.S. dollar and stocks, but bearish towards everything else.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo

Investors were the most underweight on bonds since October 2022, while cash levels ran low at 3.9%, said the survey of 182 participants with $513 billion of asset under management.

A disorderly rise in bond yields was seen as the most bearish development for 2025, BofA said.

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