WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, LLC has released its March market sentiment indicators for U. S. equities, the U.S. Dollar and the U.S. Treasury 10-yearNote.
The VAN Macro Sentiment Indicators are reflections of the outlook of hedge fund managers employing a macro view and who manage, in excess of $30 billion in assets. The indicator helps to reveal the managers views on the directions of the market indicators such as the S&P 500, the U.S. Dollar and the U.S. Treasury 10-year, and how such market will perform for the month.
The managers surveyed continue to hold bearish views on the U.S. Treasury 10-year Note with 54% anticipating the index will continue moving lower. For the US dollar, the managers views is divided, 45% expect to see it move higher while 42% believes the dollar will be heading lower. The managers however hold a slightly bullish outlook on the S&P 500, as 42% of them believe the index will move higher in March.
Details of the survey shows that the managers views for the US Equities is still bullish but the total number of managers holding such views had dropped from 57% in January, to 43% and 42% in February and March respectively. For the US dollar, 45% of the managers still hold a bullish outlook however more managers were optimistic about the dollar in January and February with 61% and 48% respectively subscribing to such views.
For the US Treasury note, 54% of the managers hold bearish views on the index in March, compared to 61% and 65% in January and February respectively. Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, LLC is a global hedge fund advisory firm which constructs hedge fund portfolios for international institutions and wealthy investors.
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