Hedge Funds Are Cautious on Stocks amid Rates and Energy Volatility

Hedge funds have slashed equity net exposure to multi-year lows amid rate and oil volatility, yet Goldman's Mark Wilson favors US mega-cap tech and German fiscal-spend beneficiaries.

• Hedge fund net length near record lows: US fundamental long-short net exposure sits at the 2nd-3rd percentile on a 3-5 year lookback; global long-shorts range 0-9% net length.
• Euro stocks-bund correlation flips negative: Six-month correlation between euro stocks and 10-year bund yields is -70%, a regime shift not seen since the 1990s.

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