Finance Charts Daily
Most Bearish Fund Manager Survey (FMS) Since June 2025
Sentiment: Investor sentiment drops to lowest since June 2025
Growth expectations lowest since August 2025
HFs: Hedge Funds covered their ETF short positions last week at the fastest pace in more than a decade.
US housing market: Home sales declined 3.6% in March, getting the crucial spring selling season off to a poor start as the high cost of housing and economic uncertainty held buyers back.
Equity positioning: Equity positioning is bracing for a sharp earnings slowdown, but recent data are undermining that story. If the gloom fades, risk appetite may rebound fast and lift stocks.
President Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade is already being tested: Rich Starry, a Chinese-owned tanker sanctioned by Washington for dealing with Iran, is the first vessel to exit the Gulf since the blockade began, according to Reuters, LSEG, MarineTraffic, and Kpler.
