While 2022 brought cascade negative headlines, metrics show institutional investors already positioned for recession = more evidence bad news baked in

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STRATEGY: While 2022 brought cascade negative headlines, metrics show institutional investors already positioned for recession = more evidence bad news baked in

Institutional equity investors have positioned for a recession...which means?
It is an understatement to say equities have been treacherous so far in 2022. It has been a cascade of scary developments from:

- runaway inflation fears
- Fed becoming hawkish
- WWIII risks
- "market top" calls
- "yield curve about to invert" calls

Perhaps the "darkest" report is the following headline, shared by @DougKass on twitter from another sellside firm.

- on March 4, 2022
- this firm placed 10% odds of a "civilization ending nuclear war"
- yup, 10%

To me, this is a bottom tick of market sentiment. Unless, of course, the world is hurtling towards nuclear WWIII.

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But as shown below, the 3/4/2022 was contemporaneous with a general panic by the market:

- but the 2/24 lows held
- despite a cascade of negative headlines
- Fed hiked this week
- market has continued to rally

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