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Brendan Wood International TopGun Shareholder Confidence Poll Big Cap Investors Relentless

August 24th, 2021 by TopGun Press

Brendan Wood International

TopGun Shareholder Confidence Poll

Big Cap Investors Relentless

For Immediate Release – New York, NY, August 24th, 2021 (TopGun Press)

Are you planning to be a net buyer in the near term 3 months? (Net buyer means own more $ in equities than you do today.)

Yes = 80% (84% last week) (83% three weeks ago) (66% September 2020)
No = 20% (16% last week) (17% three weeks ago) (34% September 2020)

Planned Sector Gainers and Losers

Purple Color = Change in Ownership Commitment Level Week over Week

Sector	Prior Ownership Commitment Level (0-100)	Gainers and Losers % Increase/Decrease Next 90 Days
Forest Products	57	14%
Oil & Gas – Exploration	58	10%
Aerospace/Defense	59	8%
Entertainment	59	8%
Pipelines & Utilities	61	8%
Software & Services	64	8%
Telecommunications	60	7%
Manufacturing	65	6%
Banks	65	5%
Agriculture	69	4%
Internet	65	3%
Engineering	67	3%
Broadcasting/Cable	61	2%
Hardware	63	2%
Real Estate/REIT	63	2%
Telecommunications Equipment	64	2%
Consumer Products	66	2%
Retailing	66	2%
Automotive	61	0%
Insurance – Life	64	0%
Mining	64	0%
Pharmaceuticals	71	-1%
Insurance – P&C	67	-1%
Chemicals	66	-2%
Asset Managers	62	-2%
Precious Metals	66	-3%
Financial Services	63	-3%
Heavy Industry	63	-3%
Biotech	72	-4%
Food & Beverage	69	-4%
Oil & Gas – Integrated	68	-4%
Building and Construction	67	-4%
Hospitality	67	-4%
Transportation	67	-4%
Environment	72	-6%
Healthcare	68	-6%
Medical Technology	75	-8%
Financial Technology	74	-9%

What Will Curb Investor Enthusiasm?

Other than changes in earnings and corporate performance what environment factors will signal reversals of the global net buyer trend?

Proposed US Corporate Income Tax Increase (to 28%)
Proposed US Personal Capital Gains Tax Increase (to 39.5%)
Proposed Major US Government Spending Increase
Increased US Trade Imbalance vs China
Increased/Prolonged Inflation

Impact on Big Ticket Investors’ Exposure to Equities Legend (Greatly Decrease (-10%+), Decrease (0% to -10%), Neutral (0%), Increase (0% to 10%), Greatly Increase (10%+)):

Poll results coming soon

About Brendan Wood International:

Brendan Wood International (BWI), formed in 1970, is a private advisory group which originates performance investigation programs in the capital markets. Brendan Wood Partners debrief large institutional investors worldwide on a daily basis. There are 2000 investors in the investor panel collectively managing + $50 trillion invested in the 1400 companies on the BWI Index. Relying on its real time performance intelligence, BWI advises public companies, institutional and activist investors, investment banks and broker dealers on strategy, performance and recruitment of TopGun talent. The firm’s partners have formally presented at 1000+ C level strategy meetings and corporate off sites in fifty cities. Brendan Wood founded the exclusive TopGun Club, a performance based institution.

Disclaimer:

We wish to emphasize that all reports, evaluations and assessments contained herein, represent Brendan Wood International’s subjective judgment and opinions, based on our years of experience and on information obtained by us in the course of our research. Much of the factual information contained in the reports has been obtained by us from third parties on whose responses we have relied in good faith, independent verification by Brendan Wood International being, under the circumstances, impossible. While we believe that you will find our reports to be an invaluable tool in formulating your own strategies and judgments, the foregoing should be borne in mind. Under no circumstances should any ratings or evaluations of individuals’ performances in these reports be considered as a sufficient basis for making decisions concerning the careers of individuals, including such matters as promotions, compensation arrangements, terminations, etc.

This report is not meant as investment advice and should not be interpreted as advising on the value of a company’s securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling any company’s securities or any other conclusion relating to investment/divestiture of a company’s securities. Finally, this report is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any company’s securities.