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Demand Side of The Market Steady As It Goes! Big Cap Investors Plan Continued Increase In Exposure To Equities

August 17th, 2021 by TopGun Press

Demand Side of The Market

Steady As It Goes!

Big Cap Investors Plan Continued Increase In Exposure To Equities

For Immediate Release – New York, NY, August 17th, 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 = 84% (84% last week) (83% two weeks ago) (66% September 2020)
No = 16% (16% last week) (17% two 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 to 100)	Gainers and Losers % Increase/Decrease Next 90 Days
Forest Products	57	16%
Oil & Gas – Exploration	58	12%
Entertainment	59	10%
Aerospace/Defense	59	8%
Pipelines & Utilities	61	8%
Telecommunications	60	7%
Software & Services	64	6%
Banks	65	5%
Internet	65	5%
Manufacturing	65	5%
Engineering	67	4%
Agriculture	69	4%
Broadcasting/Cable	61	3%
Retailing	66	3%
Asset Managers	62	2%
Hardware	63	2%
Real Estate/REIT	63	2%
Telecommunications Equipment	64	2%
Consumer Products	66	2%
Automotive	61	0%
Insurance – Life	64	0%
Mining	64	0%
Insurance – P&C	67	-1%
Chemicals	66	-2%
Precious Metals	66	-2%
Financial Services	63	-2%
Pharmaceuticals	71	-3%
Healthcare	68	-3%
Building and Construction	67	-3%
Hospitality	67	-3%
Heavy Industry	63	-3%
Biotech	72	-4%
Food & Beverage	69	-4%
Oil & Gas – Integrated	68	-4%
Environment	72	-6%
Transportation	67	-6%
Medical Technology	75	-8%
Financial Technology	74	-8%

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.

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