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BAMl Clients Turn Bearish On Trump Rally; Biggest Sales Since June

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Mark Melin
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As the stock market was climbing to record or near record heights last week, high on the notion of Trump tax reform and other "animal spirits," something odd was occurring, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report observed. The bank’s mostly institutional or well-heeled clients were turning bearish. And not just minor selling. This was some of the “Biggest sales since June,” an Equity Client Flow report bearing the same name observed.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch clients turn bearish

There has been much talk about the Trump Rally – optimism that has unleashed...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.