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Contrarian Themes Are Outperforming Consensus Themes

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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Major U.S. stock indices are in the red again on Monday as investors remain unable to make up their minds. Investors poured cash into bonds, equities, government bonds and gold last week but unloaded financial stocks, investment-grade bonds and tech stocks.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts say they're seeing this year's contrarian themes beat consensus themes, which means investors are shunning quality, liquidity and volatility in favor of junk, leverage and beta.

Investors go risk-on

BofAML Chief Investment Strategist Michael Hartnett and team said after their firm's Bull & Bear Indicator hit "extreme bear" territory, investors were quick to buy.

Contrarian Themes Consensus Themes

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.