HSBC Slashes Equity Exposure; Major Institutional Rotation Underway
HSBC cut global equities to Neutral from Max Overweight, simultaneously cutting gold and upgrading oil to outright overweight. A separate signal shows the S&P 500 equal-weight massively outperforming cap-weighted as investors flee mega-cap tech.
What we know
HSBC made a sweeping allocation shift, cutting global equities to Neutral from Max Overweight (an account on X, another account on X) while simultaneously reducing its gold overweight and upgrading oil to outright overweight (another account on X). This aligns with a broader rotation signal: Another account on X flagged that the S&P equal-weight is outperforming cap-weight by one of the widest margins since 2009, with the Magnificent 7 losing dominance. Goldman Sachs also warned that Europe's election cycle threatens the fiscal integration backstop that kept spreads tight, hiking France's 2027 deficit forecast to 5.4% (another account on X).
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