Cooling of investors over-optimism

In this podcast, Edmund Shing (Global Chief Investment Officer) dicusses how investors' over-optimism has begun to cool, leading to a shift toward others sectors.

Following the strong momentum led by technology stocks in the US and in Asia, concerns rose over the elevated valuations that tech stocks had reached.

Over the last week, a mini correction was seen, sending among others bitcoin down by 29% and tech giant Oracle by 34% from its September highs. This setback of global and US stocks should not worry investors as the Nasdaq 100 index has merely returned to the level it had reached in early October.

However, while more speculative names and the tech sector stumble, other sectors are taking over leadership of the global stock market. Pharmaceutical & biotech sectors are lately outperforming the Nasdaq Index. Another more surprising outperforming industry in November is Oil & Gas.

We maintain our positive 12-month view on global stocks and would suggest that now is a good time to look at sectors and stocks displaying relative strength outside of technology.

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