Investor Confidence Index Rises to 100.6 in March
March 20 2007 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading
arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), released today the
results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index� for March
2007. Global Investor Confidence increased sharply by 10.0 points
to 100.6 from February�s revised reading of 90.6. Looking
regionally, the confidence of North American institutional
investors rose strongly from 101.9 to 115.1. The confidence of
European investors decreased 5.1 points to 87.4, while the
confidence of Asian investors increased slightly from a revised
reading of 82.5 to 82.8. Developed through State Street Global
Markets� research partnership, State Street Associates, by Harvard
University professor Ken Froot and State Street Associates Director
Paul O�Connell, the State Street Investor Confidence Index�
measures investor confidence on a quantitative basis by analyzing
the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors.
The index is based on financial theory that assigns precise meaning
to changes in investor risk appetite, or the willingness of
investors to allocate their portfolios to equities. The more of
their portfolio that institutional investors are willing to devote
to equities, the greater their risk appetite or confidence. �The
strong increase in the confidence of global institutional investors
can be traced back to the market turmoil that began towards the end
of last month,� said Froot. �Once the initial volatility abated,
institutional investors stepped in and allocated towards equities
in the second week of March to take advantage of better valuations
that were presented. While some participants in the marketplace
wanted to divest themselves of equities over recent weeks,
institutional investors have been ready and willing to take the
other side.� �Looking regionally, there is a striking divergence in
views,� added O�Connell. While US investors felt comfortable
increasing their exposure to equities in March, European confidence
fell back from its recent high levels, and Asian investor
confidence remained broadly flat for a second month running. At the
same time, the overall level of buying and selling activity has
increased, and confidence may be more volatile going forward.�
About State Street Global Markets: State Street Global Markets
provides specialized investment research and trading in foreign
exchange, equities, fixed income and derivatives. Its goal is to
enhance and preserve portfolio values for asset managers and asset
owners. From its unique position at the crossroads of the global
markets, it creates and unlocks value for its clients with original
flow-based research, innovative portfolio strategies, trade process
optimization, and global connectivity across multiple asset classes
and markets. State Street Global Markets� research team of leading
academic and industry experts is committed to continually advancing
the science, including theory and application of its proprietary
investor behavior research and innovative portfolio & risk
management technologies to help its clients challenge conventional
thinking, shape ideas, make more informed investment decisions and
deliver measurable results. About the State Street Investor
Confidence Index�: The index is released globally at 10 a.m.
Eastern time in Boston on the second to last Tuesday of each month.
More information on the State Street Investor Confidence Index,
including frequently asked questions and a calendar of release
dates, is available at
http://www.statestreet.com/investorconfidenceindex. The previous
month�s calculations for the index are revised to account for
trading activity through the end of the reporting period. About
State Street: State Street Corporation is the world�s leading
specialist in providing institutional investors with investment
servicing, investment management and investment research and
trading services. With $11.9 trillion in assets under custody and
$1.7 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2006,
State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic
markets worldwide. For more information, visit State Street�s web
site at www.statestreet.com. This news announcement contains
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laws, including statements about the financial outlook and business
environment. Those statements are based on current expectations and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including those
related to the pace at which State Street adds new clients or at
which existing clients use additional services, the value of global
and regional financial markets, the pace of cross-border investment
activity, changes in interest rates, the pace of worldwide economic
growth and rates of inflation, the extent of volatility in currency
markets, consolidations among clients and competitors, State
Street�s business mix, the dynamics of markets State Street serves,
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