Global investors stay 'uber-bullish' but warn companies are overinvesting

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Tue, February 17, 2026 astatine 1:34 AM CST 1 min read

MILAN, Feb 17 - Global investors are progressively disquieted that ‌companies are overinvesting, conscionable arsenic ‌market sentiment remains “uber‑bullish” and further plus gains ​look harder to achieve, Bank of America’s monthly money manager survey showed connected Tuesday.

The canvass of 162 ‌managers overseeing $440 ⁠billion recovered currency balances roseate to 3.4% from January’s ⁠record‑low 3.2%, portion investors stayed heavy overweight commodities and equities ​and profoundly ​underweight bonds.

Macro ​optimism improved further, ‌with expectations for a planetary “boom” astatine the highest since February 2022 and forecasts for net maturation topping 10%, their strongest since 2021. ‌But a grounds stock ​of respondents said ​companies are ​spending excessively aggressively, and ‌chief concern officers present ​favour ​strengthening equilibrium sheets implicit expanding superior expenditure.

AI bubbles erstwhile again topped ​the ‌list of investors’ biggest process ​risks.

(Reporting by Danilo Masoni; Editing ​by Amanda Cooper)

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