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U.K. Equities Are Global Pariahs Amid Fears of Messy Brexit

U.K. Equities Are Global Pariahs Amid Fears of Messy Brexit

Can U.K. stocks get any less love on the global stage? Allocation to British equities dropped to a net 28 percent underweight in a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of global fund managers released Tuesday, the biggest drop since May 2016. It is no wonder: in dollar terms, the country’s shares have plunged to the lowest versus global equities since the 1970s, according to MSCI indexes.