Investors remain bullish over European equities over any other market

According to latest survey by Barclays, investors remain optimistic over European equities the most this year while US and emerging market equities remain out of favor.

• According to survey by Barclays Inc. which surveyed almost 900 fund managers globally almost 40% of the respondents believe growth in Euro zone will surprise to the upside compared to 32% for US and approx. 10% each for Japan and emerging markets excluding China. Only 5% of the correspondents think Chinese growth will surprise to upside.
  
  
• Same survey also revealed that investors remain most bullish on Euro zone equities. Almost 55% of the investors think Euro zone equities will outperform in the next three months compared to 15% for US and Japanese equities. Only 10% of the investors believe emerging market equities will outperform.

European Central Bank's (ECB) asset purchase of € 60 billion per month is likely to spur growth in Euro zone economies.