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Allocation to U.S. stocks saw the biggest drop ever in March with concerns over stagflation, trade wars and end of U.S. exceptionalism driving a "bull crash" in sentiment, a survey of investors from BofA Global Research showed on Tuesday. Global investors raised their allocation to cash to 4.1% from 3.5%, ending a "sell signal" triggered in December, with the speed of the downturn in sentiment being "consistent with end of equity correction", BofA said. Global growth expectations saw the second biggest drop on record, but, at the same time, allocation to euro zone stocks was the highest since July 2021, with banks becoming the world's favourite sector, according to the survey.

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Japanese automaker Mazda Motor said on Tuesday it will keep investments in its electrification efforts in check by making use of partnerships and its existing manufacturing plants after inflation threatened to push up costs. The automaker said it expects to keep its investment at around 1.5 trillion yen ($10.02 billion) for the period up to 2030 through its efforts, just as much as it had said in November 2022 it would be investing. Without its cost-savings efforts, spending on investment for the period was likely to surge by a third compared to what the company expected initially to around 2 trillion yen due to inflation, Mazda said.

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US stock futures held steady as Wall Street digested a second day of gains and braced for the Federal Reserve's next policy meeting.

The S&P 500 ended in a correction last Thursday, but history shows the pain is often short-lived. Wall Street analysts already say the worst may be over.