Rally Seen For Japan Stocks After Europe Investor Outflows Surge

  • Reversal in European sales of Japan shares should come ‘soon’
  • Investors pulled most on record from Japan funds, in EPFR data
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Japanese equities may be primed to rally, Societe Generale SA analysts say, citing a 15-year pattern that looks at European investor flows.

A surge in outflows from Europe-based funds has reached an extreme level that’s historically preceded a rebound in Japanese shares, according to research from the French bank. Net outflows are now more than two standard deviations from the mean, it showed.