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From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:

The start of a new year is usually a time of optimistic predictions and people hope to have a more fruitful year compared to the previous one. This is especially true for investors who want their investments surpass previous performance and hope for better returns. The new year is also a season for data providers to release their annual outlook and to provide insights on how businesses would move and which particular issues or concerns investors should look at.

Indeed, even before 2010 bid its final goodbye, a Reuters survey released in December showed expectations for a bullish environment for hedge fund investors for 2011. The survey of 55 leading investment houses in the United States, Europe (ex UK), Japan, and Britain showed investors raised their equity holdings and exposure to high-yield credit and cut back on government debt ahead of the new year.

A survey by Newedge Prime Brokerage titled: "Macro Investor Sentiment Survey 2011," summed up all surveys and predictions by various data providers into one somewhat "cynical" conclusion which included the response of one respondent who said: "My prediction is that if you do a review of your 'crowd sourced' predictions for 2011 we will be shown to have been of no predictive value."

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