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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global hedge funds started to add back U.S. equities to portfolios last week following a massive selloff in Wall Street's major indexes, an early indication of optimism about the country. Goldman Sachs said in a separate note that after unwinding positions in U.S. stocks on March 7 and 10, hedge funds started to add exposure to the world's largest economy back for the rest of the week through Thursday. The bank showed hedge funds added both long and short bets on U.S. stocks, adding hedge funds' global portfolios became more bearish, as the proportion of bets stocks will fall grew relative to long positions last week.

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Market gains that started last fall, when polls showed President Trump taking a narrow lead in the election, have been erased.

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The euro zone housing market has already recovered from its recent slump and prices are likely to rise further, challenging affordability in a potentially unhealthy development, the European Central Bank said in an Economic Bulletin article. House prices slumped from 2022 as surging inflation, high energy costs and rising interest rates all constrained a market that had been on an exceptional run in the preceding several years. But this downturn was shallow, with the peak-to-trough part of the cycle showing a cumulative decline of 3% over one and a half years, a smaller drop than during the global financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis, when prices fell almost 5%, the ECB said on Monday.

Novanta’s stock price has taken a beating over the past six months, shedding 21.9% of its value and falling to a new 52-week low of $133.58 per share. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Over the past six months, U.S. Cellular has been a great trade. While the S&P 500 was flat, the stock price has climbed by 13.9% to $64.40 per share. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

LSI currently trades at $17.32 and has been a dream stock for shareholders. It’s returned 485% since March 2020, blowing past the S&P 500’s 122% gain. The company has also beaten the index over the past six months as its stock price is up 11.6% thanks to its solid quarterly results.

CBIZ has been treading water for the past six months, recording a small return of 2.4% while holding steady at $69.40.

Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at PacBio (NASDAQ:PACB) and its peers.