Bloomberg – U.S. hedge funds are buying more of the nation’s stocks than they’re selling for the first time since October, while mutual funds and most other investors remain net sellers, according to UBS AG.

In the four weeks ended March 13, net purchases of equities by hedge fund clients of UBS averaged $140 million, according to a March 18 report by David Bianco, the New York-based chief equity strategist at Switzerland’s biggest bank. The inflows into stocks followed 22 straight weeks of outflows.

“Those who are supposedly experts at assessing and managing risk are more confident putting capital to work than they were in October and November,” said Peter Kenny, managing director in institutional sales at Knight Equity Markets LP Jersey City, New Jersey. “That’s an indication that the market has made some constructive moves toward building a base.”

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