With earnings growth set to slow, dividends becoming increasingly important, fixed income falling out of favor and investors looking to avoid risk, large cap is the way to go, said Sandler.

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The stampede was partly an attempt to reduce the amount of capital banks needed to reserve against possible losses on such bonds, as well as an effort to avoid the wrath of risk-averse investors, executives say.

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Investors simply need to avoid these complex, high risk products.

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Many investors prefer the hard currency funds in order to avoid currency risk.

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When these worried investors finally get up the courage to buy in, they will tend to avoid risk and go for big stocks.

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Some investors have also started to demand that their funds buy insurance, to avoid the risk that they might use their money to pay legal fees.

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