Global Investor Confidence fell by 4.4 points to 72.8 from a revised March level of 77.2. Amongst North American investors, confidence fell 4.9 points from 83.2 to 78.3. European investors were even more pessimistic, and their risk appetite declined by from 87.7 to 76.8. Asian investors, however, were somewhat less gloomy and their confidence saw only a modest decline from 87.9 to 86.2.
