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Tag: Currency
Investors hedge US equity positions
European investors have been responding to this year’s dollar weakness by hedging their investments in US equities, according to Morningstar data.
Euro powers ahead as Draghi keeps silent
The euro has reached multi-year highs against all other major currencies this week after ECB-president Mario Draghi gave a blank speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting.
Pound at fresh lows against euro after BoE decision
Sterling has fallen to its lowest point against the euro since December 2009 following the Bank of England’s (BoE) decision last week to keep rates unchanged.
Popular support for euro rises to 13-year high
Support for the euro has climbed to its highest level since 2004, with 73% of the population of the eurozone now supporting the common currency.
ANALYSIS: Sailing the macro winds in Japanese equities
Net inflows into Japanese equity funds by European investors have picked up recently, as the current macro environment looks conducive to Japanese equities. Asset managers are also becoming increasingly bullish on the asset class.
Fund buyers plan to continue EM debt binge
Emerging market bonds have been on a strong run this year, and Europe’s investors think the rally isn’t over yet.
Brace for more volatility in US Treasuries
The bulk of US Treasuries are owned by the Fed and foreign investors. But this is set to change, and it could have serious consequences.
ANALYSIS: Brexit one year on
It has now been a year since the UK electorate made, as a British fund manager put it recently, “a huge strategic error of the like the country hasn’t experienced in maybe a century” by voting for Brexit.
Is dollar weakness set to reverse?
This year’s dollar weakness took most investors by surprise. There are, however, obvious reasons for this, and fundamentals suggest it could reverse.
