Flash: Trade implications of recent US equity performance – Goldman Sachs

FXstreet.com (New York) - “The recent results of the S&Ps robust performance fit well with our fundamentally driven views that equity markets can digest higher yields, and that US growth is strong enough to sustain the equity market even as policy gradually shifts.” notes the Economics Research Team at Goldman Sachs.

As such, “We continue to favor Developing Market (DM) exposures where the mixture of growth and policy provide support. Our top trade recommendations reflect these views, with our newly added FTSE trade joining our long-standing US large cap banks trade as our preferred implementations of this view.” the team adds.

AUD/JPY plunges lower

The AUD/JPY technical cross was seen taking a tumble at the Tokyo opening, exacerbating its weakness during Asian trading as the JPY rallies across the board.
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Flash: RBNZ will undertake rate hiking cycle Q1 2014 - BNZ

Higher yields across the NZ curve by year-end and beyond are probable, notes Kymberly Martin, Strategist at Bank of New Zealand. Martin also believes that "The RBNZ will undertake a rate hiking cycle from Q1 2014 taking the OCR to 4.50% by mid-2015." In the short-end, "yields will be driven higher in anticipation of, and the unfolding of, the RBNZ rate hiking cycle, the extent of which is under-estimated by markets" Martin added.
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