Home Factoring In 3 Global Risk Themes; What’s The FX Trade?
Opinions

Factoring In 3 Global Risk Themes; What’s The FX Trade?

The US dollar is struggling on the dovish hike and  there is a “risk-off” sense in markets. What’s next?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Research outlines 3 key global risk factors in G10 FX,  and broader financial markets:

1)  the US outlook centered around the twin risks of tighter monetary policy and looser fiscal policy;  2)  the Eurozone outlook in the face of political risk and  potentially less ECB policy accommodation;  and  3) Chinas cyclical upswing despite  a  tighter policy bias and property restrictions since 2016.

Against this backdrop,  BofAML provides a framework to understand whether the appropriate risk premium  has been priced in or not.

 BofAML’s  analysis shows the JPY stands out as having outperformed relative to its factor betas, while NZD and CAD have underperformed.

“We argue that if recent factor trends were to reverse,  this would likely be associated with stronger EURJPY and weaker AUD vs. NZD  & CAD,” BofAML argues.  

For lots  more FX trades from major banks, sign up to eFXplus

By signing up to eFXplus via the link above, you are directly supporting  Forex Crunch.

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.