Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Some key themes and events the European Trading Desk team has an eye on in the markets:
Strength in Chinese Equities.
EU Recovery Fund in Focus.
COVID-19 US Resurgence.
Some key themes and events the European Trading Desk team has an eye on in the markets:
Strength in Chinese Equities.
EU Recovery Fund in Focus.
COVID-19 US Resurgence.
BlackRock have recently moved to a strategic overweight on credit after being underweight for the past year. Cheaper valuations compensated for the risk of corporate defaults and downgrades in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, in their view. BlackRock also prefer credit over equities on a tactical basis.
The global market outlook is already hazy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the upcoming US presidential election adds another layer of uncertainty. In this excerpt, Sonal Desai, Stephen Dover, Michael Hasenstab and Ed Perks offer their views.
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BlackRock have downgraded U.S. equities to neutral on a tactical basis, after a strong run of outperformance versus global equities since the March trough. One sees a surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. potentially slowing the activity restart at a time when fiscal stimulus is at risk of waning.
Economic data in developed markets continued to improve in June. Whilst we are not seeing all-time highs as in the United States in terms of positive macro surprises, the euro area seems to have now troughed and has reverted sharply.
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The COVID-19 shock is accelerating structural trends in inequality, globalization, macro policy and sustainability. This is fundamentally reshaping the investment landscape and will be key to investor outcomes.
Clearly, the continued easing of COVID-19 lockdowns was in focus, with a close eye on infection rates. For the most part, Europe tends to be fairing relatively well, whilst the US rate is sharply on the rise, seeing record one-day increases in cases.
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