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Market Watch

This bond-market signal will tell investors when it’s time to sell stocks, says strategist

November 19 2020

Our call of the day from BCA Research’s chief European strategist Dhaval Joshi lays out some clear-cut advice: Sell stocks and head to the sidelines if the U.S. 10-year bond yield TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.854% rises another 30 basis points.

CNBC

Regulatory crackdowns in Chinese technology sector to favor tech giants

November 18 2020

Jing Sima from BCA Research explains how China’s regulatory crackdown on technology companies will “raise the bar” for new players in the sector.

Financial Times

Firepower boosts equity markets on back of Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough

November 14 2020

“The vaccine announcement supercharged the ‘return to normalcy’ rally that followed the US election,” said Matt Gertken, a strategist at BCA Research. “It will take time to distribute these vaccines but the world can look toward economic recovery next year.”

Barron's

Why the Best Approach to Your Portfolio May Be One That Doesn’t Pick Sides

November 06 2020

In a briefing on Friday, Matt Gertken, geopolitical strategist at BCA Research, put the probability of Democrats winning both of Georgia’s Senate seats for a 50-50 Senate split at 25%. But he cautioned against investors taking an aggressively risk-on position until there is clarity on multiple fronts, including the types of policies, such as those related to China, that the Trump administration could push through in the months ahead of inauguration.

Asia Times Financial

Asian markets load up on risk but volatility looms

November 03 2020

“Joe Biden leads Donald Trump sizably in national polling, suggesting that the latter is likely to lose the popular vote in today’s election. But the US presidency is decided by the electoral college, not the popular vote, and on this basis, Biden’s lead is considerably smaller,” macro research fund BCA Research said in a note.

The Guardian

Markets plunge in uncertainty about a second term and a second wave

October 31 2020

As Dhaval Joshi, chief European strategist at BCA Research, says, consumers who cannot use their nose or mouth in close proximity to others are hardly consumers at all.