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At the margin Brexit only serves to reinforce the divergences in global growth that were already in place. Maintain duration at benchmark and look to increase duration exposure on any meaningful back-up in Treasury yields. Corporate spreads are still not attractive, but any Brexit related sell-off could present an opportunity to initiate a tactical overweight.
The health care sector is poised to resume its bull market, but the character of the rally will change. Sell hospitals and buy biotech.
The U.K. vote is a major blow to the cause of European integration. Fears that "others are next" are likely to put upward pressure on peripheral European bond yields, potentially setting the stage for a self-fulfilling debt crisis. Risk assets are likely to recover some of today's losses over the coming trading days, but the risk to equity prices is now to the downside. Investors should assume a more cautious stance.
Special Report The people have spoken: they want the U.K. out of the EU. The political and economic uncertainty will weigh on the pound and European currencies, which will help the dollar. Commodity currencies are proving resilient, sniffing out a wave of reflation. The G7 gave Japan a green light to intervene. Buy gold in yen terms.
Bank Credit Analyst If the U.K. ultimately exits the EU, it will be a major break in the 70 years of European integration. Multipolarity will be reinforced, increasing global geopolitical risk. We expect global risk assets to start taking cues from Europe, not the Fed and China. However, risks of N-Exit - that other EU member states follow suit - may be overstated.
Equity and Treasury market positioning support the notion of a bounce in risk assets, possibly egged on by dollar weakness.
Among the myriad of troubling signs for the global economy, some developments on the inventory and deflationary fronts could point to a brighter future. While still not our base case, those factors need to be monitored. With Brexit over and done with, we are reshuffling our GBP portfolio. Remain bullish EUR/USD. Go short CAD/NOK.