Gov Sovereigns/Treasurys

Feature Over the past months, we have seen a potent bout of volatility in developed government bond markets, as investors have tried to assess the “lift-off” dates for central bank hiking cycles and the speed and cumulative degree of eventual monetary…

Highlights There are a few consistencies with the dollar breakout. Global growth is peaking and the risk of a significant slowdown early next year has risen. As a momentum currency, further gains in the DXY remain very high in the near term. We are…

Highlights Fed: The Fed is embroiled in a debate about whether to move more quickly toward rate hikes. Our expectation is that the Fed will remain relatively dovish unless 5-year/5-year forward inflation expectations show signs of breaking out. We…

Highlights Expectations for monetary policy in Australia have turned aggressively hawkish over the past month, with markets now discounting multiple rate hikes next year. This pricing defies guidance from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which calls…

Highlights On a 2-3 year horizon, stay overweight the US stock market, in absolute terms and relative to the non-US stock market… …and stay overweight the US dollar. A good model for the US stock market is the 30-year T-bond price multiplied by US…

Dear Client, The next two BCA Research Global Fixed Income Strategy reports will be jointly published with other BCA services, which will impact the publishing dates. Our next report will be a joint Special Report on Australia, published with our…

Dear Client, This week, the US Bond Strategy service is hosting its Quarterly Webcast (November 16 at 10:00 AM EST, 15:00 PM GMT, 16:00 PM CET and November 17 at 9:00 HKT, 11:00 AEST). In addition, we are sending this Quarterly Chartpack that provides a…

Highlights Despite strong economic activity throughout most of 2021, economic surprises have decreased considerably. This helped the US equity market outperform Europe. It also significantly contributed to the euro’s depreciation versus the dollar. Even…

Highlights There is a high risk of a global demand shortfall in 2022. This is because consumer demand for services will remain well below its pre-pandemic trend… …while the recent booming demand for goods is crashing back to earth. Stay overweight 30-…