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The post-COVID inflation impacted the most important cross-asset relationship: the stock-bond correlation. Higher inflation expectations pushed yields higher, leading to a correction in bond and stock prices. As price pressures receded, bond yields fell and…

In most developed economies, rising inflation expectations will lift them further above the 2 percent target, limiting the scope for further interest rate cuts. But in Japan, rising inflation expectations will lift them up to the BoJ’s 2 percent target, removing the BoJ’s justification for its zero-interest rate policy. The normalisation of Japan’s monetary policy poses a big structural risk to stocks because Japan has been the main source of financial market liquidity, and thereby, of rising stock market valuations. From a timing perspective though, wait until the complexities of the price trends in USD/JPY and/or Nasdaq versus 30-year T-bond have collapsed. Plus: go tactically long copper.

Our GeoMacro strategists published their Alpha Report, outlining their view that President Trump will have to pare back his fiscal ambitions to avoid a bond market riot. The long end of the US bond market continues to sell off, reinforcing our…

Our Portfolio Allocation Summary for January 2025. 

Job openings once again beat expectations in November, increasing to 8.1m from 7.8m in October. However, hires and quits decreased and layoffs increased. The gap between quits and layoffs, a leading indicator of labor market demand, ticked down. The jobs gap,…
The euro broke the support level of its 2-year trading range against the USD, extending the strong dollar trend witnessed since September of last year. This trend will continue in Q1 2025. Despite global yields rallying in late 2024, the Bund-Treasury…
Our US Bond Strategy team published their outlook for the Fed in 2025. They expect more cuts than the 50 bps signaled by the Fed at its December meeting. Core PCE inflation is tracking well below the Fed’s 2.5% forecast, while unemployment could exceed…
The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, core PCE, came in below expectations at 0.1% m/m in November, remaining steady at 2.8% y/y. The monthly advance was the lowest since May. The inflation deceleration was broad-based. Core services inflation increased…
The November UK CPI, in line with estimates, hit an eight-month high, accelerating from 2.3% y/y to 2.6%. Core and services inflation were also strong at 3.5% (vs. 3.3% in October) and 5.0% (flat from October), respectively.  Services inflation…