The anticipated market stabilization didn't happen last week. Instead, despite massive monetary and fiscal stimulus, stocks around the world still ended sharply lower. Nevertheless, as stocks are showing sign of loss of downside momentum. Treasury yield has somewhat stabilized in range. We'd see that the rock bottom in investor sentiment should be around the corner. In particular, it would be a big relief if coronavirus spread in Europe begins to slow, while situation in the US would be contained. But that's still two big "ifs". In the currency markets, Dollar ended as the strongest one, followed by Yen and Swiss Franc. The strong rally in Dollar Index and break of 1.0777 low in EUR/USD are important developments that point to more upside in the greenback ahead. On the other hand, Australian Dollar ended as the worst performing one, followed by New Zealand. Parity in AUD/NZD would be the make or break point for Aussie. |
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