Some old and new global risks, other than coronavirus, have been (re-)emerging in recent weeks. US-China relation is heading another step towards cold war with US President Donald Trump's new set of measures against China announced on Friday. Unrest that started in Minneapolis quickly spread from Los Angeles to Miami to Chicago, with a "I can't breathe" movement. Brexit negotiations continue to head nowhere. There is no noticeable improvement in coronavirus containment in Brazil, Mexico, nor Russia. But these risks weren't much reflected in the financial markets. Instead, Australian Dollar ended last week as the strongest one, with much strength seen New Zealand Dollar and Canadian too. Euro was the second strongest as traders cheered the Next Generation EU recovery plan. On the other hand, Yen, Dollar and Swiss Franc were the worst performing ones. The Dollar index is now sitting in an important near term support zone and should reveal whether it's ready to reverse the medium term soon. As for risk markets, there won't be any sign of topping unless until some near term support levels are taken out firmly. |
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