This could soon change if
the equity rout continues and investors seek out safe - haven currencies, says Jasper Lawler, a senior market analyst at FX broker London Capital Group (LCG).
Was
it the equity rout in Chinese shares that has accelerated the commodity price decline?
On Monday, investors rushed into Treasuries as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average nosedived more than 4 percent - reversing a move on Friday when a spike in bond yields, which move inversely to prices, triggered
an equity rout.
«The Swedish crown is also being held back by less risk appetite following last week's
equity rout, so people are cautious.»
Not exact matches
Bonds typically provide shelter when
equities sell off — but they didn't in the February
rout.
But unlike the 2011
rout, sparked by the eurozone debt crisis, the sudden collapse of global
equities markets that began last week is all about China — which makes it all the more unnerving since few have a good grasp on how the world's most important emerging economy actually works.
Amid an intensification in the global stock market
rout, tell us where you think global
equity markets are headed from here.
AMC Entertainment, Wanda Cinema Line Co. and Wanda's Hong Kong - listed commercial real estate unit have seen their shares fall in recent months amid the recent China - led
rout in
equity markets.
European stocks were more than 4.7 percent in the red after Asian shares slumped to 3 - year lows as a three month - long
rout in Chinese
equities threatened to get out of hand.
He also noted that it is a very poor time to buy corporate bonds (high yield bond index yield 4.93 %) and Gundlach sees a negative return for the S&P in 2018 as the rates
rout eventually gives the
equity market the yips.
The
rout that erased $ 2.9 trillion from U.S.
equities has pushed valuations in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index 25 percent below the average level from the last nine recessions, even as profit estimates fall.
In short, using competitive
equity - based divisions has merit because it should lesson the odds of experiencing one of the least enjoyable aspects of high school sports and that's the opening - round playoff
rout.
They appear to have scaled back their exposure to
equities just in time to escape the worst of the late - August
rout.
He also noted that it is a very poor time to buy corporate bonds (high yield bond index yield 4.93 %) and Gundlach sees a negative return for the S&P in 2018 as the rates
rout eventually gives the
equity market the yips.