I live in South Africa where our currency has been slammed this year due to poor economic prospects ahead, a bad political landscape, and also less
global appetite for risk.
Not exact matches
A rise in U.S. government borrowing costs to their highest since 2013 this week has tempered some investor
appetite for risk, but analysts said Brent crude futures, the
global benchmark, may yet rise toward new 2018 peaks above $ 75 a barrel.
BI: Which developments in
global financial markets, if any, would you flag as most concerning
for risk appetite?
Carry trades are popular when there is ample
risk appetite, but if the financial environment changes abruptly and speculators are forced to unwind their carry trades, this can have negative consequences
for the
global economy.
A gap down would complete the pattern and potentially carry all sorts of implications and potential meaning
for global markets and
risk appetites.
Reflecting the ongoing improvement in investor sentiment and
appetite for risk in
global debt markets, corporate spreads have continued to fall over recent months.
This year, based on the
Global Investor Pulse survey results, investors» moderate
risk appetite coupled with their desire
for safeguarded capital could mean ongoing demand
for bonds, assuming investors are comfortable with low yields.
In our last letter, we noted our expectations
for 2013: that investors»
risk appetites would gradually return and become more discerning, lifting
global stock markets generally.