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25 Sep 2023

25 Sep 2023

Bond yields bounce back

• Bond yields. Long-end yields jumped up overnight. US 10yr around its highest since Q4 ’07. This & soft Eurozone growth supported the USD. EUR sub 1.06.• Mixed messages. AUD/USD lost a little ground yesterday, but AUD outperformed its European peers. Positioning metrics appear quite ‘net short’ AUD.• AUD events. Monthly AU CPI indicator due tomorrow & retail sales released on Thursday. Various factors point to a re-acceleration in inflation. After easing slightly at the end of last week bond yields jumped back up overnight, led by moves at the long-end of the curve. German and UK 10yr yields rose...

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25 Sep 2023

Weapons of mass disruption

In 1939, after the Soviets invaded Poland, Winston Churchill told radio audiences, “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.”  We find ourselves in a similar position. We cannot predict what Russia will do in the coming days, let alone the coming months. We’re not even sure the key is Russian national interest: Vladimir Putin’s actions in recent years would suggest he is driven by other motives.  We worry, however, that the world looks increasingly vulnerable...

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25 Sep 2023

Markets turn negative as threat environment worsens

Markets are back on the warpath this morning, pushing Treasury yields and the dollar toward cyclical peaks. The US ten-year is holding near 16-year highs, the trade-weighted greenback is at its strongest levels in six months, risk-sensitive currencies are retreating, and global oil benchmarks keep pushing toward the $100 per barrel mark. Two major factors are bolstering the US exceptionalism trade: strong domestic demand numbers are forcing investors to capitulate in the face of the Federal Reserve’s higher-for-longer mantra, and risk-reward ratios in other currencies are worsening as soaring oil prices threaten to raise costs in the major energy importing regions. And...

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