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China's sovereign wealth fund is said to slash risk-parity assets by about 50%
A sign of the times Adding that the move is to avoid the recent turmoil that hit all asset classes and that the fund started cutting positions around 10 March and completed the move within a few days. Amid the 'sell everything' mood in the market, risk-parity trades have had a rough time:
Trade ideas thread – European session 25 March 2020
Daily thread to exchange ideas and to share your thoughts The market has been brushing aside central bank and government action for the most part over the past three weeks but with the ECB launching a bazooka and the Fed going nuclear, it is getting a bit hard to ignore the recent interventions.
Reminder: UK CPI data release today is at 0700 GMT
The ONS has changed their schedule for market-sensitive economic data releases from 0930 GMT to 0700 GMT here ForexLive
European pre-market: Risk currencies lead the way
Risk is faring better as the US reaches a stimulus agreement ForexLive The dollar continues to sit at the bottom but is accompanied by the yen and franc on the day, as risk is keeping more optimistic to start European trading.
UK February CPI +1.7% vs +1.7% y/y expected
Latest data released by ONS – 25 March 2020 – +1.8% – CPI +0.4% vs +0.3% m/m expected – Prior -0.3% – Core CPI +1.7% vs +1.5% y/y expected – Prior +1.6% ForexLive
Reuters report Boeing plan to resume 737 Max production in May
Some news unrelated to coronavirus for a change. The aviation sector is not queuing up for new planes right now though. ForexLive
US Treasury Sec Mnuchin says continuing to work on coronavirus economic package
Mnuchin and Senate Dems leader Schuman – negotiations continue. CNN report — But, when is the vote? The latest is there will not be one this evening (US time)
Chatter about that Apple could begin re-opening some retail stores in the first half of April
Bloomberg report citing an internal Apple memo You'll recall Apple has closed all its stores globally (excluding China, which reopened in March after closure)
FOX: Trump, White House tells Wall Street execs the coronavirus lockdown may last beyond Easter
Fox citing unnamed sources for the report: Link here for more At his briefing earlier President Trump once again said he'd like to bring the economy fully back on line by Easter. There does seem to be a disconnect between what officials in this administration are saying and doing privately and what they are […]