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Rochester: Trump Escalates to De-Escalate
Asian shares edged higher on the back of US-China trade talks as officials struck a positive tone after the first day of negotiations. Jordan Rochester, Head of EMEA FICC Strategy at Mizuho spoke to Bloomberg's Lizzy Burden on Horizons Middle East and Africa on the market reaction to President Trump's tariffs plan.
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Single Best Idea: Rochester & Lazar
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14-04-2025
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The Euro Is Emerging as Alternative Safe Haven Along With Bunds
(Bloomberg) — The euro's fastest rally in a decade and a half is gaining traction, with traders betting on a move to $1.20 and strategists scrambling to update their forecasts. The Secret Formula for Faster Trains NYC Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Hudson River, Killing Six Even Oslo Has an Air Quality Problem Inside the Quiet, Extravagant Expansion of the Frick Collection Lisbon Mayor Wants Companies to Help Fix City's Housing Shortage Europe's common currency hit its strongest level in three years at the end of last week as economic uncertainty radiating from US tariff policy raised questions about the dollar's traditional haven role. Three out of four options contracts bought Friday were for more euro gains, according to data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. Traders say hedge funds are targeting a move to $1.20. And strategists at Mizuho International Plc see rising odds that the currency hits that level — the highest since mid-2021 — in the coming months. 'The FX market is long euros, but structural diversification flows will make this a theme many will jump on,' said Jordan Rochester, head of macro strategy for EMEA at Mizuho International Plc. 'My upside risk of $1.15–$1.20 this year is quickly becoming a base case.' US Bonds Have Never Lost Out This Much to Bunds in a Rout The euro is emerging as a prime beneficiary of greenback weakness as investors reassess the dollar's role in the global financial system after President Donald Trump whipsawed markets with his tariffs rollout and took the trade war with China to a new level. Germany's Finance Minister said on Friday that governments should seize on the chance to give the euro more weight in global commerce. Now, strategists are assessing where the common currency goes next after its two-day jump of almost 4%, from $1.10 to nearly $1.15. The euro was trading 0.5% higher at $1.1413 as of 7:45 a.m. in London. So far, none of the 51 respondents in Bloomberg's FX poll are forecasting the euro to climb above $1.15 this year, but two Europe-based traders described large volumes going through on Friday that seek to benefit from further euro gains. Hedge funds are targeting a move to $1.20 over the next three to six months, they said. Friday saw the second-largest volumes ever for euro options, according to the DTCC data. Positioning for euro strength in the options market has accelerated sharply. So-called risk reversals — a barometer of market sentiment that measures demand for contracts to buy or sell the currency — surged last week, with one-week contracts showing the highest skew toward a euro rally in five years. Volatility also jumped, closing at the third-highest since 2010. Leveraged and institutional traders were long the euro by the most in six months as of April 8, according to CFTC positioning data. Structural Forces There are key structural forces underpinning the euro's gains. The extra spending anticipated from Germany after its historic move to loosen its fiscal rules is seen buttressing the euro-area in the event of a global downturn. Meanwhile, tariffs — whatever level they're eventually set at — will reduce Europe's trade surplus with the US, meaning less revenue gets invested back into dollar assets. What Bloomberg strategists say... 'The euro looks set to punch through levels that few would have envisaged at the start of the year. The big question for European traders, though, is how much of currency strength is welcome for the region's central banks given that they hardly want economic conditions to tighten when they are already concerned about prospects for economic growth.' —Ven Ram, Macro Strategist, Dubai To be sure, it's not clear the currency can maintain the searing pace of recent days. Credit Agricole SA's Valentin Marinov calls the euro-dollar pair 'excessively overbought' and the French bank's positioning model has switched to a short stance on the euro. And Erik Nelson, macro strategist at Wells Fargo, warns that further strength in the euro won't come without speed bumps. Any reserve-currency rotation 'happens over months and quarters — not days,' he said. But there's no question that the currency has inherited some of the dollar's traditional role as a refuge as questions mount over the US economy and, by extension, the greenback. The World Is Finding a Plausible Alternative to Treasuries Once treated primarily as a risk asset, the euro has lately been rallying on news good and bad, according to Van Luu, global head of currencies at Russell Investments. 'I do see a structural shift that favors the euro in the medium term within the context of what's a safe haven and what's not.' The Beauty Salon Recession Indicator Trump Is Firing the Wrong People, on Purpose World Travelers Are Rethinking Vacation Plans to the US How One MBA Grad Blew the Whistle on a $2 Billion Deal Cheap Consumer Goods Are the American Dream, Actually ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
