Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist, Steno Research

Andreas Steno

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

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<ul><li>Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘5 Things We Watch’, where we take you through 5 things that we have found particularly interesting in the past week.</li><li>Yesterday we launched the first of a couple of articles focusing on the current business cycle, giving our best guess on where in the cycle we are, what markets are pricing in and most importantly – what will happen next.</li><li>The full articles regarding the business cycle and how different asset classes are positioned for it will be released throughout the week for premium subscribers.</li></ul>

Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘5 Things We Watch’, where we take you through 5 things that we have found particularly interesting in the past week.Yesterday we launched the first of a couple of articles focusing on the current business cycle, giving our best guess on where in the cycle we are, what markets are pricing in and most importantly – what will happen next.The full articles regarding the business cycle and how different asset classes are positioned for it will be released throughout the week for premium subscribers.

5 Things We Watch – PMIs, FX, Japan, Brazil, Inflation

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Technical Analysis

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<li>End of May call to buy the USD vs Euro and JPY and rolled into USD longs vs NZD, CNH, KRW and ZAR. USD rally momentum expanding with EM ignition.</li>
<li>DXY saw a more impulsive push as US yields attempt new chart highs. Gains are expected to accelerate going into the Fed.</li>
<li>EM FX is the space to rotate into USD longs given the lag to register secondary lows. Explosive moves are likely.</li>
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End of May call to buy the USD vs Euro and JPY and rolled into USD longs vs NZD, CNH, KRW and ZAR. USD rally momentum expanding with EM ignition.
DXY saw a more impulsive push as US yields attempt new chart highs. Gains are expected to accelerate going into the Fed.
EM FX is the space to rotate into USD longs given the lag to register secondary lows. Explosive moves are likely.


USD Punch Higher Ahead of the Fed and Where to Rotate

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FX & Rates

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<li>Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 Feb has generated much uncertainty and financial market volatility, including in FX markets. </li>
<li>Some asset prices have moved broadly as “expected”, with Rouble, Euro and global equities down and Dollar,  gold and fossil fuel prices up. </li>
<li>But other asset prices have been range bound in past fortnight, including S&amp;P 500, Treasury yields and a number of Asian currencies, or held their own (AUD and NZD).</li>
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Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 Feb has generated much uncertainty and financial market volatility, including in FX markets. 
Some asset prices have moved broadly as “expected”, with Rouble, Euro and global equities down and Dollar,  gold and fossil fuel prices up. 
But other asset prices have been range bound in past fortnight, including S&amp;P 500, Treasury yields and a number of Asian currencies, or held their own (AUD and NZD).


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Shyam Devani

Founder & Chief Market Strategist - SAV Markets

This note takes a thorough look, through a technical lens, of major JPY crosses as nearly all show bullish breakouts across the board.When seen in conjunction with rising yields, higher commodity prices, and stable stocks, we get a fuller picture of the reflationary trends that have re-emerged across markets except in Japan where deflationary concerns (even in the face of rising wholesale prices) are never far away. This keeps the JPY the favoured funding currency, as usual.Keep in mind that US yields are likely to continue higher still – the target for US 5-year yield is 1.80% which will probably take a few months to achieve. Such a development would most likely put US 10-year yield well above 2.00%.The only trend, at this juncture, that is beginning to look mature is the rally in Brent Crude, which has effectively met the $85 target area that has been in place for over a month. That does not mean we will reverse but instead could slow down or consolidate ahead of big levels just below $90.

This note takes a thorough look, through a technical lens, of major JPY crosses as nearly all show bullish breakouts across the board.When seen in conjunction with rising yields, higher commodity prices, and stable stocks, we get a fuller picture of the reflationary trends that have re-emerged across markets except in Japan where deflationary concerns (even in the face of rising wholesale prices) are never far away. This keeps the JPY the favoured funding currency, as usual.Keep in mind that US yields are likely to continue higher still – the target for US 5-year yield is 1.80% which will probably take a few months to achieve. Such a development would most likely put US 10-year yield well above 2.00%.The only trend, at this juncture, that is beginning to look mature is the rally in Brent Crude, which has effectively met the $85 target area that has been in place for over a month. That does not mean we will reverse but instead could slow down or consolidate ahead of big levels just below $90.

In the past couple of months governments in Asia-Pacific have materially accelerated the administration of Covid-19 vaccines.But because of low starting points, vaccination rates remain low compared to the EU, US and UK and even a number EM economies (including Turkey). The exceptions are Korea, Malaysia and Japan which have now administered a similar number of doses per capita as the US, while Singapore has pulled further ahead. In countries where governments started to vaccinate early such as the US and in particular the UK, vaccine roll-outs have slowed materially in the past nine weeks. These countries are taking additional measures to encourage those not yet vaccinated to do so and there is talk of jabs for under-18s and of booster jabs at least for the most vulnerable.The picture for the increase in Covid-19 deaths since early July is even more granular. In countries where governments started vaccinating early and now have high rates of vaccination, including the UK, US and EU, the number of deaths has perhaps unsurprisingly increased only marginally. The rate of increase and total number of deaths remain negligible in New Zealand despite a sill modest vaccination roll-out. It has to varying degrees been a similar situation in Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.The increase in deaths has also been modest in India and Philippines, albeit from a higher starting point. The increase in deaths has been far higher in Indonesia, Malaysia and in particular Thailand.  Vaccination rates are a critical variable from a health and economic perspective but their direct impact on currencies has been mixed.New Zealand Dollar has outperformed but is not particularly expensive in our view. Going forward we would expect it to remain well supported even if still vulnerable to pull-backs.

In the past couple of months governments in Asia-Pacific have materially accelerated the administration of Covid-19 vaccines.But because of low starting points, vaccination rates remain low compared to the EU, US and UK and even a number EM economies (including Turkey). The exceptions are Korea, Malaysia and Japan which have now administered a similar number of doses per capita as the US, while Singapore has pulled further ahead. In countries where governments started to vaccinate early such as the US and in particular the UK, vaccine roll-outs have slowed materially in the past nine weeks. These countries are taking additional measures to encourage those not yet vaccinated to do so and there is talk of jabs for under-18s and of booster jabs at least for the most vulnerable.The picture for the increase in Covid-19 deaths since early July is even more granular. In countries where governments started vaccinating early and now have high rates of vaccination, including the UK, US and EU, the number of deaths has perhaps unsurprisingly increased only marginally. The rate of increase and total number of deaths remain negligible in New Zealand despite a sill modest vaccination roll-out. It has to varying degrees been a similar situation in Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.The increase in deaths has also been modest in India and Philippines, albeit from a higher starting point. The increase in deaths has been far higher in Indonesia, Malaysia and in particular Thailand.  Vaccination rates are a critical variable from a health and economic perspective but their direct impact on currencies has been mixed.New Zealand Dollar has outperformed but is not particularly expensive in our view. Going forward we would expect it to remain well supported even if still vulnerable to pull-backs.

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