The US dollar has a strong run to end 2016. What’s up for 2017? The team at Morgan Stanley lists the Top 10 trades for the upcoming year:
Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:
USD has entered its last leg within a secular bull market. We expect USD to be driven by widening rate and investment return differentials.
USD strength should be front-loaded against low-yielding currencies, particularly JPY and KRW.
Later in the cycle we see USD strength broadening out with the help of rising US real rates, specifically hitting high-yielding currencies. Higher real rates should eventually tighten financial conditions, increasing the headwinds for the US economy and marking the turning point for USD after 1Q18.
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1) Long USD/JPY: Yield differentials driving outflows from Japan and higher inflation expectations.
2) Long USD/KRW: Diverging growth and monetary policy to increase outflows from Korea.
3) Short EUR/GBP: No new negative UK news allows the undervalued GBP to recover.
4) Long USD/NOK: Norway government’s slower fiscal support to make long NOK positions adjust.
5) Short AUD/CAD: Reflects the diverging US-China economic growth stories.
6) Short SGD/INR: Relative external sector dependence, China exposure and debt overhangs.
7) Long USD/CNH: RMB weakens from capital outflows and diverging monetary policy from the US.
8) Long BRL/COP: We expect reform momentum and high yields to cushion external risks.
9) Long RUB/ZAR: Continued tight monetary policy should help RUB outperform.
10) Long CHF/JPY: Yield differentials weaken JPY, while CHF is a good eurozone political risk hedge.
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