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Thursday, May 16th, 2019 Categories: China, Emerging Markets, FX rates, United States, Volatility
EM equity weakness may cause FX volatility to surge
So far, most of the damage inflicted by US/China trade tensions has been on EM Equities. Our models suggest they peaked over a month ago and there is no support until we get well into underweight territory. The danger is that equity weakness turns into FX volatility, affecting EMs and DMs. We know this is always dangerous for risk assets in general.