MAIA: High Bar For ECB Surprise, Alphabet CAPEX In Focus: 3 Minutes MLIV
Speakers
Adam Linton
— Markets Live Strategist, Bloomberg
Summary
Adam Linton discusses the ECB meeting outlook with no rate move priced, Alphabet's CapEx spending sparking market scrutiny, a near-term preference for chip stocks and European value equities, and a USD/JPY call targeting a grind to 165 unless the BOJ accelerates hikes.
- ECB meeting unlikely to deliver a surprise move; markets comfortable with terminal rate despite energy price swings.
- Alphabet's CapEx and free cash flow guidance bring scrutiny, with the stock awaiting the cash market open for further direction.
- Chip names are unambiguously positive in the tech trade, supported by overnight outperformance in Asia.
- European equities are favored as a steadier value bet amid tech noise.
- USD/JPY may grind toward 165 unless the BOJ hikes more aggressively and Fed rate expectations ease.
- Intel results are noted as a potential near-term catalyst but no explicit view is given.
Ideas
Chip stocks are strongly positive today.
The tech trade today is unambiguously positive to chip names, driven by overnight outperformance in Asia, and despite noise in other tech areas, chip names are getting bid.
Europe offers a steadier value bet.
Amid noise in the tech trade, a steadier approach is to prefer value over growth, and Europe looks like a better bet as a more stable allocation.
USD/JPY grinding to 165 without BOJ action.
USD/JPY will grind steadily toward 165 unless the BOJ delivers more serious rate hikes and Fed rate expectations ease off, as the current path of moderate BOJ action and higher Fed pricing supports further dollar strength against the yen.
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