Noise vs US Tech derating - Our weekly cross-asset views
A bit of rest this week on risk assets, with less noise and not some much trends. As of Thursday, the MSCI World $ was up 0.4%, US High Yield spreads were down 8bps, and implied volatility was stable or modestly down across assets. Geographical dispersion in bonds does not abate, with JGBs and Gilts bull steepening, a rather unchanged EUR curve, and a bear flattening of USTs. Our Risk Perception Index fell 5 points to 40. Within equities, Europe and EM LatAm have outperformed this week. Contrary to Europe, US short-term skew has increased; dispersion has fallen this week, but implied correlati...