Forex Market Analysis: French Debt Concerns for EUR/USD

by VT Markets

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Jun 18, 2024

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CURRENCIES

Euro (EUR/USD) analysis:

• Focus shifts to Europe, particularly France, ahead of elections.
• Uncertainty surrounds whether the ECB will act to calm widening bond spreads given France’s debt load.
• EUR/USD fails to capitalize on Monday’s reprieve; downside risks remain.
• Analysis uses chart patterns and key support and resistance levels. For more details, visit our comprehensive education library.

Will the ECB act to calm widening bond spreads?

• With major US data and the FOMC decisions behind us, attention returns to Europe and France.
• France is in the spotlight as the campaign for the parliamentary elections on June 30th intensifies.
• Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party’s rising popularity has unsettled markets, seeking stability and certainty.
• French-German bond spreads highlight the risk premium for nations like Italy and France, with investors favoring safer German bonds.
• ECB’s Chief Economist, Philip Lane, described the recent bond market move as a ‘repricing’ rather than ‘disorderly market dynamics.’
• The ECB has a tool to counter unwarranted bond market fragmentation, but France’s debt-to-GDP ratio of over 110% may complicate qualification for assistance.

EUR/USD attempts to hold 1.0700, but downside risks persist:

• On Monday, EUR/USD tried to lift off the 1.0700 level, but downside risks remain.
• Price action trades below the 200 simple moving average, indicating a potential retest of 1.0700.
• Major support levels are at 1.0600 and possibly 1.0450, the low of the major 2023 decline.
• EU inflation data showed a slight uptick in May, but overall decline continues.
• ZEW economic sentiment disappointed with a reading of 47.5, below expectations of 50 but slightly improved from last month’s 47.1.
• Inflation expectations increased following the slightly hotter May print.

STOCK MARKET

Market projections:

• Evercore’s bull scenario sees the S&P 500 reaching 7,000 by the end of next year.
• The bear scenario could see the index fall to 4,750.
• Emanuel emphasizes the necessity for investors to have an AI strategy.

AI as a market driver:

• AI has been the most significant catalyst pushing markets higher over the past year.
• Despite delayed Federal Reserve rate cuts and slow inflation return, the US economy outperformed expectations.
• Emanuel expects increased volatility as AI continues to drive the bull market.

Strategic recommendations:

• Emanuel recommends a “strangle” options position on the Nasdaq, buying calls and puts at prices higher and lower than current prices, respectively.
• The essential takeaway is the need for an AI trade strategy.
• Possible portfolio tilts include “AI Revolutionaries” and “Small Cap Standouts.”

Importance of an AI strategy:

• Portfolio managers must integrate AI into their process and cannot afford to dismiss the AI discussion.
• In 2023, investors expected a recession and stock market downturn but were surprised by a strong AI-driven rally.
• By June 2024, excuses for missing the AI rally have worn thin.

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