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uSMART盈立智投 03-01 20:19

投資者在2月對通脹降溫和利率下調的押注被證明是錯誤的之後,他們按下了各類資產的賣出按鈕。從美股、固定收益到大宗商品,幾乎都從1月的強勁反彈中逆轉。截至週一,美國主要資產中回報率最好的是高收益債券,下跌了1.4%。緊隨其後的是美債和標普500指數,均下跌約2.5%;投資級債券下跌3.2%,大宗商品下跌5%。

雖然在其他時期特定行業的情況要糟糕得多,但2月各類資產普遍虧損的情況是值得注意的。在過去四十年裏,只有去年9月的表現比這個月差。

這種情況應歸咎於美國強於預期的經濟數據,它迫使各市場的交易員放棄了全球主要央行即將結束貨幣緊縮政策的預期。隨着越來越多的人意識到政策制定者可能會在未來幾個月保持鷹派立場,投資者幾乎拋售了所有金融資產,轉向現金以求避險。

PGIM Fixed Income的多行業投資組合經理Lindsay Rosner表示,利率在更長時間內維持更高水平的預期正在變成現實。美國最近的通脹數據給“感覺良好”的漲勢潑了一盆冷水,這就是總回報率上升、利差收窄的情形發生轉變的原因。

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這標誌着1月的情況發生了逆轉,當時投資者大量購買風險資產,如無利可圖的科技股和比特幣。全有或全無的賭注一直是疫情後市場的一個特徵,幾乎所有資產都與經濟新聞和央行政策密切相關,以至於它們共同發展成了大型宏觀交易。

週二法國和西班牙公佈的高通脹數據促使交易員首次將對歐洲央行峯值利率的押注提高至4%。與此同時,衍生品市場將美國利率定價爲今年最高達到5.4%,而一個月前約爲5%。債券投資者不再將美聯儲今年降息視爲近乎確定的押注,現在認爲其概率等同於擲硬幣。

政策預期的轉變打擊了固定收益市場,兩年期美債收益率躍升至2007年以來的最高水平。雖然更強勁的數據尤其是美國勞動力市場的數據緩解了人們對經濟衰退的擔憂,但這種風險仍然存在,至少債券交易員仍存有這樣的擔憂。2年期和10年期美債之間的收益率曲線是一個受到廣泛關注的潛在經濟衰退指標,本月倒掛幅度創40年來最高。

即使是經常被吹捧爲對衝通脹風險的大宗商品也無法逃脫利率上升的影響。油價在九個月內連續第八個月下滑,而黃金則遭遇了2021年6月以來的最差表現。

在最初抵抗利率壓力之後,股票多頭終於注意到情況不妙。標普500指數連續三週下跌,2月的跌幅抹去了上月近一半的漲幅。

G Squared Private Wealth創始合夥人兼首席投資官Victoria Greene在一份報告中寫道,1月美股出現的漲幅,2月一直在回吐。財報季即將結束,未來幾周美股將更多地受到經濟數據的推動。

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