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Bottom-line: 달러 지수는 11월 한달 간 금융위기 이후 최대치로 하락했으며, 12월도 2표준편차 이상의 가격 움직임으로 시작함. 이와 같은 움직임 전에 연기금 펀드, 보험사 펀드 및 기관 펀드가 1년 6개월 만에 처음으로 달러에 대한 순매도 포지션을 구축했었다는 점이 흥미로우며, 최근에 레버리지 펀드도 순매도자로 전환했음. 비록 현재 순매도 포지션 금액이 크다고 할 순 없지만, 추가적으로 달러 약세 방향에 얼마나 더 베팅하게 될지 지속 관찰할 가치가 있음. The ferocity of the turnaround in the dollar is certainly eye-catching. November saw the biggest monthly drop since the Global Financial Crisis, and December opened with a two-standard deviation drop. Just how far it will fall will depend as much on the change in positioning as it will on momentum and rates differentials. Commitment of traders data show that pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors have amassed their largest net-short position on the greenback in nearly a year and a half -- and that’s before the latest declines. What’s interesting now, as the chart by Naomi Tajitsu shows, is that leveraged funds also turned net sellers. Such funds can be highly influential in driving rallies, but are also very fickle when momentum shifts. Their additional risk exposure makes them skittish. As my colleague, Cameron Crise, points out, though, FX contracts come in different dollar values -- and at -$3 billion, the short exposure at the last reading was not huge. Momentum, then, may well be on the bears side, but it’ll be interesting to see how much risk they’re taking on.

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Bottom-line: 북경 내 인구 밀집도가 높은 지역에서부터 경미한 증상의 바이러스 환자에 대한 자택격리를 선택할 수 있도록 허용할 수 있다고 함. 비공식적이지만 현재 모든 환자가 시설 격리를 해야 하는 현행에서 완화 된 지침으로 인구 350만명의 차오양 지역에서부터 보다 널리 확대되어 표준이 될 수도 있을 것임. Beijing will allow some virus-infected people to isolate at home, starting with residents of the city’s most-populous district, a landmark shift that reflects the pressure officials are under from a record outbreak and public opposition to Covid Zero. Low-risk patients can do home isolation for a week if they choose, people familiar with the plans said, dialing back a nationwide policy that has seen everyone with Covid sent to government quarantine sites regardless of severity, to halt transmission chains. The shift has already begun in Chaoyang district -- home to some 3.5 million people as well as foreign embassies and company offices -- and it will act as an example for other districts to follow, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing an order that’s not yet public.

Bottom-line: 다우산업지수가 9월 저점 대비 20% 이상 상승하며 강세장 영역에 진입했고, 채권시장 거래자들은 중앙은행의 최종금리 예상을 5% 밑으로 낮췄음. 파월 의장은 여전한 인플레이션 불확실성에 따라 50bp라는 금리인상폭 축소보다 추가적인 인상이 얼마나 더 필요한지와 해당 금리수준을 어느 정도까지 유지할지가 보다 중요한 문제라 강조함. 이는 긴축주기가 끝나기엔 더 많은 증거를 필요로 한단 것이나 시장은 예상 된 범위의 발언에 긍정적 가격 반응을 함. A Fed downshift looks imminent, but the tightening cycle is far from over. Jerome Powell signaled the FOMC will hike by 50 bps next month, and said smaller increases are less important than the questions of how much further to go and for how long. Officials need "substantially more evidence" to ensure prices are moderating, the chair added. "The path ahead for inflation remains highly uncertain." Bond traders dialed back their peak rate expectations to below 5%. Stocks roared back on Powell's comments, pushing the S&P 500 to a two-month high as it notched its longest monthly winning streak since August 2021. The DJIA entered a bull market, rising 20% from its September low.

Hiring at US companies cooled in November to the slowest pace in nearly two years and wage gains moderated, suggesting employers may be starting to hit the brakes amid a darkening economic outlook.

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Bottom-line: 미국 상장 중국 주식이 이번 달 30% 이상 상승하면서 전월의 25% 하락을 매섭게 회복했을 뿐 아니라, 2001년 집계 이후 최고의 월간 수익률을 기록했음. 이는 중국이 11월 11일 바이러스 억제정책 완화에 대한 지침이 시작 된 이후 전일 고령자에 대한 백신 접종을 강화하겠다고 구체적인 내용을 하나씩 밝히면서 투자자들의 긍정적 심리를 이끌었기 때문임. 이와 같은 바이러스 억제정책 완화 뿐만 아니라 경제 및 부동산 관련 지원 정책까지 발표됐고, 예상보다 덜 나쁜 성장 기업들의 실적도 전세계 투자자들이 중국 주식에 대한 보다 긍정적 시각을 가지게 하는데 도움이 되었음. 모건스탠리 전략가는 경제재개를 향하는 길이 순탄치는 않겠지만 그 경로를 이탈하진 않을 것이라고 보고서를 통해 밝혔음. US-listed Chinese stocks are on track for the best month ever as investors grow more encouraged about a potential shift away from the strict pandemic policies that have slowed the economy. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index surged 5.1% on Tuesday after Beijing vowed to speed up Covid shots for the elderly, which is seen as a critical step toward allowing the nation to abandon its Covid Zero policy. The gain leaves the benchmark of US-listed Chinese shares up 30% this month, a dramatic turnaround from October’s 25% plunge and the biggest monthly advance since the data begin in 2001. Chinese stocks in Hong Kong also rose, pushing the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up over 6% Tuesday and putting it on track for the best month since 2003. Global investors have become more positive about Chinese equities as Beijing pares back some Covid restrictions and puts forward measures to support the economy and the housing sector. Better-than-expected earnings report from major Internet companies have also helped. “We think the path towards reopening is set to be bumpy but not derailing,” Morgan Stanley strategist Laura Wang wrote in a note to clients. The direction was established by the Nov. 11 relaxation of Covid guidelines and reinforced by the latest statement detailing the plan for boosting vaccinations among the elderly, according to the note.