Category: BofA
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BofA notes more balanced G10 FX positioning, flags risks By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) provided insights into the current state of G10 FX positions, noting that they are more balanced than at the end of Q2. However, the bank also highlighted some continued weaknesses, particularly in hedge funds’ long positions in US dollars. According to Bank of America, demand for…
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BofA expects renewed Swiss franc weakness amid SNB action By Investing.com
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Bank of America Securities analysts highlighted the Swiss National Bank’s recent intervention in foreign exchange markets, which was aimed at weakening the Swiss franc amid significant market turmoil. Bank of America expects further depreciation of the Swiss franc, as the real effective exchange rate has largely recovered from its decline…
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BofA: What we expect from next week’s US July inflation print
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US Consumer Price Index yy Bank of America expects a partial reversal of the June inflation surprise in the upcoming July CPI report, with modest increases in both headline and core CPI expected, which could influence the Fed’s decision to cut interest rates in September. Key points: Expected CPI: Monthly…
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The dollar tends to be higher from now until Nov. 5 during election years – BofA (DXY)
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ImagePixel/iStock via Getty Images Dollar (DixieThe price usually tends to rise between now and US election day. According to the BofA Securities Technical Advantage report, the average trend (nine out of 13 times) was up 2.5%, peaking ten days before Election Day, at 2.84%. Strategist Paul Ciana wrote that from…
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India cenbank may prefer mild rupee weakness to correct overvaluation, BofA says By Reuters
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India may allow the rupee to weaken slightly to ease a slightly elevated real effective exchange rate and keep the South Asian currency “competitive”, Bank of America Securities said in a note on Thursday. This “supports the government’s ambitions to attract large-scale manufacturing…
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BofA sees EUR/USD parity as a rare event, ‘unlikely’ to happen By Investing.com
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Analysts at Bank of America noted that while some market watchers continue to speculate that the exchange rate could reach parity, such an event is considered rare and short-lived historically. They pointed to a chart showing that, with the exception of the dot-com bubble burst, the probability of a currency…
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BofA: A brief and recent history of US FX policy
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In the post-Bretton Woods era, US interventions in foreign exchange markets have become rare in the twenty-first century. Under the influence of the Plaza and Louvre Accords, US foreign exchange policy evolved under the “strong dollar” stance adopted by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in the 1990s. Interventions have been limited…
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BofA expects a Dec rate cut from Fed
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Top U.S. regulators find shortcomings in living wills of JPMorgan, BofA, Goldman, Citi
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Editorial LewisTsePuiLung/iStock via Getty Images The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday they had identified deficiencies in JPMorgan Chase’s so-called living will plans (New York Stock Exchange: JPM), Goldman Sachs (New York Stock Exchange: A), American bank (New York Stock Exchange: PAC(Citigroup)New York Stock Exchange: CAccording…
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Cruise stocks fall as BofA sees modest softness in prices By Investing.com
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Cruise line inventory Royal Caribbean (NYSE:), Carnival Corp. declined. (NYSE:), Danish Cruise Line (NYSE:), and Viking Holdings (VIK) on Friday after Bank of America analysts said in a note they see a modest decline in cruise prices. RCL stock fell more than 5%, while CCL stock fell more than 8%.…
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Why is the fiscal impulse fading despite ‘unsustainable’ deficits? BofA discusses By Investing.com
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In a note issued earlier in the week, economists at Bank of America explored why fiscal impetus has faded despite persistently large deficits. The bank’s latest US weekly economic review noted that the slowdown in private and public investment in the first quarter of 2024 indicates that the significant fiscal…
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3M hiked to Buy at BofA as new CEO focus on ops, innovation should spur growth (NYSE:MMM)
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Editorial jetcityimage/iStock via Getty Images 3M(New York Stock Exchange: mmm) +1.9% In Friday trading, Bank of America upgraded its shares to buy from Neutral with a price target of $120, up from $105, citing new CEO Bill Brown’s desire to refocus the company on growth and operations. Bank of America…
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Apple reiterated Outperform at BofA as AI push set to begin (AAPL)
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He calms down Bank of America reaffirmed its outperform rating for Apple (Nasdaq: Apple) on Wednesday as the tech giant gets closer to unveiling its generative AI strategy at its developer conference next month. Shares were little changed in pre-market trading. The latest iPhone devices Analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote that…
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BofA sees trend followers likely to sell USD this week By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) has released a report predicting that commodity trading advisors (CTAs), known as trend followers, are expected to sell the US dollar (USD) in large quantities this week. The report notes that these traders are likely to buy the European Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Australian Dollar…
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BofA sees dollar weakness amid negative US data, China optimism By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) highlighted several factors contributing to potential headwinds for the US Dollar (USD). The bank pointed to recent negative surprises in US economic data and growing positive sentiment towards the Chinese economy as key drivers behind the US dollar’s challenges. Furthermore, Bank of America noted the currency’s…
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Auto insurance inflation set to tap on the brakes, BofA economist says (NYSE:TRV)
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Rising auto insurance premiums have been a notable driver of inflation in the past few months. In April, auto insurance jumped 22.6% from a year earlier, the largest increase since 1979, Stephen Juneau, an economist at Bank of America Securities, noted in a recent note. “This has been an increasing…
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BofA projects EUR-USD to hit 1.12 by year-end, above consensus By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) has released its forecast for the currency market, predicting that the EUR/USD exchange rate will reach 1.12 by the end of the year. The bank’s analysts expect most of the euro’s appreciation to occur in the second half of the year, and placed their forecasts above…
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BofA notes broad USD sell-off on positive US data By Investing.com
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Bank of America reported that investors sold the US dollar broadly last week, influenced by slightly positive economic indicators from the United States. The move came in response to somewhat encouraging US inflation data and lower-than-expected retail sales numbers. According to Bank of America, the US dollar sell-off has been…
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EUR/USD rally expected to persist, says BofA By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) analysts provided insights into currency market trends, pointing to a significant rally in the pair last week. This increase is due to the weak US CPI report. Bank of America signals indicate that the uptrend for the EUR/USD is likely to continue. The bank’s analysis pointed…
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BofA turns bullish on EUR/CAD amid rate and commodity signals By Investing.com
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Bank of America (BofA) has shifted its stance to a bullish view on EURCAD () for the current week. The bank’s positioning analysis indicates that the immediate upside trend is expected to continue. In addition, Bank of America’s Cross-Asset Risk Analysis System (CARS) model supports a bullish outlook for the…