Hedge funds bet on weakening US dollar throughout 2021
“The dollar is still likely to move lower over the course of the year,” Seamus Mac Gorain, head of global rates at JPMorgan Asset Management, said last week. “Many of the currencies which are more levered to global growth, particularly emerging market currencies” and the Aussie are set to strengthen, he said. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has climbed more than 1 per cent since sliding to the lowest in almost three years this month. While the gains have fuelled talk about a rebound, some including Goldman Sachs and investors in a Bank of America survey remain steadfast in forecasting...