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Dovish Fed comments depress Treasury yields: Lower rates weigh on dollar: Back-to-back monthly equity gains reduce portfolio risk further.

Investor sentiment continued to recover last week in all markets we follow, except China and Asia ex-Japan, where investors remained bearish.

Markets are currently moved by signs of an easing of China’s strict covid-zero policy, as well as the next moves by the US Fed – with which Chair Jerome Powell signalled a smaller interest hike for this month. How did markets perform in November? And what can we expect this month as we head to the end of the year? On Money in the Market, finance producer Hongbin Jeong speaks to Olivier d’Assier, Head of Applied Research, APAC, Qontigo to find out more.

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European stocks rally despite yield curve inversion; Dovish Fed minutes depress dollar; Ongoing stock-market recovery reduces portfolio risk, but diversification remains limited

Qontigo Head of APAC Applied Research, Olivier d’Assier, discusses investor sentiment and his latest market outlook with Yousef Gamal El-Din on “Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East.”

Investor sentiment was little changed last week, remaining negative in the US, global developed and global emerging markets; becoming slightly more positive in Europe and Japan; turning bearish in Asia ex-Japan; and staying bearish in China.

“Supply chain disruptions from lockdowns (in China) would not only hurt Chinese manufacturers but regional ones as well… The absence of positive news means investors will stay away instead of participating in bargain-hunting,” said Olivier d’Assier, Head of Applied Research, APAC at Qontigo.

Market returns mixed as dispersion trends reverse; Momentum leads, High Vol lags.

US curve inversion intensifies after hawkish Fed comments; UK tax rises and spending cuts prop up Gilts and pound; Higher equity and FX volatilities boost portfolio risk.

Investor sentiment ended little changed from the previous week, signalling a pause in the recent recovery from a bearish sentiment in October.

Olivier d’Assier, Head of Applied Research, APAC, Qontigo, discusses the latest on the markets. He spoke with host Paul Allen on “Bloomberg Daybreak Asia.”