Morgan Stanley says stock rotation turned in deleveraging eye US$45bn to sell

July 25, 2024 at 11:09PM
Reuters with the report, citing a Morgan Stanley said in commentary to institutional clients on Thursday:

Computer-driven macro
hedge fund strategies on Wednesday sold $20 billion in equities

set to shed at least more $25 billion over the next week

one of the largest risk-unwinding
events in a decade

“The volatility of the last two weeks started out being very
rotational,”

“But that has now morphed
into a broad index deleveraging (on Wednesday).”

If volatility persists in the coming days, the sell-off
would rapidly increase

An additional 1% day-drop in
global equities could spark sales of $35 billion and macro hedge
funds could dump up to $110 billion in a 3% day fall

Keep your eye on JPY, the carry trade deleveraging is a huge driver. 152 now the the level to watch:

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Morgan Stanley says stock rotation turned in deleveraging eye US$45bn to sell