19 June 2016
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sentix Weekly
Warming to EZ versus US equities despite near-term uncertainties
A week in which Thursday’s UK Brexit vote will likely dominate market sentiment has started in positive fashion, with equity markets bouncing on the back of polls showing ‘remain’ having a modest lead over ‘leave’. However, latest sentix survey suggests investors are becoming more upbeat on eurozone (EZ) equity markets from a medium-term perspective. This has seen the gap between strategic bias readings for the EuroSTOXX and S&P 500 pull sharply back from spring lows. It appears that some investors are seeing value in EZ equities versus US from a strategic perspective (Charts 3-4, p2).