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Hot money pouring into emerging market shares

By   || July 3, 2009 at 15:10 GMT
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The reflation trade is best exemplified by the belief that emerging markets will lead the developed world out of recession. Better hope so or the record hot-money flows into emerging market equities could reverse, giving boring currencies like the dollar a boost.

I retain my well-worn skeptism that it’s “different this time” and a bunch of export-dependant economies will suddenly start exporting to each other in volumes sufficient to offset diminished demand in the US and Europe. Call me old-fashioned…

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One Response to “Hot money pouring into emerging market shares”

  1. Michael Greenberg on July 4th, 2009 10:11 GMT

    I agree with you, Jamie, but we are currency traders. All we are interested in are relative valuations. And if we buy into the premise of the Bloomberg article, then we should consider going long emerging market currencies.

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