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Goldman Sachs picks best hedges for a rate-shock scenario
The bank said last week's hawkish Federal Open Market Committee meeting has increased uncertainty over the outlook for short-term interest rates.
TL;DR
- Goldman Sachs recommends bond puts as effective hedges against a renewed rates shock.
- Increased uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's policy path is a key concern.
- Hawkish signals from the recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting have heightened market uncertainty.
- Investment-grade bond puts and long-dated payer options are highlighted as attractive hedges.
- Gold is considered a less effective hedge due to factors like higher real yields and a stronger dollar.
- Markets are pricing a wider range of possible policy outcomes, leading to a 'sticky' front end of the yield curve.
- Goldman economists have reduced the probability of a U.S. recession to 15%.