Citigroup: Bond Market Sentiment Shift, Possible Stock Market Pullback in the Next Three Months

BlockBeats News, August 11th, Citigroup's US Options Strat Chief Stuart Kaiser said that over the past few weeks, the bank's derivatives trading desk has seen a significant increase in demand from asset management clients to short products tied to the iShares index or junk bond benchmarks. This may indicate that macro investors have a view on the future direction or suggest they are hedging against the rise in risk assets. The fact that people are hedging credit risk suggests they expect a decent pullback in the stock market over the next three months. (FX678)