Analysts at Standard Chartered Plc. compiled a list of “potential market surprises” for the next year. The most important risk is called a delay in the supply of vaccines.
Experts also see a threat for investors in the fact that Democrats agree on tax increases and changes in regulation concerning the technology sector. As a result, technology stocks will plummet. Another scenario is that monetary and fiscal stimulus will lead to the fastest recovery in a century. Investors will start investing in copper, as a result, it will rise in price by 50 percent.
An option is also being considered when oil exporters refuse to adhere to quotas, the deal OPEC will fail and oil prices will fall to $ 20 a barrel. There is also a risk that the euro will fall in price to $ 1.06 due to wrong decisions European Central Bank (ECB).
Analysts are considering the likelihood of debt defaults in emerging markets and downgrades of sovereign ratings. If the US President Joe Biden resigns, then there will be a sharp correction in American stocks. and the dollar starts to fall rapidly, the forecast says.
Previously Saxo Bank predicted ” purchase of “Cyprus by Amazon , the negative impact of the coronavirus vaccine on the global economy and the emergence of a new reserve currency.