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Despite a super-dovish Fed, the greenback gained at the onset of the coronavirus contagion due to strong demand for safe-haven assets and a worldwide cash crunch. Now that the virus outlook has improved and many global economies have reopened (along with 50 U.S. states), risk-on sentiments are coming back and the U.S. dollar is losing. Dollar bullion ETF Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP - Free Report) retreated about 1.9% past month (as of Jun 1, 2020).
Goldman Sachs believes the “steady reopening process, limited evidence of a pickup in Covid infection rates, and encouraging policy actions like progress on the EU Recovery Fund” is leading the investment house to bet against the greenback.
ETFs to Buy
So, investors looking to play the likely weakness in the U.S. dollar could consider the below-mentioned ETFs:
Inverse Dollar
The product Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN - Free Report) seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Deutsche Bank Short USD Currency Portfolio Index - Excess Return (DB Short USD Currency Portfolio Index ER) plus the interest income from the fund's holdings of primarily U.S. Treasury securities and money market income less the Fund's expenses.The fund gained 0.7% past month.
Large Caps
Since large caps have global exposure and benefit from the weakening of the greenback, investors may expect favorable currency translation to boost their earnings. Large-cap SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY - Free Report) added 5.2% past month.
Metal ETFs
While reopening of economies would boost manufacturing activities thus benefiting base metal ETFs, a still-edgy investing backdrop would continue to favor precious metal gold prices too. Metal investing is great in a weaker dollar environment as these commodities are priced in the greenback.
Investors can thus expect a pickup in Invesco DB Base Metals Fund (DBB - Free Report) (up 5.3% past month) and SPDR Gold Trust (GLD - Free Report) (up 3% past month). Silver could also be a winning option as it acts both as a precious and an industrial metal. Silver bullion ETF iShares Silver Trust (SLV - Free Report) ) added 22.3% past month.
Non-Currency-Hedged Europe ETFs
The European Commission recently unveiled a plan to borrow 750 billion euros ($826.5 billion) on the market and then disburse to EU countries, which will include 500 billion euros in grants and 250 billion euros in loans. This will help them recover from the coronavirus slump. The move helped the euro to gain. Overall, Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Currency Trust (FXE - Free Report) added 1.4% past month.
While non-currency-hedged large-cap Europe ETFs like Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK - Free Report) (up 10.5% past month) would gain on stimulus optimism, small-cap Europe ETFs should benefit more. A stronger euro would make pint-sized European stocks a lucrative bet. iShares MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF (IEUS - Free Report) gained 13.1% past month.
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Goldman Bets Against U.S. Dollar: ETFs to Win
Despite a super-dovish Fed, the greenback gained at the onset of the coronavirus contagion due to strong demand for safe-haven assets and a worldwide cash crunch. Now that the virus outlook has improved and many global economies have reopened (along with 50 U.S. states), risk-on sentiments are coming back and the U.S. dollar is losing. Dollar bullion ETF Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP - Free Report) retreated about 1.9% past month (as of Jun 1, 2020).
Goldman Sachs believes the “steady reopening process, limited evidence of a pickup in Covid infection rates, and encouraging policy actions like progress on the EU Recovery Fund” is leading the investment house to bet against the greenback.
ETFs to Buy
So, investors looking to play the likely weakness in the U.S. dollar could consider the below-mentioned ETFs:
Inverse Dollar
The product Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN - Free Report) seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Deutsche Bank Short USD Currency Portfolio Index - Excess Return (DB Short USD Currency Portfolio Index ER) plus the interest income from the fund's holdings of primarily U.S. Treasury securities and money market income less the Fund's expenses.The fund gained 0.7% past month.
Large Caps
Since large caps have global exposure and benefit from the weakening of the greenback, investors may expect favorable currency translation to boost their earnings. Large-cap SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY - Free Report) added 5.2% past month.
Metal ETFs
While reopening of economies would boost manufacturing activities thus benefiting base metal ETFs, a still-edgy investing backdrop would continue to favor precious metal gold prices too. Metal investing is great in a weaker dollar environment as these commodities are priced in the greenback.
Investors can thus expect a pickup in Invesco DB Base Metals Fund (DBB - Free Report) (up 5.3% past month) and SPDR Gold Trust (GLD - Free Report) (up 3% past month). Silver could also be a winning option as it acts both as a precious and an industrial metal. Silver bullion ETF iShares Silver Trust (SLV - Free Report) ) added 22.3% past month.
Non-Currency-Hedged Europe ETFs
The European Commission recently unveiled a plan to borrow 750 billion euros ($826.5 billion) on the market and then disburse to EU countries, which will include 500 billion euros in grants and 250 billion euros in loans. This will help them recover from the coronavirus slump. The move helped the euro to gain. Overall, Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Currency Trust (FXE - Free Report) added 1.4% past month.
While non-currency-hedged large-cap Europe ETFs like Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK - Free Report) (up 10.5% past month) would gain on stimulus optimism, small-cap Europe ETFs should benefit more. A stronger euro would make pint-sized European stocks a lucrative bet. iShares MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF (IEUS - Free Report) gained 13.1% past month.
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