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S&P 500 Hitting 10 Records in August Emboldens Defensive Traders

Stock volatility market sends cautious signals on risk-taking Amundi manager says time to hedge amid

S&P 500 Hitting 10 Records in August Emboldens Defensive Traders

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No wonder the buyside is adding defensive buffers as they ride a bull market like no other.</p>\n<p>Just look at stock options. The S&amp;P 500’s three-month skew -- the cost of protective put contracts over bullish calls -- has risen since the end of June, and is higher than the five-year average.</p>\n<p>U.S. small-cap companies, which tend to be hitched to the economic cycle, are on track for the&nbsp;longest&nbsp;streak of underperformance since 2011 versus large-cap peers. Exchange-traded funds riding quant growth strategies are getting more cash this month than products betting on firms tied to the business cycle.</p>\n<p>These are signs that risk-on investors are adding protective buffers as the delta variant spreads and Federal Reserve policy makers gather to discuss the tapering of stimulus at the Jackson Hole symposium.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/046e9ccacb900f6f2fd7ff06a91954d2\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"675\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"></p>\n<p>While the S&amp;P closed at a fresh record Wednesday, recent data show the heady growth of the first half of the year is cooling, with a measure of U.S. business activity slowing to the weakest in eight months.</p>\n<p>“We are keeping committed to risky assets but with hedges in place because while macro-economic conditions are still resilient, there are issues that could hamper very high valuations,” Francesco Sandrini, senior multi-asset strategist at Amundi SA, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “We deem this environment very fragile. No doubt monetary conditions are affecting growth.”</p>\n<p>Sandrini prefers credit as a hedge against the risk of a stock correction that he says could be between 5% and 7% in the short- to medium-term.</p>\n<p>“It will not be a very deep correction,” he said. “But it’s the time where we need to have some hedges in place.”</p>\n<p>Treasury benchmarks have rallied since the 10-year yield peaked at 1.77% in late March, with bond flows undeterred by a series of hotter-than-anticipated inflation reports.</p>\n<p>Haven assets may be set for much bigger gains, if chartists at Bank of America Corp. are right. In a report this week, they projected Treasuries are at the start of an uptrend that at the same time signals a bearish phase for growth-sensitive stocks, oil and copper. 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No wonder the buyside is adding defensive buffers as they ride a bull market like no other.\nJust look at stock options. The S&P 500’s three-month skew -- the cost of protective put contracts over bullish calls -- has risen since the end of June, and is higher than the five-year average.\nU.S. small-cap companies, which tend to be hitched to the economic cycle, are on track for the longest streak of underperformance since 2011 versus large-cap peers. Exchange-traded funds riding quant growth strategies are getting more cash this month than products betting on firms tied to the business cycle.\nThese are signs that risk-on investors are adding protective buffers as the delta variant spreads and Federal Reserve policy makers gather to discuss the tapering of stimulus at the Jackson Hole symposium.\n\nWhile the S&P closed at a fresh record Wednesday, recent data show the heady growth of the first half of the year is cooling, with a measure of U.S. business activity slowing to the weakest in eight months.\n“We are keeping committed to risky assets but with hedges in place because while macro-economic conditions are still resilient, there are issues that could hamper very high valuations,” Francesco Sandrini, senior multi-asset strategist at Amundi SA, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “We deem this environment very fragile. 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