French Major Policy Change To Benefit Stocks: Societe Generale

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Mark Melin
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French President Francole Hollande announced Tuesday a pro-business agenda of tax and spending cuts.  The move was anticipated by many in the French financial services industry.  Late last week Societe Generale put out a research note that said the expected radical changes in policy will benefit French equity markets but could hurt bonds, according to the bank’s weekly Multi Asset Snapshot publication. In early trading the CAC 40 was up over 1% on the news. Citing a 2013 New Years speech that laid the groundwork for forthcoming changes, the research report said: “We think the French President is on the…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.