Analysts frame currency investment as high risk

Quoted financial analysts, January 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016

New York, April 2, 2016. Quoted financial analysts are cautious on currencies as a whole and have expressed particular concern about the British pound and the euro in light of a possible Brexit, according to new research from Media Tenor International. Some analysts have suggested the pound could lose 20% of its value in such a scenario.

“Recently analyst sentiment on the euro has been on an upward trend,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor. “But in March that enthusiasm declined as analysts worried about the impact of regional upheaval. The euro was not alone, however. Financial analysts had little positive to say about a broad range of global currencies, although sentiment on the dollar was positive and there was some approval of Vietnam’s effort to move its currency valuation process to a more market-based methodology.”

While analysts suggested there were some profits to be made on currency trades in the high risk environment, negativity was extreme and coverage on the future suggested declining opportunity ahead.

This research examined all 70,532 analyst statements in eight opinion-leading business media January 1, 2016 – March 31, 2016.

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