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macro trade" of short yen / buy equities is also a possibility. Our Buy-rated stocks in bank, insurance and cyclical sectors are listed in Table 1. Shusuke Yamada, CFA FX/Equity Strategist Merrill ~ | Global Research Bankof America a Merrill Lynch HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014400 --- PAGE BREAK --- Japan Economics

ls means banks and insurance should outperform REITs within the financial sector (Chart 3). This is also in line with the global rotation expected by Michael Hartnett (The Flow Show: The Inflation Era Begins 10 November 2016). 3) Nikkei winner of steeper UST and strong macro In a scenario of strong external deman

losures on page 5 to 6. 11687576 Timestamp: 17 November 2016 03:30PM EST Bankof America Merrill Lynch 18 November 2016 Investment Strategy Japan Shusuke Yamada, CFA >> FX/Equity Strategist Merrill Lynch (apan) +81 3 6225 8515 [email protected] Exhibit 1: Sector rotation and inventory cycle Slowdown

ls means banks and insurance should outperform REITs within the financial sector (Chart 3). This is also in line with the global rotation expected by Michael Hartnett (The Flow Show: The Inflation Era Begins 10 November 2016). 3) Nikkei winner of steeper UST and strong macro In a scenario of strong external deman

losures on page 6 to 8. 11686246 Timestamp: 13 November 2016 06:10PM EST Bankof America Merrill Lynch 14 November 2016 Investment Strategy Japan Shusuke Yamada, CFA >> FX/Equity Strategist Merrill Lynch (iapan) #8] 3 6225 8515 [email protected] Paul Ciana, CMT Technical Strategist MLPF&S +1 646 855

the US election. The insurance sector has been the best performer since the US election on the back of a steeper US Treasury curve and higher rates. Michael Hartnett observes “violent rotation out of deflation to inflation plays”, including a move from REITs to US banks. This should apply to Japan, where banks and

election day). Peak liquidity, deflation, Inequality and globalisation —- watch for Peak Trump So what does a Trump presidency mean for the world? Michael Hartnett, our Chief Investment Strategist sums it up nicely with four of his seven peaks. Peak liquidity — the era of excess liquidity is over; Peak inequalit

OW JP Equities, Ihs JP Performance vs World, rhs Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Fund Manager Survey 2016 Our Japanese equity and FX strategist Shusuke Yamada has been arguing for a while that we would see both a weaker JPY and a rebound in Japanese equities. While arguably the JPY had turned beforehand, th