We maintain our pro-risk view given the ongoing recovery from the pandemic, accommodative monetary policy, and still moderate positioning in risky asset classes. We look for global GDP to surge in 2H as the laggards join in a more synchronized growth boom, as widespread vaccination allows for a sustained rise in mobility and economic activity. We view the recent reversal of the reopening/reflation trade as driven by a combination of technicals (i.e., position unwinds and systematic strategy flows in an environment of low liquidity) and overblown fears around the Delta variant’s impact on growth and mobility (see here). In our view it is far too early to fade reopening/reflation trends, as we are in the early stages of the post-pandemic recovery (the world hasn’t reopened yet) not late-cycle, and inflation is likely to continue to realize above market expectations. The pullback thus creates a strong opportunity for investors to position for the outperformance of cyclical and value assets over bonds, defensives and growth. As such, we retain large OWs in equities (tilted towards value and cyclicals) and commodities, funded by a large UW in government bonds.

JPMorgan