2017-04-21 17:30

Analyst Who Predicted Trump Ascendancy Is Betting on Le Pen Win

Marine Le Pen, French National Front political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, leaves after a news conference in Paris, France, April 21, 2017. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
Marine Le Pen, French National Front political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, leaves after a news conference in Paris, France, April 21, 2017. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
Don‘t bank on a relief rally in the euro area anytime soon.

Markets are underpricing the prospect of Marine Le Pen emerging victorious in the French election as a sea of undecided voters throws into sharp relief pronounced apathy for center-leftist Emmanuel Macron -- the front-runner by a whisker -- and the backlash against the European Union project.

That‘s the conclusion drawn by Charles Gave, founder of Hong-Kong based asset-allocation consultancy GaveKal Research, who predicted the triumph of Donald Trump in the U.S. election, and is now betting on a win for the anti-euro National Front candidate.

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