• Cambridge Associates sees another euro area sovereign debt crisis as unlikely, with contagion from France's fiscal stress remaining limited.
• Stronger bank balance sheets, improved peripheral economies' finances and more credible policy backstops have reduced systemic risk.
• France's 10-year spread over Germany exceeded 170 basis points for the first time since 2011; its yield topped 5%, a post-2002 first.
• The proposed 2027 budget targets a deficit of 5% of GDP, above the EU's 3% threshold, amid political gridlock.
• The firm retains overweights to global ex US equities and unhedged global ex US sovereign bonds versus US equivalents, anticipating dollar weakness.

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