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Why have equity markets rebounded after the Brexit vote?

There are several plausible reasons why the prices of equities and other riskier assets have recovered after the UK’s vote to leave the EU. Some of these may be temporary, notably short covering. More positively, though, we think that the markets are right to recognise that Brexit, and especially some form of Brexit-lite, would not be as damaging as so many were arguing ahead of the referendum.


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