US Election Series

U.S. Election Series: Mathematically dead become strategically alive

Apr 26, 2016 06:56 am UTC| Commentary Politics

Republican second runner Ted Cruz and third runner John Kasich have announced last weekend that they are teaming up for rest of the primaries in order to prevent front runner Donald Trump to secure the partys outright...

Japanese bonds climb on Bank of Japan’s easing expectations, Honda’s dovish remark

Apr 26, 2016 06:43 am UTC| Commentary

The Japanese bonds gained on Tuesday as investors expect further Bank of Japan (BoJ) easing in the up-coming two-day monetary policy meeting, which pushed bonds yield lower across the curve. Also, weak crude oil prices and...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

FED Hike Odds Shift to September

Apr 26, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Market participants have started taking hawkish members of FED quite seriously and with stock markets, commodities shrugging off early weakness along with Dollar losing ground, case for two hikes from FED this year is...

S. Korean bonds mixed on weak Q1 GDP growth, firm crude

Apr 26, 2016 06:32 am UTC| Commentary

The South Korean bonds were trading mixed on Tuesday as Korean economy hindered pointedly in the Q1 of 2016, against last quarter in 2015 as sluggish exports kept on weighing economic growth, adding pressure on the central...

USD/KRW to trade higher from mid-May

Apr 26, 2016 06:28 am UTC| Commentary

Last Tuesday, the Bank of Korea lowered its 2016 economic growth outlook to 2.8% as compared with the earlier projection of 3%. The South Korean economy expanded 2.7% y/y in Q1 after growing 3.1% in Q4 2015. Meanwhile, in...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: NZD IVs spike ahead of RBNZ, sensitivity tool favours OTM put strikes

Apr 26, 2016 06:03 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Leveraged accounts remained bullish on commodity currencies, led by the AUD. They raised their net AUD longs by USD0.8bn to USD3.4bn, the highest since Sep 14 (see Figure 10). They also added to their net longs in NZD, by...

Australia’s capital expenditure to drop in coming years on slide in mining investment

Apr 26, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Australian government has been positive regarding the better economic conditions, especially, the labor market has been stronger than expected. Hence, the employment growth for 2015-2016 is expected to be revised...