FxWirePro: CAD/JPY Options Strips Ahead of Canadian Data Announcements and BoC Monetary Policy
Jul 09, 2019 09:51 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The CAD is quietly consolidating within an incredibly tight range and trading just below last weeks 2019 high. Fundamentals remain supportive and the CAD continues to trade well below our estimated equilibrium based on...
Digital Currency Revolution Series: Grayscale Investments' Private Placement in Bitcoin Trust Shares
Jul 09, 2019 07:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Grayscale Bitcoin Trustis currently open for daily subscription for private placement. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is a traditional investment vehicle with shares titled in the investors name, providing a familiar structure...
FxWirePro: Take a tour on ECB rhetoric, QE-driven portfolio and bullish hedges
Jul 08, 2019 14:07 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The more conciliatory overtones from G20 on trade resolution are welcome but are unlikely to immediately arrest the slump in global manufacturing. Uncertainty and delayed investment are headwinds. TheECBwill have to...
FxWirePro: Gold’s Trading Monitor, OTC Updates and Options Strategy
Jul 08, 2019 12:40 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Gold attempts to bounce back above $1,400/ozlevel from the last 2-3 days, when the surprisingly positive US nonfarm payroll numbers sparked some rethink about US rate cuts. It has now been 9 of 10 sessions that gold stayed...
Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Monthly Updates on CME Bitcoin Futures
Jul 08, 2019 11:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency
CME Group has been active in devising and developing the cryptocurrency derivative products. They recentlyannouncedthe latest update about CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate CME CF Ether-Dollar Real-Time Index.A couple...
FxWirePro: Preview of BoC and Portfolio Reassessment of CAD Derivative Trades
Jul 08, 2019 08:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
USDCAD is looking little weaker despite the fact that last month, the BoC formally eliminated its rate hiking bias. This sets the stage for a range of risks from trade to oil to feature more prominently this year. The BoC,...
Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Is CME's Ethereum Futures Trading Mechanism Underway?
Jul 08, 2019 07:52 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
We have an array of derivatives markets for traditional asset classes, such as, from a range of stocks to mortgages, be it ETFs, index funds, index options or hedge funds, etc. Many Wall Street players are now, lined up...
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