FxWirePro: Options Spreads, Vols and Risk-Reversals Among NAFTA FX-bloc
Apr 25, 2019 09:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
As FX option markets enter into 2Q19, we see some signs of life in EM where idiosyncratic macro stories have begun to re-emerge (TRY, BRL) and select satellite European currencies (NOK, SEK, HUF) that are proving more...
Trend of Tokenization Series: Blueshares to come up
Apr 25, 2019 08:06 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Before moving on to the core part of this write-up, lets us just quickly glance at the characteristics of Security Tokensthat resembles the conventional financial instruments, like, shares, debentures or units in a...
Apr 25, 2019 07:31 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
Today, the Bank of Japan has maintained the status quo, negative rates are kept on hold. The BoJ cut its GDP forecast for FY2018 ending in March from 0.9% to 0.6%, which is no surprise considering what looks like a weak...
FxWirePro: A run through on Gold vols and price dynamics
Apr 24, 2019 14:03 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The global risk appeared buoyant as SP 500 and Nasdaq marked record highs on the back of favorable earnings from Twitter, Hasbro, and Lockheed Martin.The USD and crude oil prices also climbed and the UST yield curve bull...
FxWirePro: Cyclical effects of crude oil on Turkish lira – USD/TRY OTC updates and options strategy
Apr 24, 2019 13:20 pm UTC| Research & Analysis
On the losing side of the oil price rally is Turkey: the country not only loses from a higher energy import bill, but it also loses doubly because the oil price is an important external driver of inflation. While the...
Apr 24, 2019 12:13 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views
Regardless of risk appetite, the tenor of investment, asset classes and so on, ROI (return on investment) matters at the end of the day. Bitcoinand some major crypto-peers have side-linedother asset classes when it...
FxWirePro: Spotlight on relative value trades in Scandis
Apr 24, 2019 11:21 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
Long USDSEK vs short EURSEK vol spreads is a carry friendly way of owning FX vol from multi-year lows. Owning USD vol over cross-vol has almost always acted as a proxy bullish vol stance owning to the greater risk beta...
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