FxWirePro: Swedish Krona sees appreciation at snail's pace - Cash and options trades for SEK
Feb 03, 2017 13:01 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The Swedish economy is recording robust growth and inflation is rising towards the inflation target. That would imply that the Riksbank is likely to end its expansionary monetary policy sooner than the ECB, in particular...
FxWirePro: Crude market persists in range-bound trend – Speculative trades via strangle writings
Feb 03, 2017 12:56 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The broadly steady period for crude prices has followed the 30th November OPEC decision to cut production by a targeted 1.2 Mb/d and the 10 December decision by Russia and some other non-OPEC countries to cut output by a...
FxWirePro: Hedging opportunity among G10 FX space with gamma positive and vega neutral structures
Feb 03, 2017 12:36 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
AUDUSD and NZDUSD vols appear the cheapest within the G10 space, based on the relative-value analysis for ATM vols. As we can see from the below-left chart, Kiwi vol trades near one-year lows and is undervalued by 1.8...
Moody's: Rising policy risk in Europe to hamper EU integration prospects in 2017
Feb 03, 2017 08:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy
Heightened uncertainty over the outcome of European elections in 2017 means further economic and political integration in the region is unlikely for the foreseeable future, as governments focus on shoring up domestic...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY options strips to capitalize on both IV skews and risk reversals
Feb 03, 2017 07:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be noted that the shift in delta risk reversals of this pair still indicates short term bullish hedging sentiments and downside risks in long run remain intact. Even if the aggressive volatility investors wants...
FxWirePro: After US polls, Trump’s inaugural and FOMC, what could drive USD vols?
Feb 03, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Softer vols may prove a momentary soft patch as the Dow Jones broke the symbolic threshold of 20000 last week, bears resume again claw back to 19885 during earlier European session, tripling in nominal value since the lows...
Moody's: Pound drop from Brexit will shake UK airlines; Airports can withstand short term impact
Feb 03, 2017 01:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Peoples revised travel choices and operating dollar costs could see UK airlines revenues take a hit, with airports passenger growth likely to halve over the next two years due to the resulting macroeconomic landscape...
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