Jan 10, 2017 12:36 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks
The 1.64% MoM increase in CPI was far above the 0.9% market consensus. Strong FX pass-through and some idiosyncratic factors, including a jump in egg prices, led to a much sharper-than-expected increase in headline CPI...
FxWirePro: How does buying zero cost seagull result in leveraged yields?
Jan 10, 2017 07:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis
As you could see EURJPY 6m implied volatility too elevated, as it is unsupported by both 6m and 1m realized volatilities suggesting a decent risk premium to be monetized. The variance swap recommended above expresses...
FxWirePro: Is EUR/JPY skews mispriced? Vol smile opportunities in EUR/USD and USD/JPY
Jan 10, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The volatility smile most often signifies that traders are willing to pay higher implied volatility prices as the strike price grows aggressively out of the money. Among G3 FX volatility space, EURJPY 3m-6m risk...
FxWirePro: What’s buzzing in EUR/JPY IVs - Smart trades to short rich skews
Jan 10, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The EURJPY volatility surface is currently offering very attractive shorting opportunities, as ATM volatility is rich and 6m/1y skews are excessively priced. Here, we recommend a couple of trades taking advantage of both...
Jan 10, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys Investors Service says that the 2017 outlook for the creditworthiness of sovereigns in Asia Pacific is stable overall, reflecting a mix of credit-supportive and credit-challenging factors. Rising income levels...
Jan 10, 2017 01:25 am UTC| Research & Analysis
The creditworthiness of sovereigns in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has an overall negative outlook for 2017, reflecting the liquidity stress facing commodity-dependent countries, subdued economic growth, and persistent...
FxWirePro: GBP options and swap trades on mixed bag of UK data and looming harder Brexit
Jan 09, 2017 13:06 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The general perception is that FX markets have seen a higher number of extreme events in 2015-2016. This includes an unusual number of flash crashes such as in Octoberwhen GBPUSD collapsed by 6% in the space of a few...
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