FxWirePro: EUR-USD-JPY correlation triangle appending optionality on soothed euro vols
May 04, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The well anticipated French election outcome on April 24th saw the massive shrink in FX vols meaningfully below 1-day forward levels from last weeks close. We remain comfortable fading political tail risks in Euro...
May 04, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Lets have a glance through the implied volatilities of EURCHF ATM contracts from the above nutshell, IVs of this underlying pair of all expiries have been the least among G10 currency segment. These lower volatile...
How funding to house mentally ill, homeless is a financial gain, not drain
May 04, 2017 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics Health
As Congress considers the federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 to reduce funding for services to poor and homeless Americans, programs with proven cost-effectiveness should not be on the chopping block. One such...
'A government without newspapers': why everyone should care about the cuts at Fairfax
May 04, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers...
In restless Venezuela, the military will determine how long Maduro's regime can last
May 04, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The mother of all protests thats what Venezuelas opposition movement called an enormous march last week, in which over a million citizens took to the streets to defend the homeland against President Nicolás Maduros...
Saving lives in poor countries is about adapting to what's already working there
May 04, 2017 12:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Each year, 5.9 million children under the age of five die, mostly from preventable causes. Thats more than 16,000 children every day and more than 8,000 of these are deaths that could have been prevented with simple,...
Should India's skilled workers worry about new US visa policies?
May 04, 2017 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In his latest border-closing move, US President Donald Trump issued an April 18 executive order to review the H1-B visa program, which enables educated migrants with specific skills to work temporarily in the...
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