FxWirePro: Positional option trades for prolonged EUR/CHF range bounded trend and jerking IVs
Jan 18, 2017 12:19 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
As you could spot out the implied volatilities of EURCHF ATM contracts from the nutshell evidencing IVs the contract of this underlying pair of all expiries have been the least among G10 currency segment. While, the...
FxWirePro: Hedge or delta-hedge MXN exposures capitalizing on vols, risk reversals and macros
Jan 18, 2017 11:56 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We are a little surprised at how well risk markets and EM currencies have traded despite a slew of trade protectionist-leaning appointments to the Trump cabinet over the past few weeks. As noted in our 2017 FX Outlook, we...
FxWirePro: Eurozone geopolitics append swoon to range trading in euro crosses
Jan 18, 2017 10:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
Since mid-January 2015, EURUSD has been trading in a 1.04-1.16 range, averaging around 1.11. Real rates matter: Over the same period, the US/German 10y real yield differential has been in a 70-160bp range, and European...
Jan 18, 2017 09:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
Despite DXY (US dollar index) rebounds today from the yesterdays lows of 100.26 levels to the current 100.61 levels, the index appears to be edgy after FEDs minutes, dropping towards 100 mark, but strong support at 100.15...
What does Donald Trump think about drugs?
Jan 18, 2017 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In recent years, many countries with the conspicuous exception of Indonesia and the Philippines have been rethinking the international war on drugs. The world, it seems, has grown tired of mass incarceration, militarised...
Jan 18, 2017 07:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
The macroeconomic data may have improved and headline inflation is on the rise, but these necessary but not sufficient conditions for a more hawkish bias shift at the Bank of Canada will instead probably encounter a...
Unpaid work experience is widespread but some are missing out: new study
Jan 18, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Economy
Most young Australians undertake unpaid work experience as part of their education or training, to maintain entitlements to social security, or simply to improve their job prospects. But those from more disadvantaged...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects