FxWirePro: BoE and phase II Brexit negotiation to cause sterling vulnerability again, loonie looks robust – Bid 3m GBP/CAD skews and deploy 3-way straddles

Dec 29, 2017 12:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The BoE has reversed the pre-emptive interest rate cut after the Brexit referendum in 2017. However, as this does not mark the start of a hiking cycle, monetary policy will no longer give any momentum. Even if it...

FxWirePro: Before celebrating New-Year, glimpse through G10, EMFX, and tailwinds in 2018

Dec 29, 2017 11:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The conviction of broad USD robustness through 1Q seems to be slightly edgy as the greenback has responded in snails pace but nosedived to retort to noticeable tax reforms, disinflation uncertainty is weighing once more,...

FxWirePro: CAD vols to construct easy to Carry RV structures for NAFTA and BoC hedge

Dec 29, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

CAD-based implied correlations are priced well below realizeds for nearly the entire CAD-cross universe; owning CADUSD vs CADJPY corr. or a CADJPY - USDJPY vol spread is a positive carry NAFTA hedge. Notably, please be...

FxWirePro: BoC likely to clawback to follow Fed’s pace, CAD IVs least among G7 FX space – Offload CAD/JPY strips and prefer RV trades on directional influence

Dec 29, 2017 07:22 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

In loonys fair assessment, the monetary policy to be more decisive than oil prices. The oil performance has been instrumental in boosting the currency in 2017, even though the long-term picture suggests that the currency...

FxWirePro: UK economic growth likely to hover around 1.3 pct in 2018

Dec 29, 2017 06:10 am UTC| Commentary Economy Insights & Views

The United Kingdoms economic growth is expected to hover around 1.3 percent during the course of 2018, owing to the downward pressure created by the ongoing uncertainties over the UK-EU Brexit negotiations that have...

Here's what bike-sharing programs need to succeed

Dec 28, 2017 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Bike sharing has become a buzzword in cities from Cape Town to Shanghai to Melbourne. Planners, politicians and media pundits keep touting their benefits: reducing pollution, congestion, travel costs and oil dependence,...

Can you keep your kids safe watching YouTube?

Dec 28, 2017 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In recent weeks parents have been shaken by media reports about upsetting, offensive or crassly commercial videos that children using YouTube and YouTube Kids could be exposed to just by following links from content they...