Migrant Crisis Series

Why Europe's 'fortress' approach to migration crisis won't work

Nov 17, 2016 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Between January and November 2015, approximately 1.5 million migrants reached the European Union through the Mediterranean Sea. This high level of migration continued in 2016. Several European countries that previously...

FxWirePro: EUR/USD interim bulls at 11-months lows to create space for more slumps as major non-directional trend turning into bears favor

Nov 17, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

The pair surged to 1.0711, Wednesdays 11-month trough of 1.06651 as dollar losing traction today, however, remained closer to the multi-year highs. Snap rallies to deploy shorts as no traces of indications of...

Downside risks remain high for New Zealand's economy

Nov 17, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The Reserve Bank of New Zealands (RBNZ) expansionary monetary has helped New Zealands economy develop well over the past year. The nations real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 0.8-0.9 percent q/q over the past four...

FxWirePro: Polish legislations to engulf pressure on PLN, CNB floor policy keeps EUR/CZK writers on upper hand

Nov 17, 2016 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views

PLN: Cutting the retirement age is a populist measure, which goes against the grain of what most of Europe has had to embrace since the debt crisis - but, a measure with wide public support in Poland. This was one of the...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Uphold USD/MXN married puts for hedging on 1w ATM HY IVs as FX reserves rise keeps Peso edgy ahead of Banxico’s monetary policy

Nov 17, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Mexican Peso has been edgy on the lingering expectations from analysts for Banxico to hike today and again once before the end of the year, and a 50bp rate increase next week seems more likely than waiting until...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Crude prices attempt to pair losses after EIA inventory - Hedge Brent upside risks via option spreads betting on OPEC manifesto

Nov 17, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views

The crude oil futures price is attempting to pair losses (both WTI and Brent), it dropped yesterday after official inventory reports indicated a larger-than-expected build in U.S. oil stocks (actual 5.3m versus forecasts...

It is hard to see how Snapchat parent Snap will live up to expectations after its IPO

Nov 16, 2016 23:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat is looking to go public with an IPO in March of 2017. Snap has filed its intentions secretly with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and it is expected to be valued at...