FxWirePro: A Quick Run Through On Implied Correlations In Antipodeans

May 14, 2020 11:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Option markets have so far been heedless to the diverging paths of RBA and RBNZ QE, and by extension to the still early-stage differentiation between AUD and NZD. Our antipodean strategists have noted the distinction...

Bankruptcy courts ill-prepared for tsunami of people going broke from coronavirus shutdown

May 14, 2020 10:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

As more Americans lose all or part of their incomes and struggle with mounting debts, another crisis looms: a wave of personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy can discharge or erase many types of debts and stop foreclosures,...

Why it's wrong to blame livestock farms for coronavirus

May 14, 2020 10:17 am UTC| Insights & Views

As part of the global response to the current pandemic, scientists are trying to identify the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Some commentators have promoted unsubstantiated theories suggesting that factory farming, or...

The paradox of social distancing: We've grown closer to co-workers during the coronavirus pandemic

May 14, 2020 10:12 am UTC| Insights & Views

While driving to work in the first week of 2020, I came upon the aftermath of a horrific vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. An hour later, I was in a meeting with colleagues at Brock University. Although still...

FxWirePro: Risk-Reversal Analysis For Aussie – AUD Shorts Against EUR More Luring Than USD

May 14, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Even after the 50% pullback from the manic extremes of March, AUDUSD risk-reversals are at 2008 GFC extremes as a ratio to ATM vols (refer above chart). The short-memory of the unhinged collapse in AUD spot and spike in...

Norwegian Macros Provides Breathing Space To Norges - Delta Loop Vanilla Triangle Package For NOK

May 13, 2020 14:47 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

Inflation was not much of an issue in Norway anyway over the past few years, so that Norges Bank was able to hike its key rate quite strongly over the past two years until it lowered it back to 0% again as a result of the...

FxWirePro: A Prudent Run Through On AUD Options Market Analytics

May 13, 2020 12:43 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Even after the 50% pullback from the manic extremes of March, AUDUSD risk-reversals are at 2008 GFC extremes as a ratio to ATM vols (refer above charts). The short-memory of the unhinged collapse in AUD spot and spike in...