Oct 04, 2017 10:53 am UTC| Research & Analysis
In Europe, the focus will continue to be on political developments in Spain, as the Catalonian parliament is increasingly likely to declare independence in the coming days. Hence, tensions are likely to rise further before...
FxWirePro: Driving forces to establish ‘triangular conflations’ in Yen shorts
Oct 04, 2017 09:01 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The fate of the greenback depends on much more on a far more important issue at present: Janet Yellens successor as Fed Chair. The FOMCs monetary policy decisions are not taken at the Chairs discretion. But lets not fool...
Oct 04, 2017 07:11 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Weve already advocated call reverse knock out spreads for EURJPY as the underlying spot FX seemed to have been exhausted. Consequently, weve seen bearish effects in the recent past. Please be noted that the implied vols...
FxWirePro: Dual EMFX RVs to capitalize on petro sensitivity
Oct 03, 2017 13:28 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The speed of the correction in EM FX has surprised us, but we remain cautiously pro-carry in our region, given supportive valuations. Among EM currencies, MXN vs. RUB is an interesting skew pair trade to...
Oct 03, 2017 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
Sometimes you have to repeat something again and again for it to be understood. This is what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is experiencing at the moment. Since August, the RBA has taken an aggressive verbal stance...
Oct 03, 2017 11:33 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Politics again acted as the catalyst to sell euros. Last week was the German elections, and this week it is the escalating crisis in Catalonia. The German coalition government talks are expected to drag on for some time....
FxWirePro: Chinese demand for industrial metals to sense lot more flux in Q4’2017
Oct 03, 2017 10:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Nearly two weeks ago, our Chinese economists revised their growth forecast for 3Q17 40bps lower to 6.2% QoQ after July activity data surprised significantly to the downside and August only improved modestly. While...
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