Jul 04, 2017 00:44 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Ghanas B3 credit rating and stable outlook reflects its strong economic growth outlook and reduction in external imbalances, set against challenges which include a significant fiscal overrun in 2016, high government debt...
FxWirePro: A glimpse through EMFX and derivatives trades perspectives
Jul 03, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
EMEA EM FX weakness seems to be modest. We project modest EMEA EM FX weakness, as well as market volatility and risk premia, rise in response to changing global monetary policy narrative. Importantly for investors, we...
FxWirePro: Is it sense of optimism from China for industrial metals?
Jul 03, 2017 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Having bottomed out in early 2016 after five successive years of falls, the metals index (LMEX) has rebounded by around 35%. With the exception of nickel, uptrends remain in place for most metals. We highlight several...
Jul 03, 2017 12:23 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Gold price seems to be the consistent standout under an investor positioning mean reversion rule with a success ratio of over 60% over the last five years and modest average monthly returns, albeit with a low information...
FxWirePro: What drives bullish dollar again in H2’2017 – low beta formats
Jul 03, 2017 09:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The US dollar index closedFridayunchanged on the day.The H12017 turned out to be one dominated by USD weakness, and the outperformance of EM carry, an outcome expected by few at the beginning of the year. The broad slide...
Jul 03, 2017 08:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
In China, we have Caixin PMIs out for June month after surprising to the low side in May at 49.6, however, the parallel Jun national PMI measure did rise 0.5pts last Friday to 51.7. NZDUSD in short run could push higher...
FxWirePro: G10 FX OTC functionality to sync with its correlations
Jul 03, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Please be noted that the above nutshell showing IVs and risk reversals of G10, has been indicating the mixed bag of hedging sentiments. Implied volatilities have been extremely lower and you could also make out that there...
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