Opinion Hard time for sterling
According to Luc Luyet and Frederik Ducrozet, Asset Allocation & Macro Research, Pictet Wealth Management, the sharp drop of the sterling on Friday 7 October at the start of trading in Asia with the currency declining 6% in the course of twenty minutes was the climax of (...)
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Strategy Volatility : An asset class to make a portfolio more robust to crises
Investors, especially those of long-term maturity, should take advantage, to make their portfolios less vulnerable to episodes of market stress...
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Note Financial crisis indicators and safe haven assets
How to measure the intensity of the current financial and economic crisis? Regular monitoring of a number of economic and financial indicators helps answering this question and better understanding the materialization of panic behavior and portfolio reallocations in the (...)
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Note The dynamic of the yuan
According to Phillippe Waechter, Head of Economic Research of Natixis Asset management, the evolution of China is extremely rapid, and both its accumulation of foreign reserves and its capability to destabilise or stabilise global constructions is (...)
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Opinion Despite fears about the Bitcoin ’bubble’ bursting, the price of the new digital coins is going through the roof
According to Daniele Bianchi, of Warwick Business School, is Assistant Professor of Finance and he researches crypto-currencies incluing Bitcoin, despite fears about the Bitcoin ’bubble’ bursting, the price of the new digital coins is going through the (...)
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News Crypto Miners Raked in $1.3B in February, the Highest Value So Far
The impressive growth of the crypto market and Bitcoin’s price rally have turned 2021 into a record year for crypto miners. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, crypto miners generated $1.3bn in revenue last month, the highest value so (...)
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Strategy Fed, Oil, yuan: towards a triple capitulation?
The first few days of the year were particularly challenging for capital markets. Further incertitude regarding the strength of the US cycle and the possibility that the Chinese economy is weathering a heavy depression drove risky assets lower, bucking the traditional (...)
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Strategy JPY at risk of reversal: who wins? who loses?
JPY and Japanese equities were the outcast of the rally, in diffidence of Abenomics’ and BoJ’s chances of success. They bear a risk of a reversal ahead of the coming BoJ meetings (April 28 & June 16) and the July Upper House (...)
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Opinion « Currency war », return of protectionism: threats and opportunities!
An analytical report by Jacques Tebeka, Head of Diversified Multi management at Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers
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Note The frantic flight to liquidity and solvency
Some markets have been exhibiting dysfunctions for nearly 4 years. The flight to liquidity and compliance with solvency requirements of banks and states with financial issues, have been - and still is - only ensured by non-conventional financing provisions and emergency (...)
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Strategy Financial markets: hedging against new structural risks and stagflation
There are at least four new structural risks to consider: regulation, Middle East, euro zone’s crisis, and again the idea of a change in growth model of emerging countries.
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Strategy Currencies: The investment theme of the next decade?
A wind of change is blowing on the international monetary system, which could start a new chapter of its history. Investment Strategy Specialist at ING Investment Management, Vincent Juvyns presents current issues and explains how they can be an investment (...)
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Strategy Forex, a value added in an allocation between real and financial assets
The foreign exchange market (Forex) is not an extra asset class but all asset classes together in the same market. It can be a real source of diversification and performance subject to a systematic, disciplined and rigorous (...)
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Regulation High Frequency Trading (HFT): Positive for forex market and negative for equities ?
While the AMF and European regulators plan to limit or prohibit HFT, the BSI considers it to be beneficial to the foreign exchange market in normal times and in times of stress...
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Note Survey: European investors are optimistic for the future of the Euro
It emerges from an poll, conducted by the Global Alliance of Investors, dealing with institutional investors in Europe, that 80% of those questioned, believe in the ability of the euro to cope with current challenges. British investors are less (...)
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