Category Archive: Forex

Warning – Hedging is Hard Work

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Excuse us for being just a little paranoid but it has been a tough week that has continued from 2 weeks ago when we were vacillating between feeling gloom or doom after an… Continue reading

The Singapore Monetary Policy Statement and the Thankless Job of Central Banking – Thank You, MAS !

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photo courtesy of Ms Su Tan of HK, taken on a wine tour of Sicily.   October is looking to be a painful month with an estimated US$ 876 billion wiped off bond… Continue reading

Running Out of Ideas a Decade After Lehman Brothers

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Why do we have all these 2020 downturn stories and Ray Dalio with a new book, A Template for Understanding Debt Crises, that he is giving away as a free PDF, all calling… Continue reading

Not Really About The Singapore Spring Monetary Policy Statement

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April 2018 is probably the best month to have a non-G3(+China) central bank meeting because no one would be paying much attention to you in such times of market upheaval amidst geopolitical uncertainties.… Continue reading

2018, Eat, Sleep, Sh*t and Shop … But Don’t Forget to Breathe and Think

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photo courtesy of Mr Percy T., Poland 2017.   2017 has been a year of epic proportions and no storm, wind, hail, flood, fire or Godly wrath of any sort has been large… Continue reading

2017 Into 2018, For All The Mad, Stupid, Evil and Greedy People in the World

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photo courtesy of Mr Percy T., Auschwtiz 2017.     * 2017 was a rare recording-breaking year where sell-signals did not work, that has left us at a loss for words, a volatile… Continue reading

Singapore Rates and Currency Outlook 2018 : The Existential Crisis

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photo courtesy of Mr Percy T., Poland * 2017 has been a good and bountiful year prospering many a Singaporean *  Singapore is a rare case in Asia where the currency has appreciated… Continue reading

Missing Out on En Blocs and Singapore’s October Monetary Policy Statement

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Photo courtesy of Mr K.C.Kan, Nepal. Most Singaporeans are missing out on the en bloc mania as disconnect in property prices emerge between the real market and the en bloc market It still… Continue reading

Dog Days For The US Dollar and Other Thoughts

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Dog Days of Summer – “the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought,… Continue reading

Welcome, 1% SIBOR. It Is For Real This Time.

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Appetide Cafe   It is Oxley on our minds this week when you can have the free papers devoting 10 pages to the Oxley saga that I am ashamed to admit I little… Continue reading