2017 Singapore Rates Outlook : Falling Down The Rabbit Hole
Photo courtesy of Ms Jeannie Tan, S.F. 2016 Has Been A Year To Forget So we emerged bleary eyed from 2015 into a dream state in 2016 and now to go down… Continue reading
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Should I Chase The Rally – Greenspan Was Wrong Then Right On Animal Spirits
Photo courtesy of Ms Jeannie Tan, S.F. People are calling and chatrooms are buzzing with friends saying they were cashing out of their DBS stocks at SGD 18, after the steepest rally… Continue reading
The Big Short – No One Really Knows What Is Going On
Photo courtesy of Mr KC Kan, on a mission in Nepal. This post was published first in http://www.ezfx.com and reproduced with permission. I watched The Big Short for the first time… Continue reading
Deep Market Thoughts : Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and 64 million Unhappy Americans on Black Friday
We have had press overdose which we cannot really blame them for, watching in incredulity as each moment unfolds daily as the new US Presidency takes shape, loss for words and not knowing… Continue reading
The US Vice Presidential Election and The Future of USD
This post was published first in http://www.ezfx.com and reproduced with permission. We know that the US elections is affecting more people than ever this time when Singaporean and Malaysian taxi drivers have… Continue reading
Picking The Contrarian Moment – Currency Talk
Photo courtesy of Ms Jeannie Tan, S.F. There is not a better this entire year to tinker around our thoughts than now, if you are a thinker of course, because we finally… Continue reading
SGD Monthly Snapshot : Wake Me Up When September Ends
Economic Data in September 2 Sep Aug PMI 49.8 vs 49.4 expected Aug Electronics Sector Index 50.2 vs 49.7 previous 5 Sep Aug Nikkei Singapore PMI 52.3 v 50.7 previous 7… Continue reading
FX Musings : Expecting An Unanimous MAS Monetary Policy Statement
A recalcitrant thought after this month’s Bank of Japan meeting and the FOMC, is why not just subcontract our central banking jobs to them for a while ? If the… Continue reading
Demystifying The Financial Anomaly – Shortage of USD And Basis Swaps
I have been perplexed reading about the USD shortages in the negative rate world because the DXY (USD) Index has not gained in the year which means there couldn’t be that… Continue reading
2016 into 2017 : Alice In Wonderland
byPhoto courtesy of Mr KC Kan, in HK “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad.… Continue reading →