Eating Lab Grown Meat, El Nino And Trading Against Markets – Fx Ideas

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I was wondering why 78% of polled Americans would not eat lab-grown meat when I remembered the “pink slime” scandal from 2 years ago. https://tradehaven.net/market/credit-default-sickness/ Yet at the same time we have China… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Give Way, And Go To Heaven

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Plenty of time, I had, to practise iPhone photography, ponder on the nation’s traffic woes and think about markets this morning. Yes, it was the usual Causeway jam (into Singapore). The jam on… Continue reading

A World Without SOR – Singapore

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Let me congratulate everyone who has re-fixed their loans voluntarily or involuntarily from SOR because ….. since the clean up and the fool proof fixing methodology deployed, we have enjoyed no trading for… Continue reading

Passover, Full Moon Eclipse and Nose Bleeding Markets – EURUSD

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The Jewish Pesach (Passover) started yesterday along with the full moon (eclipse) and Janet Yellen gave us nosebleed by not mentioning anything about monetary policy in her speech, leaving the market LOST and… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – the Bank of England explains away two misconceptions about money creation

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If you were taught that: 1. Commercial banks lend out the deposits that savers placed with them, and 2. The central bank control the quantity of broad money via the money multiplier Then… Continue reading

SGD Bonds Switch Ideas – Sembcorp vs Singpost, Olam vs NOL

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Courtesy of a very generous contributor and market price maker. Some switch ideas for the SGD corporate bonds in your portfolio. BUY Sembcorp Perpetual Unrated 5% callable 08/2018 at yield to call 4.06%… Continue reading

Post MPS – The Silent SGD On A Full Moon Eclipse Night

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Seems nobody is really interested in what happened in Singapore yesterday, just like nobody is really interested in the RBA minutes today because only America matters and we all know where we stand.… Continue reading

SGD New Issue Review : TA CORPORATION SGD 2.5-YR SENIOR UNSECURED

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TA CORPORATION SGD 2.5-YR SENIOR UNSECURED – PX GUIDANCE Issuer : TA Corporation Ltd. Status: Senior, unsecured Rating: Unrated Issue Size: TBD Distribution: As per Information Memorandum, primarily Singapore selling restrictions Under Section… Continue reading

Anger, Anger, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop To Drink

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There is a lot of anger in the world today, from the big men and women to the little people. For the little people, the anger arises from social inequality which is threatening… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Always A Borrower And Lender Be, Let Shakespeare Burn In Hell

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And so Greece returns to the bond markets as we have had a busy week of IPOs and issuances. Lebanon 5Y, Pakistan 5Y and 10Y, Sri Lanka 5Y and I suspect you could… Continue reading