The ferocity of the Brexit sell-off and the subsequent strength of the pullback seems to give credence to the belief among some market participants that “bad news is good news”: “…disappointing economic news… Continue reading
The Basic Bond Seminar is not a Bond Basics Seminar, even if they are both BBS for short. The Tradehaven team has this idea for our first bond seminar of 2016, in time… Continue reading
It does look like the topic of Brexit is here to stay and England is the black swan that will join the ranks of the former great empires out of Spain, Rome, Greece,… Continue reading
“Since the United Kingdom is the biggest European NATO ally when it comes to forces, military capabilities, it really matters what the U.K. does” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-brexit-britain-should-stay/ Brexit is a divorce between the… Continue reading
We seem to spend an inordinate amount of time these days discussing central banks and the British referendum. My first thought on UK’s referendum coming up next Thursday, also known as BREXIT, for… Continue reading
*** ASTREA III: PRICE GUIDANCE *** PRICE GUIDANCE Class A-1 Notes: 4.00-4.25% Class A-2 Notes: 4.75-5.00% Class B Notes: 6.50-6.75% Class C Notes: 9.50-9.75% ** SUMMARY TERMS: CLASS A-1 NOTES **… Continue reading
If you do not spend a lot of your time in the financial district, like me, and you pay a visit for a coffee with old friends, you may be struck by the… Continue reading
My 2 cents worth on the US Non Farm Payrolls last Friday that has been nothing short of a tragedy as the press would have it, getting every single closet-Chicken Little out in… Continue reading
Economic Data In May 3 May Apr PMI 49.8 vs 49.5 expected Apr Electronics Sector Index 49.5 vs 49.0 previous 5 May Nikkei Singapore PMI 49.4 vs 52.0 previous 9 May Apr Foreign… Continue reading
The hugely anticipated retail bonds are finally coming to Singapore’s market 3 years after a KPKB (hokkien slang) letter to the Straits Times forum requesting to bring retail bonds back into the market.… Continue reading