FX Thoughts : Time To Head To The Polls

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We have 2 elections coming up – Singapore on 11 Sep and Canada on 19 Oct, just when markets do not look as rosy as they did 3 months ago with global growth… Continue reading

The Dark Knight Fx Series : Follow Up on USDJPY

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Previous Post : https://tradehaven.net/the-dark-knight-fx-series-analysis-of-usdjpy/ Analysis: Follow through with our 25th August analysis, USDJPY indeed consolidated in a choppy / volatile manner in which the envisaged Triangle pattern has developed. This is very typical… Continue reading

Corporate Bond Buffet : What A Difference 2 Months Make

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Back in June. “Why is safety under-appreciated even as US junk bond defaults rose to the highest level since Oct 2009 giving us a total of 9 defaults in May? Because it has… Continue reading

SGD Bumper Election Issue : Lucky Singapore Savers

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I say again, thank goodness for the elections. It has been an ugly week and the effect of the elections on the USDSGD lasted about half a day. While reports are screaming that… Continue reading

Want To Always Make Money ? Try High Frequency Trading !

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Imagine you always have the winning hand, what a life that would be. A business where you never run a loss, or perhaps just one day of loss in 5 years ? I… Continue reading

The New Era Is In Private Wealth And The Power Of The Unburnt Class

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This post was written a week ago for http://www.hnworth.com, a site targeting high net worth individuals in Singapore. Have fun reading… ******************************** There is a reason to be nosy when a good friend… Continue reading

Australia Focus : Still Asians’ Best Friend

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This week has been about the mystery of the AUDUSD low in Monday’s flash crash that was so sharp that charts cannot even agree on a low-point when it “dived US2c in the… Continue reading

CHINA IN FOCUS : SHANGHAI DOLLY

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Every now and then it is nice to go out and so I was taken to Shanghai Dolly last week by an over enthusiastic friend who was quite sold on the popular band… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : HAKUNA MATATA, THE FIRST AFTERSHOCK

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7 weeks ago, we talked about the “aftershocks” after China pulled out all the stops. And back then we wrote, “What we have to look forward to ? 1. The side-effects of China’s… Continue reading

MARKETS : FLASH BOYS, FLASH CRASH, FLASH DANCE ?

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History is made daily. Monday’s Dow’s tumble marked its largest one-day point decline ever on an intraday basis 1,089 points in the first six minutes of trading. Yes, a 6 minute wipe out… Continue reading