Equity Wednesday : Getting Ready For Apple-Baba
Some lessons from the top 20. We know we had a banking crisis when we check the top 20 market caps of the world over 7 years and find that the number of… Continue reading
Market Thoughts : Dedicated to Scotland
Scotland, land of the world’s favourite whiskies and the birthplace of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics. Bernie and I were discussing Scotland back in March this year during the run up… Continue reading
Random Thoughts – Human Trading Biases
Seasoned traders are all prone to biases. For some weeks now, I have been re-conditioning my brain that I should not look at Iron ore prices when trading the AUD, trying hard to… Continue reading
New CNH Bond Warning : Swiber 3Y CNH
SWIBER HOLDINGS LIMITED OFFSHORE CNY 3-YEAR Issuer: Swiber Holdings Limited Issuer / Issue Ratings: Unrated Status: Fixed Rate, Senior Unsecured Notes Format: Reg S Bearer form off the S$1,000,000,000 Multicurrency Debt Issuance Programme… Continue reading
International Focus : Australia and China
Wrong footed Australia would have to wait for another day for the AUD dollar to show any sign of weakening. Longs are building in the AUD position and the last time the market… Continue reading
Bonds In Conversation : A Classic Conundrum And Unnoticed Trends
Mankind’s constant struggle with the environment transposed to markets and a conundrum – if the central banks keep saying things are so bad, then why are stock markets at record highs ? Table… Continue reading
Mama Mia – ECB QE Druggie
Mama Mia… there we go again. Fed then ECB then Fed then ECB then BoJ then ECB… And this is what the Big 3 central banks’ balance sheets look like now. Remember it… Continue reading
Equity Thursday : Systemically Importance Institutions Are Good
I really do not have too much to say about the state of equity markets right now floating in the whimsical highs of cloud number 9 which coincidentally is the month of September… Continue reading
FX Thoughts : The Lonely USD And EM Dreams
The USD dollar is in a lonely place this year as central bankers break ranks in their hierarchies and mostly losing heart. The typical job of a central banker is to manage 1.… Continue reading
Feeling Good About Inflation Vis-à-Vis Affordability
byWe get told daily that the developed world is falling into deflation. Europe, or rather the European Central Bank, is so worried about it that they saw it necessary to penalise savers with… Continue reading →