Tag Archive: USD CARRY TRADES

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Bonds In Conversation : What Can I Say ? Ice Bucket Challenge !

Bonds In Conversation : What Can I Say ? Ice Bucket Challenge !

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Stunned into silence in a remarkably surreal week that set some new records to rewire our mindsets. First the Dow and the S&P records highs were expected but what was not is that… Continue reading →

Ad Hoc Commentary – Turkey’s possibly futile attempt to prevent the unwinding of the USD carry trade

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“The Turkish central bank raised its overnight lending rate to 12% from 7.75%…” http://www.cnbc.com/id/101359309 Of course it stopped the rout of the Turkish Lira in the short term. By contagion, it also stabilized… Continue reading →