Columbus Day Volatility
Columbus Day is supposed to be a calm holiday, but we are actually seeing some big moves continue in the…
Columbus Day is supposed to be a calm holiday, but…
Italy and Greece – Banks Using Creative Accounting to Offload Bad Loans
New EU accounting rules allows European banks to sell bad loans without immediately taking a hit to their profits or…
New EU accounting rules allows European banks to sell bad…
Weekend Reading October 6th: Trade Deals, Trade Wars, Markets starting to worry!
Author Aleksandar Adamovic Another active week in the markets. U.S. and Canada signed a new trade agreement, giving the markets…
Author Aleksandar Adamovic Another active week in the markets. U.S.…
A Bolognese Full of “Erdoganish” Deficit Signals
By Andreas Steno Larsen and Martin Enlund, e-markets.nordea.com Italian turmoil has hit European risk appetite this week, while Chair Powell…
By Andreas Steno Larsen and Martin Enlund, e-markets.nordea.com Italian turmoil…
Risk Off Leads to Explosion in Volatility
We have seen a big risk off sentiment feed into the markets over past 48 hours. The Italian debt saga,…
We have seen a big risk off sentiment feed into…
JP Morgan Downgrades China – Expects Full-Blown Trade War
The American bank JP Morgan downgraded both the Chinese currency and its equities market. The downgrades are back of an…
The American bank JP Morgan downgraded both the Chinese currency…
Gold and Surging Yields
A pick up in inflation, growth and Fed rate hikes have pushed Treasury yields higher. The US 10 year yield…
A pick up in inflation, growth and Fed rate hikes…
World’s Biggest Fund considering selling Oil & Gas Stocks
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, the $1trillion Norwegian state fund is leaning towards divesting its stake in oil &…
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, the $1trillion Norwegian state…
Brazil Update – Who’s Got Exposure and Could Trump End the Samba
By Aleksandar Adamovic Investors should monitor international companies with exposure to Brazil as it appears market friendly right-wing candidate is…
By Aleksandar Adamovic Investors should monitor international companies with exposure…
Emerging Markets Update
We all know the Emerging Markets violent moves earlier this summer. Since then, most of these markets have managed stabilizing,…
We all know the Emerging Markets violent moves earlier this…
Brazil – Markets Rally as Far-Right Candidate Takes Lead in Poll Ahead of Elections
by Aleksandar Adamovic The Brazilian markets (EWZ US) rallied over 6% today as the most recent poll ahead of the…
by Aleksandar Adamovic The Brazilian markets (EWZ US) rallied over…
Precious Metals Revival
Today has been another “all about Italy crisis day”. We have seen wild moves in FX pairs, first with major…
Today has been another “all about Italy crisis day”. We…