MSCI says no to Chinese stocks
Jun 10, 2015 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
MSCI has declined to include mainland Chinese stocks to its indices. Though recovered, the decision provided a jolt to Chinese benchmark stock index CSI 300, which was down more than 2% after the decision. Though...
Trade laggards can deploy momentum strategies on German treasury bonds
Jun 10, 2015 06:53 am UTC| Insights & Views
The timing of a rise in interest rate has been a double-crossing theme. Yet bond sell-offs arise, badly hurting fixed income and global macro portfolios.What relief can be found in systematic strategies? To what extent...
125 Dollar-Yen uncomfortable even for BOJ
Jun 10, 2015 06:30 am UTC| Insights & Views
Though exchange rate is not a policy tool of Bank of Japan (BOJ), that didnt prevented Governor Kuroda to comment on it. According to Mr. Kuroda, further decline in Yen against dollar is unlikely as yen is already very...
Highlights of Barack Obama’s speech at G7 summit
Jun 10, 2015 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
President Obama speaks at a news conference at the conclusion of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in southern Germany. The fight against Islamic State Sanctions against Russia Greeces debt crisis FIFA bribery...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Jun 10, 2015 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, however risk associated is high. Data released so far - Australia - Westpac consumer confidence dropped by -6.9% in June reading. Upcoming - France - Industrial...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Jun 09, 2015 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metals are treading water in spite of weakness in Dollar. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold bounced back above $1180, but failed to maintain gains. Todays range $1182-1173. Price suggests...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Jun 09, 2015 16:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 95.19 (-0.06%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.08%, Kiwi +0.06%, Loonie +0.76%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +0.91%, Kiwi +1.34%, Loonie +0.93%. AUD/USD - Trading at...