Renminbi Fails to Make the International Grade
Not so long ago China's renminbi was being touted as an up-and-coming currency. But recent figures from SWIFT suggest that the it is being used...
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Money Matters: Short-Term Dollar Catalysts.
Having broken convincingly through 100, the DXY (trade weighted dollar index) has pulled back in the past few days to test its break. The Italian...
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2017 Asset Allocation Outlook: Part 1 – Emerging Markets and Commodities
Overweighting EM versus DM and global resources/deep cyclicals looked like a compelling contrarian bet coming into Q1 as consensus bearishness...
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The Trump Presidency: A Look from the Inside Out on Possible Impacts in Asian Economies
The author was a senior executive in Trump’s casino organization for 3 years: a view from the inside Trump’s public statements and private...
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Consensus Rethinks Japan, as Serial Extrapolation Proves Costly
We saw consensus ‘groupthink’ reach new levels in 2016, exacerbated by surging AUM managed in trend following style. Extrapolation remains the...
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