Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

Simon Harris

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets</li>
<li>Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days</li>
<li>We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces</li>
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Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets
Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days
We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces


EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades

Asia biased macro & technical analysis, Untying The Gordian Knot

Untying The Gordian Knot

Asia biased macro & technical analysis

A differentiated process with a primary focus on Asia. Technical Analysis as core and Macro drivers that could bring the view to fruition & changes that could make the idea fall apart. The objective is to be the best in class, hence corner shop.

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>We seem to be playing to the Oscar-winning movie title “Everything Everywhere All at Once” in the financial markets.</li><li>Two bank failures in the US, and we go from No Landing to Crash Landing.</li><li>The three days move in 2-year yields was the most significant drop since 1987 and a $ 485 billion loss in banks' market cap.</li></ul>

We seem to be playing to the Oscar-winning movie title “Everything Everywhere All at Once” in the financial markets.Two bank failures in the US, and we go from No Landing to Crash Landing.The three days move in 2-year yields was the most significant drop since 1987 and a $ 485 billion loss in banks' market cap.

High Quality Stock Setups, Weekly Stock Bull Finder

Weekly Stock Bull Finder

High Quality Stock Setups

Finding high potential stock setups on quality companies

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>After breaking above the bear market trend line resistance area, last week’s banking sector contagion fears, spotlighted by Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, pushed the S&amp;P 500 back below its 200 day moving average on high volume.</li><li>Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group is the largest US bank failure since 2008 and was the 16th biggest in the U.S. at the end of last year with about $209 billion in assets.</li><li>Silicon Valley Bank's failure is the largest since Washington Mutual went bust in 2008.</li></ul>

After breaking above the bear market trend line resistance area, last week’s banking sector contagion fears, spotlighted by Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse, pushed the S&amp;P 500 back below its 200 day moving average on high volume.Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group is the largest US bank failure since 2008 and was the 16th biggest in the U.S. at the end of last year with about $209 billion in assets.Silicon Valley Bank's failure is the largest since Washington Mutual went bust in 2008.

Global Economist, DeSaque Macro Research

Said Desaque

Global Economist

Delivering Global Macro Investment Insights

DeSaque Macro Research

DeSaque Macro Research Limited was formed by Said DeSaque in April 2012 with the view to delivering global macro investment insights aimed at providing new ideas to clients.

Said DeSaque has over 26 years of experience working as a professional economist in financial services. Prior to establishing DeSaque Macro Research, Said held positions as Senior Economist at Robert W Baird and William Blair. He began his career as a graduate at PaineWebber in 1986, where he eventually became Head of the London Economics Department.

Said takes a very keen interest in international relations, along with their implications for economic development. His research interests include the economic transformation of China and its implications for global capital markets, particularly in the United States. He is a member of Chatham House in London.

The US economy and capital markets have historically been Said’s main focus of attention. He frequently presents his views to institutional investors in diverse geographic locations. In recent years, Said has also been carefully monitoring economic developments in Asia, particularly China and Japan.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>The reaction of central banks to the global financial crisis (GFC) was a boon for passive investment funds after 2008 and, consequently, bubbles in equity and fixed income investment benchmarks.</li>
<li>Easy money and passive investment turned long-standing relative financial asset returns on their head: value stocks no longer outperformed growth counterparts. Small-cap stocks also began underperforming their larger brethren. </li>
<li>Higher economic and inflation volatility in the future means that the nature of post-GFC investment returns will not return, thereby implying a much bigger opportunity for active fund management.</li>
</ul>


The reaction of central banks to the global financial crisis (GFC) was a boon for passive investment funds after 2008 and, consequently, bubbles in equity and fixed income investment benchmarks.
Easy money and passive investment turned long-standing relative financial asset returns on their head: value stocks no longer outperformed growth counterparts. Small-cap stocks also began underperforming their larger brethren. 
Higher economic and inflation volatility in the future means that the nature of post-GFC investment returns will not return, thereby implying a much bigger opportunity for active fund management.


Active Equity Portfolio Management Trumps Passive in the Post-Easy Money Environment

United States

The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)

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Mean Reversion

We seem to be playing to the Oscar-winning movie title “Everything Everywhere All at Once” in the financial markets. Two bank failures in the US,...

Untying The Gordian Knot

Weekly Stock Bullfinder - Week of 3/13

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Weekly Stock Bull Finder

Active Equity Portfolio Management Trumps Passive in the Post-Easy Money Environment

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DeSaque Macro Research

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A weekly look at spot, vol and skew changes across 8 global Indices. We analyse the changes and try to identify the best trades based on the vol...

Simon Harris