Fixed Income and Currency Strategist

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

Gautam Jain has over 25 years of experience covering global emerging fixed income and currency markets, both as a strategist and a portfolio manager. He has worked in buy-side and sell-side firms, including The Rohatyn Group (TRG Management), Barclays Capital, and Millennium Partners. He has helped manage emerging markets local-currency and hard-currency debt funds. The assets that he covers include currencies, interest rates, sovereign credits, and related derivatives. He specializes in portfolio construction, smart-beta index creation, and asset allocation. Mr. Jain holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Columbia University and is a CFA charter holder.

FX Dashboard: How Much Further Can the Brazilian Real Run?

FX Dashboard: Is Monetary Policy Driving FX Returns?

FX Dashboard: Is It Time for Latin American Currencies to Turn Around?

FX Dashboard: Brazilian Assets Build Risk Premia

Rates 10y Dashboard: Which Countries Have the Steepest Curves?

Rates 10y Dashboard: Which Countries Underperformed as US Rates Rallied?

Rates 10y Dashboard: Greater Dispersion Within EM Means More Trading Opportunities

FX & Rates

<p>In this note, we look at the underperformance of Brazil's long-end rates relative to the currency, which has rallied significantly of late. Instead of going long rates outright, given the risks, it is better to hedge the position with the currency in our view.</p><p>Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of EM 10y rates market, which we produce daily, and where we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among countries by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other countries based on their respective betas to the broad market.</p>

In this note, we look at the underperformance of Brazil's long-end rates relative to the currency, which has rallied significantly of late. Instead of going long rates outright, given the risks, it is better to hedge the position with the currency in our view.Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of EM 10y rates market, which we produce daily, and where we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among countries by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other countries based on their respective betas to the broad market.

Rates 10y Dashboard: Brazil Rates Lag the Currency’s Rally

BRL

Rates 10y Dashboard: Brazil Rates Lag the Currency’s Rally