FOMC. Current Expectations For Fed Funds Rate Evolution 2016.
Monday, 21 December 2015 | 7:19 am
FOMC: Current expectations Dec 21, 2015. The Fed raised rates last week Dec 16 by 0.25%. Currently, the market expects 4 rate hikes in 2016. There are 4 FOMC meetings in 2016 in which a press conference follows and it is at these that interest rates are expected to be raised. Interest rates are not
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Ten Seconds Into The Future. 2016 Will Be Guerrilla Trading
Monday, 21 December 2015 | 12:53 am
Last week the FOMC finally raised interest rates, the first time in 9 years. Risk markets rallied in relief before falling back on concerns in commodities and credit markets. Equities Year to date MSCI World is -3.45%. The S&P is -2.6%, FTSE is -7.8%, MXAPJ is -13.6% and MSCI Emerging Markets is -15.3%. In China,
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Asset Booms and Property Bubbles Are Bad For Economies Even If They Never Burst.
Wednesday, 09 December 2015 | 7:22 am
Success sews the seeds of its own demise. Adversity improves the breed. Human beings are dynamic and adaptive, which means they adapt to hardship by growing stronger, becoming more resilient and more resourceful, and they react to comfort by growing lazy, complacent and vulnerable. A society which has won success and comfort through toil, enterprise
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Hedge Fund Business Development. An Opportunity For Prime Brokers.
Monday, 07 December 2015 | 6:17 am
Hedge funds and their prime brokers should get more creative with their business development. One area is illiquid side pockets which can be used to house either illiquid assets or long gestation strategies. These strategies should ideally not be in the main liquid structure of the hedge fund but carved out as a side pocket.
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Private Banking Industry In Asia. An Increasingly Difficult Business.
Tuesday, 01 December 2015 | 6:45 am
It is important to correctly define what is meant by private banking, especially in the context of Asia. Many private banks in Asia struggle despite asset growth because of margin and cost pressures. One reason for margin compression is the failure to distinguish between private banking, brokerage and lending businesses. A typical private bank may
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