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Monthly archive October, 2013

BARCAP-Wkly Macro & Commodities Price Tech 25th Oct13

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BarCap here basically going all in on all asset classes to the end of 2013. A super bullish call this. No matter fixed income, Piigs fixed income, oil, equities, junk, bullion. In summary, put on the blind fold or hand the dart to the chimp, and go all in. BARCAP-WKLYMACROTECH-25-10-13 With Yellen at the FED...

SC – Global Macro Strat Monthly – Nov2013

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An excellent report. No time to comment on it but a nice walk through this by the private banking team in SC. SC-MonthlyGlobalMarkets-Nov13 Rich

NomuraB – EURGBP EURUSD Technical Price Charts 28th Oct13

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Just a quick update eurgbp. I have to, unfortunately, agree with them that the euro is likely making a move toward the channel resistance at circa 0.87 vs the gbp. The battle for the technical continuation of the cyclical bear vs the gbp has been running for what seems like the last 6 months. Checking...

DeutscheB Commitment of Traders, Major Instruments – 28th Oct13

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A nice report here which adds another arrow to the technical view on the markets. I like the level of the shorts on WTI, as one example playing into the weak seasonals for the instrument. Purely from a trading perspective if they can be ‘turned over’ these are the sorts of games that traders like...

ScotiaB-FXWklyTech 25th Oct13

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Many participants are neutral here. They are trading small volumes until we get a bit more clarity which way we are heading here. Here Scotia, to an extent, telling us what we already know but nice analysis and puts some meat on the bones technically on the fx pairs. ScotiaB-FX-25-10-13 Rich

SC – FX Wkly Technical Analysis “EURUSD Possible Extension to 1.418” 28th Oct13

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Here below the latest major pairs review from SC. They remain bullish euro short term up to a possible 1.418 level. But they also remain US$ bulls on the more medium term horizon. They are neutral GBPUSD and bearish USDJPY given the crowded net long position near term. Without delay here the report: SC-FXWklytech-28-10-13 All...

CommerzB & WF – Week in Focus – 25th Oct13

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Here the Commerz economic team for the week ahead. Commerz-weeklyecon-25-10-13 And WF, review of the key data and a look ahead WeeklyEconomicFinancialCommentary_10252013 Rich

Nomura-FX Trade Recommendations – 25th Oct13

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A couple of interesting pairs from the Nomura team. The USDJPY I like the look of. Here the report: Nomura-USDJPY-25-10-13 Here the USDCAD nomura-USDCAD-251013 Rich

CS – FX Technical Weekly – 23rd Oct 13

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Apologies for the late update on this report. I’ll be quicker on this week’s release. CS questioning whether the US$ ‘golden goose’ has been killed but coming down on the US$s side. CS-FX-wkly-23-10-13 They haven’t been proved wrong by price as yet but some of their calls are be questioned here. “We expect the euro...

CS – Fixed Income Strat – 25th Oct 13

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CS team reviewing the price moves and adjusting their forecasts for credit rates across the major markets. We have stepped back from the brink of higher rates recently. US Junk has scored a higher high and higher lows and is close to record low spreads to the UST10yr. For how long these warm tail winds...

JPM-FX Technical Analysis – 25th Oct 13

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Some key pairs with an emphasis on the commodity pairs to the US$. Strength in the EURO & US$ vs the NZD, CAD etc with some key levels in play. Here the report: JPM-fx-25-10-13 Rich    

CS – Weekly Macro Charts 24th Oct 2013

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Here a great set of charts across the major markets with the key technical levels according to CS. All sorts of standout charts inc the “US credit spreads threaten the year’s lows again” as commented, the spread is narrowing to the 10yr UST and this trend is motoring look at the tech price chart for...
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