News category: Credit And Fixed Income

Georgia In Paris - Sunday Roundup, April 28, 2024

Apr 28, 2024

I was in sunny Paris this week at TradeTech Europe and it got me thinking about how markets are increasingly interconnected and whether it is a positive development or not. Panelists were talking about how derivatives strategies are becoming less exotic and increasingly mainstream among institutions, with multi-asset investors using more sophisticated derivatives strategies and

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Breakin’ My Market - Sunday Roundup, April 21, 2024

Apr 21, 2024

Bad news never has the effect you think it will, especially so in the derivatives space. But for once, options prices this week seemed to be taking into account the unsettling combination of the Fed signaling that rates might in fact stay higher for longer and tension in the Middle East reaching a boiling point.

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Rate Riddles - Sunday Roundup, March 24, 2024

Mar 24, 2024

Rate cuts are on the horizon but the resulting impact on the market may not be the answer that everyone’s portfolio is looking for. The Fed said it would maintain its policy rate range of 5.25% to 5.5% this week, making it the fifth meeting in a row to hold rates steady. If this is

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