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End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
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A notoriously bearish hedge-fund manager is more convinced than ever that a crash is coming; ‘Giant Risk Event’ Makes Hedging a Good Bet in 2020, TD Says
See also: Singapore Poised to Allow Crypto Derivatives on Approved Venues; Hedge funds struggle as stocks keep behaving like bonds, and more.
A hedge fund CEO warns the stock market is brewing a bubble similar to the time bomb that exploded in early 2018; The absence of fear is a little scary in itself
See also: Oil price rally squeezes bears, but bulls keep powder dry, Column: Funds remain stubbornly bearish CBOT corn through slow U.S. harvest, and more.
Big Bets in Asia on Fed Have Traders Guessing Who’s Paying; Stocks Are Writing Checks the Economic Data Can’t Cash
See also: Alarm sounds over heavy short selling of junk bond ETFs, Managers Optimize Fee Negotiation Structures to Align with Pricing Philosophy, and more.
Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off; Unusual Calm Hangs Over Stock Market
Lead Stories Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off Laurence Fletcher, Tommy Stubbington and Leo Lewis - Financial Times Hedge funds are taking the blame for a drop in Japanese government bond prices that has reverberated around global debt markets....
Five market axioms that can no longer be relied upon; Hedge funds are losing to private equity in a tug-of-war over investors’ portfolios, and experts say it’s only going to get worse
See also: Pound Volatility Jumps Most Since Brexit Vote on Election Risk; In swaps we trust? Disappearing dollars drive currency trading dependence – and more.
Alarm Bells Ringing in Options Market Point to Volatility Ahead; Money Stuff: You Can’t Just Call Loans Options
See also: Options Traders Resist Growing ETF, Index Influence; Libor’s Demise Will Upend How Hugely Popular Derivatives Work, and more.
Options Traders Bet on Year-End Rally in China’s Stocks; Treasuries on the Edge of 2% as Momentum Funds Eye the Exits
See also: Wall Street Plays Rotation Roulette as 2019 Haven Trade Unwinds; A majority of the world’s richest investors expect a ‘significant’ stock sell-off in 2020, UBS survey finds, and more.
November Rally Weighs on Low-Volatility Funds
Lead Stories November Rally Weighs on Low-Volatility Funds Gunjan Banerji - WSJ Investors are dumping strategies often tapped for protection—like exchange-traded funds promising lower volatility—the latest sign that they are embracing riskier...
FX options are poised for growth; Details on CME Options on Bitcoin Futures Released
See also: Trading Slump Deepens, It’s as If JPMorgan and Goldman Vanished; Opinion: The S&P 500’s upside momentum is intact, and more.
Options Traders Eye Bullish Bets on Emerging Markets; Morgan Stanley Returns to Tough Derivatives Niche in Asia
See also: How much Reddit users have amassed from Robinhood ‘infinite money’ bug, Europe Will Step Up Push Into Green Finance, Dombrovskis Says, and more.
Robinhood has a ‘free money cheat’; Miami International Holdings Acquires Controlling Interest in the Bermuda Stock Exchange
See also: Stock Market Remains Near Highs, And Investors Await Fresh Catalyst For Next Move; Nasdaq Launches Smart Options, and more.
Fed Outlines Rationale for T-Bill Buying, But Keeps Options Open; Wall Street gauges notch first triple record high since July
See also: Farmer sentiment on trade and the overall ag economy improves as fall harvest gets underway, How To Profit From The “Fear Premium” While Others Lose Money, and more.
Record Short VIX Positioning Reflects a Ton of Fear Elsewhere; Impeachment In Times Of Irrational Exuberance
See also: LCH won’t back single fix for swaptions switch, China markets feel the pain of stalled derivatives rollout, and more.
Ghost of Halloween Brexit Haunts Sterling Options Market Bets; Volatility Future Gap an Opportunity for Macro Risk Advisors
See also: Pound Complacency Will End With Bang If 2017 Vote Is Any Guide, Sustainable Investment Sceptics Decline, and more.
World Looks Bleak Through the Lens of a Rates Options Trader
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesWorld Looks Bleak Through the Lens of a Rates Options TraderTanvir Sandhu - BloombergThe volatility market shows investors see a sour global economic outlook, with hedges against a...
