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Added topic Top 10 Rates, FX & EM Trades For 2017
1. Short US 5y rates  – Two and a half Fed hikes priced by the rates market for 2017- 18 are not consistent with aggressive fiscal easing promised by Trump. 2. Short US 10y real rates  – After the violent repricing of inflation breakevens
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Added topic EUR/USD: A Double Blow: Finally Heading To Test Parity
USD: US dollar bull market regains upward momentum. The US dollar rally has accelerated after  the dollar index clearly broke above key resistance yesterday from the previous cyclical high at around 101.5 recorded in December of last year. 
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Added topic EUR/USD: Dipping Or Taking A Deep Dive?
The US policy mix suggests that more Fed hikes have to be priced. With lasting policy uncertainty and potential protectionism, there are probably enough ingredients to consider the risk of massive new dollar appreciation. If the negative political
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Added topic Euro to Dollar Exchange Rate Forecast to fall Below Parity in 2017
UK lender Barclays have informed clients to expect notable Euro weakness in 2017 as the ECB continues with its effort to reflate the Eurozone economy. The worst two-week run for the Euro against the Dollar since March 2015 has strategists at Barclays
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Added topic The Italian referendum and the issues at stake
" On 4 December, Italy is holding a referendum.It's not a referendum on the euro - neither on the surface, nor implicitly, as we'll get to in a moment. But lots of people are worried about the outcome, and what it might say for politics across the
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Added topic Italy at Risk of Breaking EU Budget Rules as Referendum Looms
Italy is among eight Eurozone member states at risk of breaking EU budget rules, raising fresh criticisms of Rome ahead of next month’s referendum on constitutional reform. The European Union’s executive arm has warned Italy, Spain, Portugal Cyprus
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Added topic Deutsche Bank's perfect trade is short EUR/USD
From FX Strategy at Deutsche Bank: Short EUR/USD 'The One Trade Where Economic And Political Risks Align Perfectly' In the short-term there are some factors that should at least contain the rise in Treasury yields, including: i) limits to how steep
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Added topic EUR/USD: 'A Perfect Storm': Is It On The Verge Of Collapse?
The Trump win has triggered a ‘perfect storm’ for EUR/USD . Hopes for fiscal stimulus and earnings repatriation in the US have lifted USD while political risks ahead of the Italian referendum and the general elections in France, the Netherlands and
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Added topic EUR/USD 1.0: It's now or never
From Societe General: The bullish US macro-economic 'reset' following the election success of Donald Trump has governed financial markets and sparked the bond market rout and USD buying but  it is the threat of political tail risk and
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Added topic EUR/USD Rate Forecast Of $0.95 In 2017 Not Aggressive: Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has maintained its EUR/USD exchange rate forecast of $0.9500 by the end of 2017, adding that this is not seen as a too aggressive prediction given the current market developments. EUR USD to soften to 0.95 - Deutsche maintain 2017
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Added topic GBP: 3 Factors Behind This Squeeze
GBP: 3 Factors Behind This Squeeze The consolidation in GBP that we had anticipated into year-end has materialized and has been given a boost following the election of Donald Trump. Since hitting a new multiyear low in mid-October, the GBP
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Added topic Traders keep bets on Fed rate hike later this year
Traders of U.S. short-term interest rate futures continued to bet on a Federal Reserve rate hike in December after a U.S. government report published on Friday showed solid jobs gains and a rise in wages in October. Traders now see about a 72 percent
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Added topic Trading The US Elections
The US election will continue to dominate markets in the coming week;  narrower polls suggest markets aren’t priced for tail risk outcomes.   The timing of poll closings on election night will be important for investors as markets adjust
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Added topic Volatile Election Not Volatile Enough for the Man Who Trades Chaos
hile stock investors are growing anxious before the U.S. presidential election, betting on equity volatility has become the most expensive in more than a year. Huakun Ding says the next big opportunity may be to wager on the market calming back down
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Added topic EUR/USD: Towards 1.30 Or Towards Parity After The US Elections
The one of our views that meets the most resistance, is that  EUR/USD has a better chance of breaking 1.30 than breaking parity, whatever happens today . The surge in populist voting is perceived, on this side of the Atlantic, as a serious
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Added topic Wall Street elite stunned at Trump triumph
From plush penthouse apartments on the Upper East Side to bars in midtown Manhattan, New York’s financial community watched in stunned dismay on Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump clinched the White House. An early party mood quickly soured as
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Added topic Trump Wins: What's Now For The Dollar?
It will take a very long time to understand the implications of a Trump presidency. Big picture, it re-enforces the world’s shift away from globalization. In the short-term, the market will likely focus on the following three markers: Trump rhetoric
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Added topic EUR/USD, GBP/USD: Tech Setups & Make Or Break Levels
EUR/USD Setup: Since the bottom formed at a  multi-decade channel last year at 1.06/1.05 (now coming up at 1.0820/1.0780) , EUR/USD has seen a choppy consolidation with shabe p up and down swings. This appears similar to that seen back in
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Added topic Moscow exchange says it suspends FX trading
FX and precious metals markets in Russia suspended 11 Nov will re-open at 13.10 MSK (10.10 GMT) No further detail at present. Update 10.03 GMT - Software glitch cited
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Added topic HFT Legend Exits The Business: "It's Harder To Make Money"
To those who have followed the rise and fall of the HFT industry, and certainly the far more dramatic rise and fall of one former Goldman trader and programmer, Sergey Aleynikov, the names Misha Malyshev and Teza Technologies are very familiar