Market Moving Event – R Option

January 14, 2019 3:32 pm / Published in * R Option, Brexit
UK Parliament on 15 January 2019 regarding the proposed Brexit deal

International Flows and FX Risk

August 17, 2018 2:00 pm / Published in Brazil, Brexit, China, Copper, Earnings, EUR, EUR/USD, Europe, France, FundFlows, Performance, Peru
Month to date the market had seen the USD adding pressure to some countries, many commodities and some equity markets.  This is on risk that many companies in Asia and LatAm are not ready to hedge. North American companies and European are more used to than others to understand the FX risk. They usually have

#Brexit #SPX Gap down and go

March 19, 2018 11:35 am / Published in Brexit
/ES at -1.2% is finding some temporary support. UK and EU have reached a transition deal for Brexit

$Oil Lower, $NASDAQ New High

January 9, 2017 8:13 pm / Published in Brent, Brexit, Oil
Record Iraqi crude exports and rising U.S. output added to oversupply concerns, dragging oil lower. Energy and financial stocks weighed on the Dow and the S&P500, while the Nasdaq was boosted by healthcare stocks. Treasury yields slipped following revival of fears of a “hard-Brexit”

2016 Market Recap #RandholmCo

December 30, 2016 12:39 pm / Published in Brazil, Brexit, China, EUR/USD, Europe, GBP, Germany, Greece, IBEX, Italy, JAPAN, Middle East, Nasdaq, Nasdaq and NYSE, NIKKEI, Performance, Russia, SP500, Spain, SPX, STOXX, TURKEY, USD, USD/EUR, VXX
Here is some data to carry forward to 2017 with just a few trading hours left this year, The UK Referendum and the US Elections were two events that created  short term spikes in volatility. However, the real impact will be measure in years. GOLD in various currencies (1980 to Nov-end 2016) WORLD Indexes YTD

$SPX is moving higher quickly

June 29, 2016 11:24 am / Published in Brexit, Hedge, SPX, TVIX, VXX
After Brexit there has been a strong up move in bonds and a sharp down move in stocks. Some pension funds tend to rebalance by selling bonds and buying stocks. Our algorithms were detecting footprints of such moves at various points during the rally yesterday. The shorts: Many shorts in the market are of the