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Study: High volatility significantly limits cryptocurrencies usefulness for portfolio diversification

January 9, 2019--Neither shocks to inflation expectations nor shocks to the yield curve significantly affect cryptocurrency market activity, according to new research.

Cryptocurrencies aren't really a traditional asset class since there's no significant relationship between the returns on cryptocurrencies and returns on traditional asset classes, according to new research.

There is a marginally significant correlation between the returns on cryptocurrencies and the returns on futures contracts on both gold and WTI crude oil, but cryptocurrencies' high volatility limits its usefulness for risk diversification and hedging.

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Source: marketwatch.com


Volatility: how 'algos' changed the rhythm of the market

January 9, 2019--Critics say high-frequency trading makes markets too fickle amid rising anxiety over the global economy.

Philippe Jabre was the quintessential swashbuckling trader, slicing his way through markets first at GLG Partners and then an eponymous hedge fund he founded in 2007-at the time one of the industry's biggest-ever launches.

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Source: FT.com


Hedge Funds Lost Almost 6% Last Year as Markets Roiled Managers

January 8, 2019--Equity hedge, CTA/managed futures led the declines in 2018
Funds slid 1.9% in December: Bloomberg Hedge Fund Database

Hedge funds posted a loss of 5.7 percent last year as managers struggled to capitalize on volatility and were roiled by political uncertainty.

For December, funds lost 1.9 percent, according to preliminary figures from the Bloomberg Hedge Fund Database.

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Source: Bloomberg


Storm Clouds Are Brewing for the Global Economy

January 8, 2019--The outlook for the global economy in 2019 has darkened.
International trade and investment have softened. Trade tensions remain elevated. Several large emerging markets underwent substantial financial pressures last year.

Against this challenging backdrop, growth in emerging market and developing economies is expected to remain flat in 2019. The pickup in economies that rely heavily on commodity exports is likely to be much slower than hoped for. Growth in many other economies is anticipated to decelerate.

view moreview the World Bank Global Economic Prospects Darkening Skies

Source: World Bank


U.S. Treasuries trading surged in December as front-end of yield curve inverted: Tradeweb

January 7, 2019--Average daily trading volume in U.S. Treasuries surged over 40 percent in December from a year earlier to almost $83 billion as the front end of the yield curve inverted for the first time in a decade, trading platform Tradeweb said on Monday.

In early December, yields on two-year U.S. government bonds rose above three and five-year bond yields for the first time since 2008, reflecting concerns about a U.S. economic slowdown.

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Source: Reuters


Vanguard keeps title of fastest-growing fund manager

January 6, 2019--CEO Tim Buckley says zero-cost funds such as those offered by Fidelity are 'a gimmick'

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Source: FT.com


10 predictions for the global economy in 2019

January 4, 2019--The global economy started 2018 with strong, synchronized growth. But as the year progressed, momentum faded and growth trends diverged. The US economy accelerated, thanks to fiscal stimulus enacted early in the year, while the economies of the Eurozone, the UK, Japan and China began to weaken.

These divergent trends will persist in 2019. IHS Markit predicts global growth will edge down from 3.2% in 2018 to 3.1% in 2019, and keep decelerating over the next few years.

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Source: World Economic Forum


Natixis aims to join asset management push into China

January 4, 2019--French asset manager looks at acquisitions or ventures to tap Chinese savings pool

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Source: FT.com


'Flash-Crash' Moves Hit Currency Markets

January 2, 2019--Apple's revenue outlook cut may have been a trigger: Jefferies

Yen will continue rally, could appreciate to 102: UBP

It took seven minutes for the yen to surge through levels that have held through almost a decade.

In those wild minutes from about 9:30 a.m. Sydney, the yen jumped almost 8 percent against the Australian dollar to its strongest since 2009, and surged 10 percent versus the Turkish lira.

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Source: Bloomberg


Global gold-backed ETF holdings and flows

December 31, 2018-Regional and fund-specific analysis of gold holdings and flows in USD.
Gold-backed ETFs and similar products account for a significant part of the gold market, with institutional and individual investors using them to implement many of their investment strategies.

Flows in ETFs often highlight short-term and long-term opinions and desires to holding gold. The data on this page tracks gold held in physical form by open-ended ETFs and other products such as close-end funds, and mutual funds. Most funds included in this list are fully backed by physical gold.

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Source: World Gold Council


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