Trading Bonds Against the Zero Bound
We were recently asked: how can CTAs that are long bonds hope to continue making money on the trade with interest rates almost at zero? Since rates can’t go below zero, how can a trade which is looking for rates to keep going lower (towards zero) work out? This does seem intuitive to think a trade without much room to run is no good, but it’s not quite the case…
The Euro Crisis: Austin Powers on a Steamroller
We’ve heard from some corners people calling last month’s selloff and the potential Greek exit from the Euro (or dissolution of the Euro) as a black swan-type event. But can anyone really say these events are unexpected anymore? A better analogy may be the slowly-moving steamroller from the Austin Powers film…
Weekend Reads
June has so far taken a decidedly different direction than May. Whether you’re long or short, it’s no cakewalk out there. In the meantime, here are our Weekend Reads.
Mind the Gap
We’ve been cheering the markets to go to zero for a while now, since trend followers are largely in short positions right now. And thus didn’t look to favorably upon the Spanish bailout news over the weekend which saw S&P futures “gap up” as we were going to bed last night. What followed was much more to our liking.
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