New Saudi Oil Minister, Old Saudi Oil Policy
This weekend saw the retirement of long-serving Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi and his replacement by the Chairman of Aramco, Khalid al-Falih.At...
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Saudi: A New Hope?
It has been an interesting few weeks for observers of Saudi Arabia as Doha oil freeze talks failed, concerns re-emerged over the stability of the...
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AmpGFX - Calmer USD and JPY, Weaker EUR, More Upside for EM and Commodity Currencies
The recent rising trend in the JPY and falling trend in the USD have had a life of their own this year, unwinding excessive positioning built up...
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Navigating Risk off Transition
ChartonicsEurope is the underperform short bet but our EM outperform hit a road block as copper turned down hard (sold down long exposure on March...
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Large Caps Squeezing SMEs in Early Reading of FY2015 Chinese Working Capital
Ecstrat were amongst the first to highlight the explosive growth of working capital in non-financial companies in China. We monitor over 3,000...
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