“There are no good options”.
Category: USDCNY
Yeah, So China’s Yuan Just Plunged The Most Since The Devaluation
Ok, well the yuan plunged overnight.
‘The Prospects Are Rosy’: Chinese Stocks Surge
“Restocking.” Figuratively and literally.
Here Are The 2 Most Important Variables For Forecasting The Global Economy
“Felix, you had me at hello”…
Stark Raving Mad.
“Let me in.”
Bears Crying Wolf And China As Machiavelli (Revisited)
“When asked their worst trades this year, they mostly cited buying volatility, credit protection, or equity puts.”
Risks Aplenty.
And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
False Start.
15 yards…
Here’s What’s Really Going On: ‘A Machiavellian Read’
“One school of thought is that they have played their cards exceptionally well this year in the FX market.”
What, No Nukes?
There’s always tomorrow.
One Chart Suggests S&P Just Did China Bulls A ‘Bigly’ Favor
The point: Beijing is already predisposed to intervening in markets to offset any turmoil a sovereign downgrade might catalyze and you can bet that predisposition is stronger than ever ahead of the Party Congress.
Let’s Not All Panic About The Slowest Pace Of FAI This Century In China, Ok?
That’s cause for concern. Given that the country is the engine of global growth and trade, you don’t want to see the brakes slammed on. That said…
Make Risk Great Again.
Now stay tuned to find out if Kim bought some VXX today on the cheap so he can fire off an ICBM this evening and make a few million to put towards his next H-bomb.
Yuan Tumbles As PBoC Gambit Puts The Brakes On – At Least For Today
I’m not sure it will ultimately be enough to get the job done, all things considered, but the PBoC’s decision to effectively remove a barrier to speculation against the yuan (that’s a crude way to describe it, but it gets the point across) by cutting a reserve requirement put in place in the days following the devaluation in 2015 seems to have succeeded in putting the brakes on the rally – if only for a day.
‘The Clocks Stopped At 1:17’…
Ok, get ready.
For now, the fiscal-chaos-can has been kicked, Harvey is behind us, and North Korea’s latest nuclear test has come and gone.
But dead ahead is Irma’s landfall in Florida, North Korea’s “founding day” (which by most accounts will be “celebrated” with an ICBM launch), and of course, more gridlock in D.C. We are, figuratively and literally, in the eye of the storm on Friday.
Wipeout: Dollar Crashes Across The Board
Dear lord: the pressure on the dollar is unrelenting.
It looks like no one wants to be the idiot that’s long USD headed into a weekend that could see a catastrophic hurricane strike on Florida and another ICBM launch for North Korea.Â
Yuan Heads For Best Week In More Than A Decade As China Trade Data Is Resilient
“The extremely bearish USD sentiment spilled over to the yuan market, and fixing failed to cool down bullish sentiment,” Ken Cheung, a senior currency strategist at Mizuho Bank in Hong Kong notes, adding that “heading to the weekend, risk-off sentiment due to the foundation day of North Korea also raised safe-haven demand for the yuan.”
PBoC Strengthens Yuan Fix For 8th Day – Longest Streak Since 2015
We still maintain that it’s just a matter of time before one of these fixings comes in much, much weaker than expected. That’s not to say the medium-term trend won’t be a stronger yuan and it’s certainly not to suggest that the PBoC is eager to upset any apple carts ahead of the Party Congress next month. It’s just to say that if there’s anything the PBoC hates, it’s the idea that market participants think the currency is a one way trade. And this is becoming a one-way trade.
Currency Havens For Millennials – And No, Not Bitcoin…
“Sure, they’re unlikely to seek shelter in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies just yet, not even Millennials. But they may well prefer a haven basket that includes more”…
Offshore Yuan Falls After Weaker-Than-Expected Fix, Snaps Back
As we’ve said repeatedly, with Chinese equities riding a hot streak, with capital flight seemingly under control, and with a rapidly appreciating yuan bound to weigh on the economy eventually, don’t be surprised if the PBoC takes the opportunity to push back – at least a little bit.Â
This Has Never Happened Before: Offshore Yuan Cements Record Rally
Meanwhile, you already know the story with the offshore yuan. And that story hasn’t changed. In fact, the offshore yuan rose against the dollar for a 14th consecutive session on Monday – that’s the longest streak on record.
Asian Shares Tumble, Gold Rises As North Korea Said Planning New Missile Launch
“Though considered a tail risk, a military confrontation on the Korean peninsula could see Asian currencies falling 5% to 10% and the region’s equities plunging 20%,” UBS Wealth Management Global CIO Mark Haefele and head of Asia Pacific investment Min Lan Tan write in a new note.
Riders On The Storm.
Right, so the storm wasn’t supposed to come until next month.
‘Bigly’: This Was The Best Month For The Yuan Since It Was Revalued In 2005
We’ve been talking all month about the yuan, and for good reason.
‘Unless There Is A War’ There Is No Stopping The Yuan Train
And to let Jitipol Puksamatanan – a Bangkok-based strategist at Krung Thai Bank – tell it, the only thing that’s going to stop this train is war.
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