Download PDF USA The US stock rally came to an end this week when the S&P 500 registered its first decline after nine sessions, ending the longest positive since 2017. The US index fell 0.31% this week, after some shocking news. Dow Jones and Nasdaq composite followed suit, with losses Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The price-to-earning ratio, known as P/E ratio, is one of the most basic valuation measures. It measures how expensive a company is relative to the earnings per share (EPS). In simple words, it measures how much an investor is paying for a stock compared to each dollar of Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Following the article from two weeks ago on the barbell and the bullet portfolios, we combine those two strategies together in what is called “butterfly trade”, used by investors to profit mainly on parallel yield curve movements. This week’s US inflation figures hit hard investors’ confidence. Expectations Read more…
Download PDF Introduction “I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: (1) If you don’t bet, you can’t win. (2) If you lose all your chips, you can’t bet.” Larry Hite When it comes to speculating in the stock market, the most important element Read more…
Download PDF USA The US stock market ended this week with all indices but the S&P 500 Value Index reaching all-time highs with the latter just barely closing under its all-time high. The main event last week was definitely the publication of the Federal Reserve’s decision to not raise interest Read more…
Download PDF Introduction This article will analyze the significance of the systemic risk in the current economic environment, delving into the Evergrande crisis and its impact on the Chinese economy and investigating the potential loopholes from the private credit sector. Finally, we will present some econometric methods applied towards systemic Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Fixed income investments allow investors to generate steady cashflows in the future, diversify equity exposure, and lower portfolio volatility. Current inflationary pressures, tighter monetary policy, and concerns about the prospect of rising interest rates are making investors question how strategic exposure to fixed income securities can help Read more…
Download PDF Introduction This article will ostensibly be a distillation and discussion of the paper ‘Ex-Dividend Arbitrage in Option Markets’ by Hao, Kalay and Mayhew. [1] They find that a significant fraction of American call option holders do not behave in line with rational exercise policy regarding dividends, leaving money Read more…
Download PDF USA U.S. equities rallied to new highs as the busiest week in earnings season came to an end, marking October as the best-performing month of 2021. The S&P 500 breached the 4,600 mark and closed 1.33% up on the week, at 4,605.38. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite also reached Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Is the energy inflation in Europe transitory or structural? The plethora of factors that are affecting the energy market highlights the complexity of this question. The kind of inflation seen in energy is catching some Governments on their back foot, in need of rapid reactions. With many Read more…
Download PDF Introduction In the following article we will shortly analyse the implications of the current macroeconomic environment for equities, and we will propose a trade idea on a small cap stock we have identified in the Italian stock market. The Macroeconomic Background In the last week it has become Read more…
Download PDF USA The DJIA, S&P 500, and Nasdaq composite ended the week recording gains, despite weaker than expected U.S. jobs data, which brought about concerns over the recovery for the world’s largest economy. The DJIA and S&P 500 increased by 1.22% and 0.79% respectively, this week, while the Nasdaq Read more…
Download PDF Introduction An ATM equity long straddle position is delta neutral. If systematic risk is the only factor predicting expected returns, a delta neutral strategy should have an expected return equal to the risk-free rate. In this article we will review academic literature suggesting that not only is this Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Financial instruments related to carbon emissions have been described in the past two years as a “one-way” bet for hedge funds and other financial players, who think the value of these contracts will rise in the future. The rationale behind these products is that negative externalities like Read more…
Download PDF USA A rough week for the American stock market ended with solid gains Friday. After rising Treasury yields were a headwind for much of the week, Friday’s sharp drop in the 10-year yield help spurs equities. Small caps led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 1.7%. For Read more…