ECB’s Bank Lending Survey

“Signs of a sustained turnaround in core inflation have somewhat weakened”. That is what Draghi, the ECB President, told to the European Parliament few days ago. The European Central Bank is ready to boost the recovery of the Eurozone, re-examining all possible measurements and even, if necessary, expanding the QE program. In the last BLS, the bank […]

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Exotic Options – Lookback

These series of article aims to analyse Exotic Options and their implication in term of Greeks. Although the most of you already know the definition, a buyer of a call/put option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy/sell a security during a certain amount of time or on a specific date. Probably everyone knows the […]

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Swimming with the Sharks: The COT

What is the current market view on Gold? How are positioned the largest speculators in Oil? This article tries to exploit all these information thanks to a useful tool, known as the ‘Commitment Of Traders’ report. The main  goal is to develop a passive trading strategy based on what the ‘Sharks’ are currently doing in the market, […]

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Vivendi and Niel on Telecom Italia: rivalry or alliance?

Telecom Italia Group is an Italian telecommunications company, founded in 1994 by the merger of five stateowned telecommunication companies. The company, headquartered in Rome, provides telephony services, mobile services and DHL data services. The major equity holder in Telecom Italia ordinary shares is Vivendi, a French multinational mass media company, which as of today holds the 20.031 […]

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