Dal Contagio al Contango: impatto del Covid-19 sui mercati a termine delle commodities

I contratti a termine negoziati su mercati regolamentati e scritti su asset tangibili (i.e. “commodity futures”) inglobano nel prezzo l’eventuale costo di stoccaggio della materia prima sottostante. Il nuovo virus identificato come “Covid-19” continua ad esercitare pressioni degne di nota sui mercati finanziari. Nello specifico, i prezzi del petrolio (e – con un effetto meno […]

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Trade Wars – When Nash Equilibrium meets Deglobalization

Trade war – noun ­– “a situation in which countries try to damage each other’s trade, typically by the imposition of tariffs or quota restrictions.”. The US-China trade war, despite the looks of being surging now, it has already started by 2016 when Donald Trump was fighting for presidency: “Any country that devalues their currency […]

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The Lithium Revolution – Profiting from Supply Mismatch

Profiting with revolutions In 2017, the financial markets were shadowed by two major highlights: the cryptocurrency revolution and the Trump’s revolution. On one hand, investors were presented with the opportunity to gain quick money due to the media attention that was captivating the public’s optimism among (specially) Bitcoins. On the other hand, the more pragmatic […]

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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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