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More Big Bank Earnings, TSM Reports, December Retail Sales Ahead

BY TEMATICA
Plus our market recap from yesterday and a fresh pile of model signals Read more →

MI2 for C8 – JPY Liftshaft Alert

BY JON WEBB
There is a window emerging for position reduction in the widely held JPY carry trade. Positions are crowded at the same time that the rationale for the extension of the current benign regime is diminishing (carry, carry-to-vol, policy divergence, etc). There is no sense of danger within analyst expectations or embedded in option pricing. While we lack an immediate catalyst, sometimes price can be its own trigger. With USDJPY around 156 and an easily defined stop loss, the risk reward of engaging with JPY strength is compelling. Escalator / liftshaft price action provides significant convexity. Crowded JPY shorts would also need to be covered in the event of a risk-off catalyst coming from other asset classes. Owning USDJPY puts can be an attractive portfolio hedge for investors concerned about general market complacency or for more active tactical FX managers and traders. Read more →

Targeted Exposure Models From Tematica

BY TEMATICA
The Tematica Select Model Suite is now available. Get access to everything from Core holdings to the favorite companies of Cash Strapped Consumers to Nuclear Energy & Uranium, not to mention a Market Hedge and even some high yielding income models. Read more →
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