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The mighty euro!
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by bull.
Categories: Technical analysis.
At the time I’m writing this post, EURUSD is testing the psychological value 1.6. It seems that EURUSD is not getting any resistance in its way up. But is that so? What will happen at this level? If we take a look at the price movements will see some interesting things. The trend is bullish, but in the last period it seems that is loosing power. At a first look I see a rising wedge formation, which usually is not a good sign for bulls. Looking at MACD, Momentum and RSI it is very clear that we have a bearish divergence on every indicator, which is another reason for making the bulls nervous . So, there are two signs that the movement up is weakening. Will be 1.6 a turning point for EURUSD?
The idea behind a structured product
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by silvia.
Categories: Derivatives.
Is simple: to create an investment product that combines some of the best features of equity and fixed income.
How can you accomplish this: by creating a mix of investments that can include bonds, equities, commodities, currencies and derivative products. The mix of investments in a basket determines its potential payout, level of capital protection, tenor, potential risks and other considerations.
To be more specific, a structured product is a synthetic instrument that appeared on financial markets in order to respond to the client’s need of portfolio diversification.
Through a structured product you can invest in a market, in a certain instrument or in a basket of instruments much more easily than going on that specific market where legal framework might be restrictive, costs are higher and practically impossible to directly invest in the desired security.
It is important to know that a structured product, as simple as it can be - and it is not always like this – always has a derivative attached. The derivative component is often an option. Some products use the derivative component as a put option, other products use the derivative component to provide for a call option.
These curios investment opportunities can be divided into 4 categories as their associated risk is getting higher:
- Capital protection;
- Partial capital protection;
- Certificates (not capital protected);
- Leveraged certificates.
Through these categories we can determine the client’s risk tolerance from very conservative to growth attitude.
The capital protection products protect a portion of the invested capital (up to 100%) and can offer some guarantees on investment performance. Capital protected products offer a defensive investment and might be an ideal way to invest in financial markets with little or no capital risk. The capital is protected only if the structure is held until maturity, it can guarantee a minimum coupon so that the downside of the structure is limited to a certain gain.
Partial capital protected products, as their name suggests, do not offer a 100% notional protection but the protection level can be established along with the investors depending on the structure, underlying, tenor and other determinants.
Certificates are mainly performance tracking products on single stocks, indices, sectors, themes, commodities, interest rates, currencies. The investment performance of these certificates will parallel to the underlying asset and the investors will not be able achieve outperformance. Performance tracking products are designed for medium to longer-term investors who want to invest in a specific market, sector, theme or underlying that are represented by a respective Certificate.
Leveraged products can offer to investors accelerated exposure to the underlying asset, can enable investors to participate on either side of the market benefiting from price increases (Long products) or price decreases (Short products). These types of Certificates are designed for self-directed active investors and have a high risk-return profile so they may not be suitable for inactive or conservative investors.
This was a short introduction in the structured products universe, basic information for retail investors who are opened to new types of investment alternatives and to innovative ideas that can offer a new perspective to the world we live in and its investment opportunities.
Yield to maturity
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by bear.
Categories: Spot market.
I intend to write more articles in the near future on fixed income market. Since then, I attached a file which automatically computes the clean price of the RON bonds issued by the World Bank and listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (IBRD09) using your requested yield to maturity.
Ajustari futures
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by bear.
Categories: Derivatives.
Pentru ca majorarile de capital social nu afecteaza doar pe investitorii de pe piata la vedere, ci si pe jucatorii de pe piata futures, modificarile caracteristicilor instrumentelor financiare derivate sunt absolut necesar de constientizat.
Documentul atasat prezinta diferentele derivate din aceste modificari de capital social, precum si cuantificarea efectiva a acestora.
Fear is the mind killer!
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by bear.
Categories: Hedging.
Pentru ca suntem pe o piata bearish si pentru ca senzitivitatea investitorilor e una foarte crescuta, acoperirea riscurilor a devenit scopul principal al participantilor in cadrul pietelor financiare.
Atasati gasiti un model de calcul al randamentului rezultat din acoperirea pozitiilor spot prin vanzarea de contracte futures in cadrul pietei de capital din Romania, precum si o scurta prezentare a fluxului acestui model.