23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on London Parliament attacker was British-born, had been investigated in past
London Parliament attacker was British-born, had been investigated in past
LONDON — Police made eight arrests overnight in connection with the terror attack near the U.K. Parliament that killed three people and left 29 others injured, including an American.
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fund Manager March Asset Allocation: Bullish Sentiment Is Back
Fund Manager March Asset Allocation: Bullish Sentiment Is Back
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on February 2017 UK retail sales 1.4% vs 0.4% exp m/m
February 2017 UK retail sales 1.4% vs 0.4% exp m/m
Details from the February 2017 UK retail sales data report 23 March 2017
– 3.7% vs 2.6% exp y/y. Prior 1.5%. Revised to 1.0%
– Ex-fuel 1.3% vs 0.5% exp m/m. Prior -0.2%. Revised to -0.3%
Strong numbers across the board. We can even overlook the lower revisions to last month.
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Coming up at the bottom of the hour – UK Feb retail sales
Coming up at the bottom of the hour – UK Feb retail sales
Focus turns to UK February retails data at 09.30 GMT
I’ve mentioned it a few times in earlier posts but have run out of time to do a full preview so just another reminder.
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on London’s Gherkin being evacuated – Livesquawk
London’s Gherkin being evacuated – Livesquawk
Reports that the building is being evacuated and police and fire brigade are in attendance
More as we get it.
Hopefully a false alarm. There’s more than a few nerves on edge given yesterday’s events. The Gherkin is pretty much bang in the middle of the City’s financial area.
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ECB: Most EZ countries currently have no room for budgetary manoeuvre
ECB: Most EZ countries currently have no room for budgetary manoeuvre
The ECB quarterly bulletin 23 March 2017
Not much in hear we didn’t already know or hear.
Here’s the full bulletin.
23 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on vstoxx futures and french election
vstoxx futures and french election
The term structure of vstoxx is interesting.
Apr’19: 23.40
May’17: 20.10
Jun’21: 20.55
This suggests to me the hedging of volatility is mainly around the April 23rd first round not the May 7th round, which seems odd. As I understand it Le Pen is almost certain to be one of the final 2 in the run-off in May so I don’t get the premium for the April contract. If there’s any uncertainty shouldn’t it be over the May contract when, although the polls say Le Pen trails Fillon or Macron by a very…