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Sameer Kalra
Jan 16, 2023
US Inflation - Falling or Pausing ?
Last week US CPI came in line with the estimates of the market at 6.5%. In terms of headline contributors, the energy remained the...

Sameer Kalra
Jan 12, 2023
Global Foreign Reserves in Danger
The global foreign currency reserves fell to $11.6 trillion in September 2022. This is a 10% drop in the first nine months of last year...


Sameer Kalra
Jan 9, 2023
$18 Trillion to 0 - In Less Than 2 years
After two years of continuous decline, the total amount of negative yield bonds has turned to zero compared to the peak of $18 trillion....

Sameer Kalra
Jan 5, 2023
Financial Condition causing Fund Managers Nightmares?
As global interest rates rise due to inflation financial conditions get more difficult. These financial conditions for a fund manager are...


Sameer Kalra
Dec 26, 2022
Growth will be Lonely in 2023
In the past two years, the global economy was fully focused on growth as the lockdowns had unknown impacts. This was done by making sure...

Sameer Kalra
Dec 19, 2022
Derivatives - The Invisible Crisis
As of Q1 2022, the total notional amount of derivatives held by US banks is $200 trillion as reported by the Office of the Comptroller of...


Sameer Kalra
Dec 6, 2022
The King Dollar Faces An All Out Attack
As of today most of the transactions in the world need the US dollar as a common valuation mode. Meaning if India sells something to UAE...


Sameer Kalra
Nov 28, 2022
Energy Vs Tech - Clash of Titans
2022 has been a year of unusual, to say the least, whether in the real or financial world. The most unusual for the financial markets has...


Sameer Kalra
Nov 22, 2022
Coping Behaviour- Keeping the Economy Afloat
Most of us have been sent on a roller coaster and if you have been on one then before the steep fall part most of us shut our eyes and...


Sameer Kalra
Nov 17, 2022
Season Of Rises - Will it Last for long ?
In the past one and half months, world equity markets have risen by 12% from the bottom with US 10 Bond price rising by 15% this month....


Sameer Kalra
Nov 15, 2022
Inflation Spoiler - Long Term Contracts
The recent global inflation data is providing much-needed relief to investors, governments and most crucially to central banks. The...


Sameer Kalra
Nov 14, 2022
Inflation Reduction Rally
USA inflation data released on Thursday resulted in the largest rally in global equities after March 2020 post-lockdown rally. The data...


Sameer Kalra
Nov 10, 2022
Crypto Saviour - Needs Saving
In the past few quarters, there had been a continuous slide in the Cryptocurrency arena in terms of trust, transactions, value and the...

Sameer Kalra
Oct 27, 2022
Currency - The Financial "Nuclear" Weapon
Since April 2022 Dollar Index ( DXY ) has increased by 11.2% and in the last year, it has increased by 16%. This is one of the biggest...


Sameer Kalra
Oct 25, 2022
When Cash is King, Volatility is the Queen
In the financial world especially in the investment part of it, there is a phrase that is used repeatedly “cash is trash”. Well, last...

Sameer Kalra
Oct 20, 2022
Consumers Spending : Grows Stronger
Last week Goldman Sachs CEO was added to the list of people that are calling for caution ahead as the probability of recession increases....


Sameer Kalra
Oct 3, 2022
Pension Funds About to Default ?
The world had witnessed various financial crises during the existence of the financial system as we knit it. Most of these crises have...


Sameer Kalra
Sep 29, 2022
The London Bridge came Close to Falling Down
Yesterday bond markets saw a revenge relief from the consistent shorting that happened over the week. In this relief, the biggest move...


Sameer Kalra
Sep 27, 2022
The Pounding of the Pound
As last week's movements shifted focus to currency markets there was a trade that caught everyone’s attention despite no intervention and...


Sameer Kalra
Sep 26, 2022
The Yen War Begins
On Friday, the long-awaited step was taken by the Bank of Japan After almost three decades the central bank intervened in the currency...
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