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Apr 25 7 tweets 2 min read
Ex swaps traders / swaps options / swaps spreads and EM fixed income / Macro dude here. Those are my 2 cents..

@RobinWigg

If we split HF relval trades in 3 categories
- Basis : buy UST, sell UST fut
- Off the run : buy UST, sell UST
- swaps spread : buy UST, pay IRS The 1st one has 0 impact on UST yield, but it makes the futures market more efficient... in old days probably added liquidity to overall market but now cash is as liquid as futures, probably very limited
Jan 3, 2022 19 tweets 4 min read
Thread... ( sorry no idea how to thread reply ) @TheStalwart @tracyalloway 1/n Just finished listening, need a 2nd listen but few things made me jump off my exercise bike...
1. rule #1 in finance is if has not been done before, it is probably because it does not work
2.Turkey never had real rates of 20% pre 2012 be it ex ante or ex post / fx adjusted
Nov 10, 2021 23 tweets 5 min read
1/xx This is the KEY problem for EM...

Thread... 2/xx The EM "Miracle" /decoupling from 2008-13 was based on 2 factors
a. the relative quality of EM's balance sheet after the GFC
b. China's demographics bringing workforce to manufacturing sector, exporting cheap labour vs buying ginormous amounts of commods from.. other EM