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Aid inflows and Taliban currency controls help afghani climb almost 10%
Short positions in UK government debt this week fell to their lowest level since at least 2006
Growing pressure to invest and regional banking turmoil also deterred companies from purchasing their own shares
Investors expect further weakness ahead of next month’s election
Surge in Japanese yields set to tempt local investors to sell foreign bonds
Very short-dated options account for 43% of volume in S&P 500 options
Commodity trading advisers aim to catch up after missing out
Lowest-rated junk bonds benefit from ‘soft landing’ hopes for world’s biggest economy
Soaring hedging costs have made foreign debt unattractive to some Japanese buyers
Market has largely missed out on the global rally so far this year
Activity in options market indicates nerves over this year’s rally
US inflation adjusted 10-year yields hit their highest since 2009 at 1.8 per cent this week
Stubborn inflation makes UK government debt a ‘huge outlier’
Three-month Treasuries to yield as much as bonds and equities over the next year, analysts predict
Vix volatility index falls to pre-pandemic levels in spite of rising interest rates and bank failures
Equal weight version of index slips into negative territory even though benchmark is up 9.5 per cent this year
Semiconductor index outperforms Nasdaq and hits 14-month high
Tighter lending puts focus on spread between high yield and Treasuries
Market pricing indicates US monetary tightening is over but has further to run in euro area
Short sellers pull back after fall in gas prices and less political turbulence than expected
Cac 40 surges to series of all-time highs and outperforms peers after Beijing reopens its economy
Banking sector turmoil has driven down interest rate expectations and boosted Big Tech stocks
Bond market reversal following collapse of Silicon Valley Bank stings so-called CTAs
Options buyers see scope for further gains as banking turmoil boosts metal’s safe haven appeal
The price of Swiss lender’s credit default swaps climbs to record high this week
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