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Bangladesh / Finance

Our view of the Shanghai Industrials Index outperforming the Hang Seng Financials Index is up 3.4% over the past week. With the A-Shares market breaking out of support, and the H-Shares market facing overhead resistance, we expect Industrials outperformance to accelerate over the coming weeks.

2013-05-21

Bangladesh / Finance

Japanese bond yields are surging and we believe that much higher yields are to come. We remain bearish on 10-year JGBs and are up 19 basis points on this view so far.

2013-05-20

Bangladesh / Finance

We are re-entering our view of the Shanghai Industrials Index to outperform Hang-Seng Financials Index (H-Fin). We held this view in April but decided to cut our losses as the financials... 2013-05-14


Analysis on Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets

Bangladesh

Our view of the Shanghai Industrials Index outperforming the Hang Seng Financials Index is up 3.4% over the past week. With the A-Shares market breaking out of support, and the H-Shares... 2013-05-21


Bangladesh

Japanese bond yields are surging and we believe that much higher yields are to come. We remain bearish on 10-year JGBs and are up 19 basis points on this view so far.

2013-05-20

Bangladesh

We are re-entering our view of the Shanghai Industrials Index to outperform Hang-Seng Financials Index (H-Fin). We held this view in April but decided to cut our losses as the financials... 2013-05-14


Bangladesh

Japanese bonds are posting what appears to be a major reversal pattern, suggesting that much higher yields are to come. We remain bearish on 10-year JGBs and are up 11 basis points... 2013-05-13

BMI Sovereign Ratings

Bangladesh

BMI View: Asia's external creditworthiness remains structurally sound, but growing macro stresses - including the likelihood of recession in several countries - have caused some cyclical... 2012-01-12


Bangladesh

Since our latest Sovereign Risk Ratings update for Asia, we observe a slight deterioration in the fiscal positions of a number of countries, which has helped reduce the regional average... 2011-06-23


Bangladesh

BMI View: We continue to see few risks to Asian external creditworthiness over the medium term as stable fiscal and current account positions keep sovereign debt supply subdued. However,... 2010-09-09


BMI View: Our core macro scenario for 2011 - specifically, a China-induced regional slowdown- is unlikely to derail Asia's sovereign creditworthiness too severely. While we expect some... 2010-06-17

Currency Forecasts

Japan

After weakening by 18% over the past five months against the US dollar, the Japanese yen's real effective exchange rate (REER) is now back in the bottom fifth percentile of valuations... 2013-02-08


India

One of our major FX calls in H212 has been for a strong comeback in the Indian rupee, and the currency has duly delivered in recent weeks, climbing 6.7% against the US dollar since... 2012-10-03


India

Despite a lack of bullish divergence on the relative strength index, the Indian rupee should enjoy a decent bounce against the US dollar given the currency's deeply-oversold nature... 2012-01-18


Indonesia

We hold a bearish view on the IDR over the short term. Although Bank Indonesia (BI) has been intervening heavily of late in order to maintain the IDR9,000/US$ level, we do not believe... 2011-12-08