All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On Feb. 23, 2018

Goldman Neal Bhai Reports – All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On Feb. 23, 2018 — Asian stocks look set to close out a lackluster week on a positive note on Friday as investors continue to debate the outlook for central bank policy normalisation and the impact of higher bond yields.

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Long Volatility on U.S. Stocks Before Their Earnings Reports

Gold Silver Reports – Keep a bias toward long volatility on U.S. stocks before their earnings reports, JPMorgan Chase & Co says.

The options market is expecting earnings-related volatility to be roughly in line with the historical average, but a larger-than-normal risypremium is justified by “the important and idiosyncratic tax reform data point accompanying companies’ earnings reports,” JPMorgan strategists Shawn Quigg, Marko Kolanovic and Bram Kaplan wrote in a report.

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