Category: Currency Currents

Keep selling the news?

In a game of relative value, there’s been good reason to put your money on the Australian dollar. The simple carry-trade theme makes Australia an obvious choice during a time when general financial market risk is surprisingly absent.

The following chart of AUDUSD next to the VIX (indicator of risk or investor fear in the market) shows the inverse correlation rather well – when risk goes down, the Aussie goes up.

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