Bloomberg: currency
Implied volatility in some major currency pairs has fallen below realized volatility. The dollar-yen 6-month realized versus implied spread was the widest in four years on Sept. 26. Bloomberg tools can help estimate fair value for USDJPY implied volatility using the correlation between EURUSD and EURJPY. You may find the case study document under the […]
What do social science graduates do?
A report by the Campaign for Social Science, October 2013 http://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/graduates-main/ This new report gives data on employment rates and occupations for graduates of social science subjects in the UK . Includes some case studies of career choices of recent graduates.
Bloomberg: Sino-British trade
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a series of agreements on trade and investment during a recent visit to China. Bloomberg functions help monitor the impact on the Chinese yuan and Dim Sum bond issuance as the U.K. and China strengthen their economic relationship. You may find the case study document under the […]
Bloomberg: Economic surprises
The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000. Bloomberg has tools to help gauge the impact of economic data surprises on the market. You may find the case study document under the function FFM on your Bloomberg terminals.
Africa Open Data
Africa open data Useful initiative of the Open Africa Platform which is part of the Ujuzi Initiative and created and funded by the Africa Media Initiative (AMI), the World Bank Institute (WBI) and Google. It aims to become the largest central repository for Government, Civil Society, Corporate and Donor Agency Data. There are currently over […]
Global Slavery Index
Global slavery index. Published this week by the Walk Free Foundation. A ranking of 162 countries around the world, based on a combined measure of three factors: estimated prevalence of modern slavery by population, a measure of child marriage, and a measure of human trafficking in and out of a country. On this theme see […]
Population growth
Population Council develop new tool for assessing factors driving future population growth in a country. The decomposition service from Devinfo calculates the contributions of different demographic factors (wanted and un-wanted fertility, mortality, migration, and age structure) to population growth. It is based on the medium variant population projection of the United Nations from 2010 to […]
Bloomberg: Twitter’s IPO
Twitter Inc. filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 12. Use Bloomberg’s functions to analyze IPOs in the communications sector. You will find the case study document under the function FFM on your Bloomberg terminals.
Human Capital Index
Human capital Index. World Economic Forum launch the 2013 Human capital index. It aims to measure how well 122 countries value and achieve the full economic potential of their workers. by using indices such as Education, Health and Wellness, Workforce and Employment and Enabling Environment. See the press release.
Bloomberg: Emerging markets exchange traded fund
BlackRock Inc.’s emerging markets exchange traded fund took in more deposits in September than in any other month this year, Bloomberg News reported. Bloomberg functions show that the BlackRock ETF has out-performed its biggest rival, the Vanguard FTSE EM ETF, because of greater exposure to South Korea. You will find the case study document under […]
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