China’s currency is no doubt influenced by its central bank’s intervention, but recently, as the potential for a 2015 rate hike moves off the table, so too has the possibility of a continuing rising dollar – and this could also be having an impact on the Chinese currency, a CSLA Greed and Fear analysis from Christopher Wood recently observed. In fact, China might not be the one leading the region in terms of currency strength, but a new trend might actually be visible when looking through the lens of account capital flows out of the region and smaller regional currencies. Smaller…
Asian Regional Currencies Strengthen, Is China Following Or Leading The Trend?
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.