Forex Commentary

2012

Three Sides To A Story — May 14, 2012
Open Bar, Buffet or Protocol? — May 3, 2012
The Australian Dollar - A Journey — April 26, 2012
Trading With A Parachute — April 12, 2012
Back From The Future — March 29, 2012
Europe Inc. - From Sovereign Nations to Corporations — March 22, 2012
Red Wine With Fish - Serving Fundamental and Technical Analysis Together — March 15, 2012
Gentlemen Prefer Bonds — February 16, 2012
Volatility Skew - Emotions or Economics? — February 9, 2012
Risk - Where Amateurs and Professionals Collide — February 2, 2012
Chinese Housing - Blowing Bubbles — January 30, 2012
Where Did All The Volatility Go? — January 23, 2012
Skeletons in the Closet — January 9, 2012

2011

European Debt - A Capital Idea — October 31, 2011
The Emotions of Gold - A Tale of Volatility — October 24, 2011
Dollar Yen & Elliott's Waves — October 10, 2011
I Had a Dream – The Hong Kong Dollar — October 3, 2011
Aussie Risks – Snakes, Sharks and Dollars — September 26, 2011
Taxis, Ships and Crooks – A Greek Odyssey — September 12, 2011
The Canadian Loonie — September 12, 2011
The Value of Gold — August 29, 2011
What Keeps You Awake at Night? — August 15, 2011
Japanese Government Bond Demand to Turn a Corner — July 28, 2011
Solution to Chinese Food Inflation – “Qi Fen Bao” — July 15, 2011
The Efficient Profit Hypothesis (EPH): Why KRW/JPY May Trend — July 1, 2011
A Singular Asian Currency Would Be Singularly Disastrous — June 21, 2011

David Munro is a Consulting Market Strategist for OANDA Asia Pacific and the CEO of Volatility Research & Trading. In 2003, David co-founded a Volatility hedge fund and was subsequently Director of Derivatives, Volatility and Investor Relations for a four-time winner of the “Best Asian-based Macro Fund” Eurekahedge award. David produces demographic and volatility-based research and trading strategies for hedge funds, banks, family offices and insurance, medical service and real estate companies. He regularly delivers keynote presentations in the region and contributes weekly articles to this page, covering a wide range of topics including market strategies, macroeconomic analysis, volatility trends and much more.

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