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Dollar Based Loans Jump 600% in Saudi Arabia as Companies Raise Cash; What’s the Risk?
September 9, 2015 0

Dollar Based Loans Jump 600% in Saudi Arabia as Companies Raise Cash; What’s the Risk?

By News Desk

In yet another oil price crash side effect, Dollar Denominated Loans in Saudi Arabia Jump 600% . Dollar borrowing in Saudi Arabia has surged seven-fold this year as the kingdom’s companies switch out of increasingly expensive local currency-denominated loans. About 65 percent of all loans taken out in Saudi Arabia through Tuesday were in dollars, compared with 13 percent for all of 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Cost of PUTs on Shanghai Index Hits Record vs. Calls; Sentiment vs. Valuation
August 30, 2015 0

Cost of PUTs on Shanghai Index Hits Record vs. Calls; Sentiment vs. Valuation

By News Desk

This Bloomberg headline " If the Options Market Is Right, China’s Stock Rescue Is Doomed " reads like something one would find in a tabloid, but the reverse is now true. Options traders have never been so pessimistic on China’s stock market, betting the government’s renewed effort to prop up share prices is doomed to fail. The cost of bearish contracts on the China 50 exchange-traded fund surged to the highest level versus bullish ones since they started trading in Shanghai six months ago