Subject: Re: Jeffrey - latest prices with suggested sizes - Nav [I]
From: Tazia Smith <I MM>
Date: Mon, 21 A r 2014 14:33:49 -0400
To: Nav Gupta
Cc: Paul Morris
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Nav - thoughts on his 102.50 strike USDcJPYp that matures 5/1...-46k left of
value (down —143k). Maintain short yen view (this was his, he thought it was
going to 110 within the time frame). Do you roll it here and save what's
left in the premium?
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Tazia Smith
Director I Key Client Partners - US
DB Securities Inc
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
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Subject: Re: Jeffrey - latest prices with suggested sizes - Nav
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thx pls stay on him, hope you're all well,
Paul Morris
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Subj Jeffrey - latest prices with suggested sizes - Nav
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Jeffrey,
Updated prices and proposed sizes.
1. Buy lOy BTP (March2024). lOy yield is 5bp lower today. I still like eur2mm
here 3.125% YTM and suggest work a soft order to add eurl.5mm at 3.25%,
eurl.5mm 3.35%.
2. EURUSD spot FX is 1.3802 from 1.3827 yesterday. Suggest buying 2week
vanilla 1.40c at 5-6c in EUR 50mm notional (cost EUR25-30k)
3. position for a stronger dollar by buying ly 5% OTM SPOT EURUSD binary puts
at 21% of payout. suggest do half (eur500k payout costing 0.21*500k) now, and
the other half when spot 139-140
4. nationwide coco currently 6.42% offered. I suggest scaling in £2mm on an
order at 6.5% and £2mm on order at 6.75%
thanks
Nav
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Date: 14/04/2014
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Subjec Jeffrey - 4 trades I like - Nav
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Hi Jeffrey,
There hasn't been much I've really liked recently.
Here are four trades - 3 I like right now and 1 for now or soon.
1) BUY lOy BTPS @ 3.16% - This is a 3-6mth 'buy the rumour sell the fact'
tactical trade to position for ECB QE (now)
The ECB is preparing both itself and markets for QE - Its senior board
members
have stepped up public comments over the past 48hrs. This is the clearest
sign
so far QE could happen and why I am writing to you now.
Ideally ECB wants to buy ABS from small to medium sized European companies
but
the outstanding available is relatively small so it will likely buy Eurozone
Government Bonds. The spread between Italian BTPs and German Bunds has
tightened significantly past 18months but old metrics of value make no sense
in Europe because they rely on history when there was no QE.
While It's hard to get excited about lOy BTPs yielding 3.16% (164bp over 10Y
German Bunds) I'd still have 5-10mm lOy BTPs in my portfolio both for the
duration and spread compression potential. I prefer lOy over 5y because the
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recent nearly parallel spread compression has left 5slOs steep relative to
0-5s
3 reasons i like this trade:
i) macro investors view ECB QE as a second bite at the cherry. Everyone I
talk
to wants European risk assets having seen QE in the US.
ii) ECB QE is probably still 3-6mths away which will keep credit bid. This
will be a buy the rumour sell the fact trade
iii) Credit has been bulletproof during the recent risk selloff because a)
ECB
QE expectations, b) G3 rate hikes are being pushed into the future while cash
has nowhere else to go. This price action is telling - as and when equities
recover i think credit continues to tighten
Yields of 10Y Italy, lOy Germany and the Yield Spread
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2) Tactically position for higher EURUSD - 2 week view (now)
BUY EUR5Omm 2week expiry 1.40 strike European Style EURUSD Calls @ 6bp
(EUR30,000)
This is a low cost contrarian short term tactical call. Most investors myself
included are bullish USD in the medium term (see trade 3)
but in the very short term I see EURUSD higher because:
i) Despite ECB preparing the markets for QE, the price action of EURUSD
(broadly unchanged) has been quite bullish compared to what one would expect
ii) Speculators don't appear long EURUSD to us. Majority are short or flat.
iii) implied volatility is 5.25% (offer for 2week options) which is very very
low historically. So this is a penny option, highly convex, pain trade bet
against other speculators betting on QE
If my view is wrong 6bp is lost. If I'm right I'd plan to exit in a week
making 4-6x
Scenario Analysis - Premium in bp of EUR notional
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3) Position for a Stronger Dollar - lyear view (now or soon)
Buy ly expiry European style digital binary option on EURUSD struck 5% below
spot @ 21% of payout (which i think is too cheap)
Current strike (spot - 5%) would be 1.3120
At expiry if EURUSD has fallen by more than 5% from current levels the option
payout is EUR1mm. Upfront premium is EUR210k.
The option is liquid and can be unwound at any time.
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i) Yellen has done a poor job of communicating the Fed's thinking but its
increasingly clear the Fed will brake later than usual
ii) Betting on higher US interest rates in the rates market isn't cost
effective because the forward curve is already pricing in higher rates
iii) The Dollar hasn't appreciated yet because short rates in the US haven't
risen meaningfully
iv) THE KEY POINT - FX volatility is very low in currency pairs like EURUSD
where central bank policy on each side is increasingly diverging. The low vol
makes this bet inexpensive to put on.
v) Because FX vol is so low betting now or soon with a one year time horizon
costs very little. id rather be early than late here
vi) i prefer ly expiry because this trade could take 6-12mths to play out
1Y EURUSD VOL: Low - but then again most most vols are
What I like about EURUSD is that central bank policy on each side is
diverging
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This Table shows mid-market premiums (in % of notional) as spot and time
change.
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19.5 is mid (offer is 21)
4) Scale into £4mm Nationwide (UK Building Society) 6.875% perpetual which
yields 6.4% in GBP and is likely to be called in 5years
European Bank AT1 HyBrid Bonds (aka CoCo's) have rallied significantly. We
were unable to get the BBVA issue at the right levels.
A very similar bond which has rallied 30bp less than the BBVA is the
Nationwide (UK Building Society) 6.875% perpetual which currently yields 6.4%
and is likely to be called in 5years time. It has a tierl capital trigger of
7% and current tierl capital ratio is 13% which is fair margin.
The Nationwide one I'm suggesting today is rated Fitch/S&P BB+, its parent is
Fitch/S&P rated single-A
The BBVA bond we tried to buy earlier is rated Fitch BB-, its parent is S&P
rated BBB-
I suggest scaling £2mm at 6.5% and £2mm at 6.75%. Transaction cost is 6bp
from
mid.
Yield to call of Nationwide 6.875% perpetual ISIN XS1043181269
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Tazia for any execution, Q&A to me.
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Best,
Nav
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Nav Gupta
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Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
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