Covid and Us elections: What's Next for the Foreign Exchange market? Global Forex Trading and Investment Outlook

Covid-19 pandemic + US elections: Uncertainty have gripped global markets, resulting in unprecedented volatility.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 has turned out to be an unusual year and for markets, volatility becoming the order of the day.

In addition, the race for the White House between Trump and Biden has revolved around key issues such as trade, economy, healthcare, COVID-19 response and China policy that impact on the market and the dollar. The U.S elections outcome may be key for investors as a divided or unified government may determine future policies.  

• What should FX traders do in this market?
• What lessons can we learn from it?

During this webinar, the Experts in investments and FX markets from SGMC Capital will provide their perspectives and insights on US election policy scenarios and their investment implications but as well on:

• Drivers of exchange rates

• The investments world and interlinkages

• What has played out over the recent past and is likely to play out over the coming months

• Specific thoughts on EURUSD / USDJPY / EURJPY

• View on valuation

• The carry trade

• Hedging exposures

• FX Overlay

This session is organised in collaboration with the BLCC (Belgium Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Singapore).

Edmund Gomes, CIO - SGMC Capital

• Over 25 years of professional experience
• Economics Degree from the University of Mumbai
• Joins SGMC Capital from Bank Julius Baer – Hong Kong

Ed hails from Mumbai, India and has spent the majority of the last 16 years in Singapore, with, more recently, an interesting 3 year stint in Hong Kong. He has an undying fascination with the puzzles thrown up by the financial markets and spends a good part of his time trying to solve these. With close to 3 decades working in financial markets (previous employers include HSBC, Coutts, EFG and Julius Baer), Ed has cycled through the troughs and peaks of various markets. Ed is an avid reader and perennially wishes he had more time to spend with his books.