Playing the Brexit Referendum Short Squeeze

Playing the Brexit Referendum Short Squeeze

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The video discusses the potential impacts of Brexit on financial markets, focusing on asset classes like the British pound, equities, and currency markets. It highlights the volatility caused by Brexit's binary outcome and explores possible market movements, including short squeezes and inflows into European equities. The discussion also covers the FX market, particularly the strategy involving the Swedish krona against the euro.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What asset class has been most affected by Brexit polls according to Eric Stein?

European equities

US Treasurys

British pound

Japanese yen

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the nature of the Brexit outcome as described in the transcript?

Random

Binary

Cyclical

Continuous

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What other major event is mentioned as contributing to market volatility in 2016?

US election

World Cup

Chinese New Year

Olympic Games

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which currency is the Swedish krona compared to in the FX market discussion?

Euro

British pound

Japanese yen

US dollar

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one of the strategies mentioned for the Eaton Vance Global Macro Fund?

Long Swedish krona versus the euro

Buying gold

Shorting the US dollar

Investing in Chinese equities