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Ashraf Laidi In the Media
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Compilation of Ashraf's recent interviews
in English, Arabic, French and Spanish |
Ashraf Laidi on CNBC - Fed's Statement to Be Bad for Risk Appetite? - August 13, 2009
The Federal Reserve's statement out Wednesday will be 'slightly negative for risk appetite,' Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets said. Laidi said he is looking for what the Fed will say of inflation and its asset-purchasing program, and whether it will continue to deliver a slightly negative assessment on the economy.
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Ashraf Laidi on CNBC - Fed's Statement to Be Bad for Risk Appetite? - August 12, 2009
The Federal Reserve's statement out Wednesday will be 'slightly negative for risk appetite,' Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets said. Laidi said he is looking for what the Fed will say of inflation and its asset-purchasing program, and whether it will continue to deliver a slightly negative assessment on the economy.
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S&P's UK Cut is 'Behind the Curve' - May 22, 2009
"S&P coming in and telling us that the 'outlook' has changed after all that the US has been through, is like going to a scene of a crime and saying 'maybe something bad happened here'," Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets said on S&P's cutting of the UK's outlook.
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Ashraf on CNBC - Factors to Watch - March 30, 2009
Sharing his view on GM's CEO's departure and what to expect at this week's ECB meeting and U.S. payrolls data, with Ashraf Laidi, chief market strategist at CMC Markets. He speaks to CNBC's Maura Fogarty & Rebecca Meehan.
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Ashraf on CNBC - Obama Defends US Dollar - March 25, 2009
US President Barack Obama dismissed comments about the dollar not being the reserve currency of the world Tuesday. Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets explained the value of the dollar and how it is being affected by the latest Fed decisions.
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Ashraf on CNBC - On Market - February 25, 2009
David Pearl, of Epoch Investment Partners; John Manley, of Citi Smith Barney; and Ashraf Laidi, of CMC Markets discuss today's market action.
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Ashraf on CNBC - Europe's Dire Straits - January 22, 2009
With the EU forecasting terrible economic growth for the next year and the UK likely already in recession, Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets and Don Smith from ICAP consider the outlook.
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Ashraf on CNBC - On Sterling - January 20, 2009
The path of least resistance right now is really to take sterling to where it was last November and lower, Ashraf Laidi from CMC Markets said, adding that he sees the UK currency falling to $1.37 against the dollar this year, and euro to $1.27 versus the greenback.
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My Article Disputing Futures Markets' Take on Interest Rates - September 11, 2008
Published in Futures Magazine - August 2008
In June-July 2008, most market participants as well as the Fed Funds market expected the Fed to raise interest rates later in the year, placing odds of a September tightening as high as 60%. My position against such market stance was echoed in this article. By September 2008, odds of a 2008 tightening have disappeared.
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Ashraf Predicting a 7% Dollar Rally Back in May - May 12, 2008
Wall Street Journal - May 12th 2008
In this interview with The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Slater, Ashraf foresaw a 5-7% rally in the dollar starting mid summer and predicted the Fed to cut rates towards end of summer.
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