Betting against the market or going along and take the long

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Asset Bubble: Betting Against the Market or Going Along and Take the Long by Sando Sasako Jakarta, 31 July 2017 Last update: 30 September 2017

This section is a part of book titled by “Asset Bubble, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, and Satellite Business in Indonesia”. You may cite the content by using this style, or else: Sando Sasako. Asset Bubble, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, and Satellite Business in Indonesia. Asset Bubble: Betting Against the Market or Going Along and Take the Long (pp.23-30). Serabdi Sakti, Jakarta, September 2017. You may contact the author through Email: sandosako @ yahoo.com Mobile: +62 812 8056 516

Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................i List of Tables .........................................................................................................................................i List of Figure .........................................................................................................................................i What To Do with Assets Bubbled? ......................................................................................................1 The volatile sterling against the dollar and euro ..............................................................................3 The Special Drawing Rights ............................................................................................................5 Yuan Internationalisation .................................................................................................................7

List of Tables Table 3 – The IMF’s SDR currency basket composition, 1969-2016 .................................................5 Table 4 – The weights of the 5 currencies in the new SDR basket, effective 20161001 .....................6 Table 5 – CFETS currency basket and weight, 20170101 ...................................................................7

List of Figure Figure 14 – FTSE All-Share index, 19990409-20170911 ...................................................................1 Figure 15 – FTSE 100 index, 19840413-20170911 .............................................................................1 Figure 16 – GBP/USD, 19710104-20170901 ......................................................................................3 Figure 17 – GBP/EUR, 19860508-20170911 ......................................................................................3 Figure 18 – GBP/USD, 19880304-20170911 ......................................................................................3 Figure 19 – RMB/USD, 19810101-20170912 .....................................................................................7 Keywords: asset bubble, bet against the market, short position, long position, funny money, brexit, false positive, false balance, zombie companies, debt-fueled economies, the glorious past, sovereignty and euroscepticism, depressed sterling, currency baskets in SDR of IMF, eurozone, and CFETS

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