Regulation Archive
Rule changes that reprice sectors overnight. Regulation replays train you to read text as carefully as price.
10 archive files
2021 · Commodities · US
Autumn 2021: Beijing's Commodity Crackdown and the Policy-Shock Era
Sept–Dec 2021: Beijing's regulatory crackdown reshaped commodity markets, triggering outsized drawdowns across metals, energy, and agriculture.
Read the file →2018 · Property · US
March 2018: The Fed's Rate Hike Cycle and Global Property Markets Under Pressure
The Federal Reserve's March 2018 rate-hike launch tested US and China property markets over 30 months—some cities absorbed rising rates, others buckled.
Read the file →2016 · Property · US
Summer 2016: Why Identical Macro Conditions Produced 21.4% Gains in Seattle and 9.7% Gains in New York
US city housing entered mid-2016 on a synchronized recovery—but within 30 months, Seattle had surged 21.4% while New York gained only 9.7%. Same index, divergent cities, the same post-crisis decade.
Read the file →2014 · Forex · CH
2015-01-15: SNB Ends Euro Peg, CHF Pairs Experience Largest Single-Day Moves in Decades
On Jan 15, 2015 the SNB abandoned its 3-year EUR/CHF floor, triggering extreme CHF volatility across G10 FX. All figures from FinFable's scenario data confirm the scale.
Read the file →2012 · Property · US
December 2012: The Turning Point When US Housing Found Its Footing After Crisis
US housing's post-crisis turning point: how a shattered market found its footing from late 2012. Property boom, recovery dynamics.
Read the file →2010 · Commodities · EU
2010: Double Shock — European Debt Fears and a Russian Wheat Ban Rattled Global Commodities
In spring and summer 2010, two crises collided: EU sovereign debt sent commodities reeling, then a Russian drought and wheat export ban reshaped grain markets.
Read the file →2010 · Commodities · RU
August 2010: Russia's Wheat Export Ban and the Global Commodity Shock
Russia's wheat export ban in August 2010 triggered cross-commodity contagion, sending corn up 24.8% yet with 11.7% drawdowns and 6.1% single-day moves across 64 trading days.
Read the file →2009 · Property · US
2009 Property Markets: The Great Divergence After the Subprime Crash
Spring 2009 found global property markets at a crossroads—US cities still searching for a bottom after the subprime collapse, while Canada and China embarked on divergent recovery paths.
Read the file →2005 · Property · BG
April 2005: National Eight Articles and the Global Property Market Divide
China's 2005 property tightening set off a decade-long experiment in policy-driven cooling—against a backdrop of eight markets that would diverge wildly as the global credit crisis approached.
Read the file →2004 · Property · US
2004: US Housing Bubble — The Low-Volatility Illusion
17 US housing replays, 2004–2011: low-volatility boom masked fragility; subprime expansion ended in crisis.
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