New housing can be affordable and homely if builders learn lessons from the car industry – and IKEA
Jan 09, 2018 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
For many people, the housing market is not a welcoming place. The rungs of the property ladder seem to get further and further out of reach. There are loud calls to build hundreds of thousands of new homes (and equally...
People don't trust AI – here's how we can change that
Jan 09, 2018 14:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Artificial intelligence can already predict the future. Police forces are using it to map when and where crime is likely to occur. Doctors can use it to predict when a patient is most likely to have a heart attack or...
You are more likely to deny the truth in your second language
Jan 09, 2018 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Whether youre speaking in your native tongue, or in another language, being understood and believed is fundamental to good communication. After all, a fact is a fact in any language, and a statement that is objectively...
FxWirePro: Bucking the gold trend and holding onto conviction trade
Jan 09, 2018 12:25 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The precious metals have also significantly appreciated since Decembers FOMC meeting and rate hike with gold extending its rally to a three-month high, once again breaching above $1,300/oz. However, we kept adding...
FxWirePro: Crude oil’s bull trend makes buzz within commodity bloc
Jan 09, 2018 12:06 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
PPP valuation considerations certainly matter more than in the past. In the commodity-driven currencies, the loonie is close to fair value but the risk of a spike higher is greater for it than for the AUD or even the NZD....
FxWirePro: Customize or standardize, hedge or speculate but keep AUD/JPY FX risks on check
Jan 09, 2018 11:34 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
It is projected that AUD to drop against dollar and yen to 0.76 and 84.070 levels in next few months, so long as markets continue to price further Fed interest rate rises in 2018, along with a neutral RBA outlook deep into...
FxWirePro: Unwind and stay long in Scandis on central bank policies
Jan 09, 2018 10:41 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Long BRLNOK trades have to be unwound, this LatAm/Scandi trade was opened to fetch carry in a lower beta approach. This theme still looks to be attractive, trade particularly now seems vulnerable to rising oil prices as...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects