Fake news: if you care about being lied to you'll be more careful about the way you use social media
May 16, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Fake news has become big news over the past few months. And thats mainly due to the election of Donald Trump, who is famously given to accusing his critics of making up stories about him, but who is himself arguably the...
How football clubs fail and succeed after reaching England's Premier League
May 16, 2017 13:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Football always divides opinion. As the latest English season draws to a close and the Football League playoffs take centre stage, there will be some that grumble about the format. They will say how unfair it is that a...
FxWirePro: Would UK CPI pave the way for BoE? British currency unlikely to sustain gains
May 16, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
UK CPI prints upbeat flashes, following the pause in March; CPI inflation resumed its uptrend in April, picking up to 2.7% YoY, which is way beyond consensus at 2.6% YoY. The CPI core rate (excluding energy, food, alcohol,...
FxWirePro: UST futures rolls on mounting hopes of Fed hikes
May 16, 2017 12:27 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
US 10yr treasury yields benefitted from the risk-seeking mood, rising from 2.32% to 2.35%, while 2yr yields rose from 2.29% to 2.30%. Fed fund futures yields also firmed, now pricing a June rate hike as an 85% chance (from...
May 16, 2017 11:13 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
USDJPY continued to decline and traded in the low-108 handle, the lowest since mid-November 2016. However, the pair has rebounded since mid-April and as a result, JPY has been the weakest currency within the G-10 camp...
May 16, 2017 08:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
The above sensitivity tool evidencing delta risk reversals and IV skews evidence gold prices momentary edginess and upside risks in long run. Positively skewed IVs of 2m tenors indicates hedgers interests in both OTM put...
FxWirePro: Bid for short hedge in bullion prices as Fed’s June hiking expectation looms
May 16, 2017 07:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
We know that the safe haven sentiments in bullion markets have faded away in the recent past. But from the last Friday or so the losing streaks of gold prices have been restraineddespite investors expectations that the...
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