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FxWirePro: Spot on Cheaper Yen Vols Ahead of BoJ, Strategic Vega Longs in 2019

Jan 21, 2019 07:15 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

The US market would be closed today due to it being Martin Luther King Day and there are few economic data releases. The main event this week would be the ECB,BoJ,and Norges Bank meetings, although neither the ECB or the...

FxWirePro: South African Rand drops on less hawkish SARB – Use ITM instruments to hedge both USD/ZAR minor and major trend

Jan 18, 2019 14:10 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks

As generally expected, the South African central bank (SARB) left its key interest rate at 6.75% today. The statement sounded less hawkish because the SARB has significantly lowered its inflation forecasts and its key rate...

FxWirePro: Take a tour on driving forces of loony – Short leg of USD/CAD diagonal debit call spreads on its functionality

Jan 18, 2019 13:43 pm UTC| Research & Analysis

CAD seasonals remain bearish, given the currencys tendency to weaken into year end and base around the end of January. We jotted down quite a few driving forces of CAD along with the OTC updates and options strategy of...

Can MIT, Stanford's Unit-e Dethrone King of Cryptocurrency-Avenue?

Jan 18, 2019 11:50 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

From Big 4 auditing firms to the Ivy leagues, and almost all the major central banks of advanced economies have been investing in RD projects to study blockchain and cryptocurrency gamut. It is quite known that Fintech...

FxWirePro: Platinum Price Flirts Between $780-$845 Range on PGM vs Gold Correlation, ETF Holdings Still Optimistic for 2019

Jan 18, 2019 09:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Of late, the platinum price has been oscillating between $780 - $845 range (refer 1stchart). Outside of a one-day 3% up move on January 4 (refer 2ndchart), platinum prices have been extremely stagnant of late and range-...

Quest for coders at ‘Hackathon in Barclays Rise Fintech Hub’ focusing on interoperability

Jan 18, 2019 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Digital Currency

Barclays, the U.Ks leading investment retail bank and London-based start-up Clearmatics will organize a blockchain hackathon in Barclays Rise FinTech Hub on coming February 5 and 6. The FinTech event would be focusing...

FxWirePro: Striking the Balance of Crude Hedging Portfolio Contemplating the Balance of Demand/Supply Equation

Jan 18, 2019 07:42 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

A birds eye on US EIAs inventory: Energy investors would usually be focused for the USand OPECs crude inventories. It is quite a general notion is that abigger-than-forecasted drop could prompt further cushion forcrude...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

Technology

Vanguard’s New CEO Says Bitcoin ETF Not on the Table: Report

Vanguards new CEO, Salim Ramji, has confirmed that the investment giant will not launch a Bitcoin ETF, emphasizing the firms commitment to its investment philosophy. Despite his past involvement with BlackRocks Bitcoin...

iPhone Owners Alarmed as iOS 17.5 Resurfaces Deleted Nudes, Troubling Bug Reported

A troubling bug in Apples iOS 17.5 update is reportedly resurfacing previously deleted photos, including sensitive images, causing alarm among iPhone owners. Users on Reddit and beta testers have flagged this issue,...

Shiba Inu Rep Lucie Makes Major Bullish Statement on Shibarium Coins

Lucie, the Shiba Inu teams official marketing head, has taken to her X social media account (previously known as Twitter) to declare the SHIB, BONE, and LEASH pricing behavior she expects to see during a hypothetical...

Tesla Cybertruck to Receive Full Self-Driving V12.5 Update in June, Elon Musk Announces

Elon Musk provided a new update on the Tesla FSD development, which appears to be moving faster than anticipated. FSD V12.4, which aims to enhance miles per intervention by tenfold over V12.3, is set to begin internal...
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