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FxWirePro: Rosy opportunity in writing strangles as USD/ZAR back in range

Apr 25, 2018 13:54 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Technicals

The rising oil price and a rise in US yields caused the EM currencies to depreciate against USD since the start of the week, with the South African rand recording the heaviest losses. USDZAR bounced back towards 12.40...

FxWirePro: US sanctions to bring in price volatility not only in base metals but also PGMs – Trade ideas for bullion

Apr 25, 2018 12:43 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The price and volatility movements in aluminum once again stole the spotlight in base metals markets, a nearly 7.5% increase in nickel prices in the recent past. Aluminum, nickel, and palladium all remain up by more than...

FxWirePro: Bullish/bearish scenarios of NZD/JPY – Deploy options strips on seesaw oscillation but with more bearish potential

Apr 25, 2018 11:35 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

NZDJPYs recent peak is the latest in a series of lower peaks during the past year (refer above chart). The intermediary trend has been oscillating between 83.780 and 75.534 levels, but the recent decline has potential to...

FxWirePro: Mixed bag of Polish data to drive zloty constructively, dovish Norges to hinder

Apr 25, 2018 08:53 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks

Polish manufacturing growth for March surprised to the downside, with output growing by less than 1% yoy. Headline industrial output was boosted by mining and utility output, but core manufacturing was weak. One...

FxWirePro: Unearth truth from myth - Cryptocurrencies’ smudged anecdotes on money laundering

Apr 25, 2018 07:48 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views

In this write-up, we are just emphasizing on bitcoin being unfairly blamed for money laundering, unlike other fiat money. In the very recent past, Vancouver cops raised a caution of concern over organized crime to...

FxWirePro: Scandis FX trades - Buzzing yields on bullish NOK/SEK option structure and shorting EUR/NOK in cash

Apr 24, 2018 13:41 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

NOKs bullish streak took a breather over the past month as the performance was temporarily weighed down by equity market volatility. NOKSEK has been reputable with new cycle highs this week despite inflation...

FxWirePro: CBOE to bring in new norms to regulate Bitcoin futures price mechanism

Apr 24, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency

CBOE, the predominant US derivatives exchange that provides Bitcoin futures contracts, announced the settlement of its XBT futures contract for April month expiry last Friday, this has been the fourth successful contract...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

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...

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...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Altcoin Market Rally Predicted, Analysts Forecast $4 Trillion Market Cap Surge

Analysts are predicting a substantial rally in the altcoin market, with projections indicating a surge that could drive the market cap to an impressive $4 trillion. This optimistic outlook is supported by positive economic...

Shiba Inu's Remarkable 12% Surge Fueled by Record SHIB Burns, Community Momentum

Shiba Inus ascent reaches new heights as the cryptocurrency experiences a remarkable 12% surge, fueled by record-breaking SHIB burns. The surge reflects robust community engagement and underscores the dynamic nature of the...

Vodafone Ventures into Crypto Integration: SIM Cards to Host Blockchain Wallets

Vodafone, the UK-based telecom giant, is pioneering a groundbreaking initiative to fuse blockchain technology with smartphone functionality by integrating cryptocurrency wallets directly into SIM cards. This innovative...

Leak: Huawei's Kirin PC Chip, Qingyun Notebooks to Launch Next Month

Leaked information hinting at the imminent debut of the highly anticipated Kirin PC chip alongside the release of new Qingyun notebooks. The introduction of this computer-dedicated CPU marks a significant milestone for...

Tesla Enhances Model Y Lineup with Longer-Range Variant, Price Adjustment

Tesla has revamped its Model Y offerings, bidding farewell to the standard range rear-wheel-drive (RWD) model while introducing a longer-range variant for an additional $2,000. This strategic maneuver aligns with Teslas...