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FxWirePro: GBP/NZD pauses downside above 50% Fib, break below targets 200-DMA at 1.8407

Jan 12, 2018 10:45 am UTC| Technicals

GBP/NZD has shown a decisive break below 100-DMA, bears now target 200-DMA at 1.8407. Downside is currently holding above 50% Fib retrace of 1.73375 to 1.98383 rally at 1.8587. Break below to see further drag....

FxWirePro: GBP/USD hits 3- month high, good to buy on dips

Jan 12, 2018 10:08 am UTC| Technicals

Cable jumped sharply today in European session after a long consolidation. The pair was trading in narrow range between 1.3585 and 1.34582. It has broken major resistance at 1.3585 and jumped till 1.3620 level highest...

FxWirePro: CHF/JPY forms double bottom at 113.70, good to buy on dips

Jan 12, 2018 09:36 am UTC| Technicals

Chart pattern- Double bottom CHF/JPY has recovered after forming a bottom at 113.66 on Jan 10th 2018. The pair hits high of 114.50 and is currently trading around 114.32. The pair has shown a minor jump of 82 pips...

FxWirePro: EUR/CAD Trade Idea

Jan 12, 2018 08:36 am UTC| Technicals

FxWirePros Hourly Currency Strength Index for EUR/CAD at 0800 GMT: Bias Bullish FxWirePros EUR Spot Index: 151.38 (Bullish) FxWirePros CAD Spot Index: -154.222 (Bearish) Technical Analysis: Bias Bullish -...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD hovers around 61.8% Fib, breakout at major trendline (0.7180) keeps scope for upside

Jan 12, 2018 08:02 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/USD has shown a decisive breakout at trendline resistance at 0.7180. Upside is currently struggling at 61.8% Fib retrace of 0.7558 to 0.6780 fall at 0.7261. The pair has edged lower from 4-month highs at...

FxWirePro: USD/CAD trades high on US threat to leave NAFTA, good to buy on dips

Jan 12, 2018 07:43 am UTC| Technicals

CAD shown minor weakness in the week after hitting low of 1.2355 low made on Jan 5th 2018. USD/CAD jumped almost 223 pips on rumors that Trump will kill NAFTA trade agreement. The pair hits high of 1.25899 and is currently...

FxWirePro: South African rand trades almost flat against U.S. dollar, bias remains neutral

Jan 12, 2018 07:31 am UTC| Technicals

USD/ZAR is currently trading around 12.40 levels. It made intraday high at 12.40 and low at 12.35 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment. A daily close above 12.42 will take the parity...

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Economy

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

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

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Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

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

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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

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

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Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

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

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

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

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

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Technology

Shiba Inu: Top Analyst Identifies Coin as 'Potential Gold Mine'; Price Analysis Suggests 35% Upside

Top analyst Davie Satoshi sees Shiba Inu (SHIB) as a potential gold mine; price analysis predicts a 35% upside. Key Pattern in SHIBs Price Chart The Shiba Inu (SHIB) memecoin has caught the eye of many analysts....

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Over 50 Million USDT Blacklisted by Tether Amid Regulatory Scrutiny, Details Inside

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