Strong and stable leadership: inside the Conservatives' election slogan
May 05, 2017 00:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
If youve heard an interview with any Conservative politician during the current election campaign, youve probably heard the phrase strong and stable leadership. Theresa May used the phrase three times in seven minutes on...
The future is in interactive storytelling
May 05, 2017 00:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Marvels new blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, carries audiences through a narrative carefully curated by the films creators. Thats also what Telltales Guardians-themed game did when it was released in April....
FxWirePro: EUR-USD-JPY correlation triangle appending optionality on soothed euro vols
May 04, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The well anticipated French election outcome on April 24th saw the massive shrink in FX vols meaningfully below 1-day forward levels from last weeks close. We remain comfortable fading political tail risks in Euro...
May 04, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Lets have a glance through the implied volatilities of EURCHF ATM contracts from the above nutshell, IVs of this underlying pair of all expiries have been the least among G10 currency segment. These lower volatile...
How funding to house mentally ill, homeless is a financial gain, not drain
May 04, 2017 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics Health
As Congress considers the federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 to reduce funding for services to poor and homeless Americans, programs with proven cost-effectiveness should not be on the chopping block. One such...
'A government without newspapers': why everyone should care about the cuts at Fairfax
May 04, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers...
In restless Venezuela, the military will determine how long Maduro's regime can last
May 04, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The mother of all protests thats what Venezuelas opposition movement called an enormous march last week, in which over a million citizens took to the streets to defend the homeland against President Nicolás Maduros...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight