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SARB monetary tightening for cyclical effects of headline inflation, ZAR volatility and unemployment

Oct 22, 2015 12:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In South Africa, the source of lower than projected inflationary heaviness remains unclear. While FX depreciation and a significantly undervalued rand should be pulling inflation back above 5%. Nevertheless, the latest...

Demand supply equation hurting intermediary WTI bull sentiments again

Oct 22, 2015 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views

With this weeks crude inventory to miss forecasts (8.0m versus forecasts at 3.5m) as a result, last weeks $50.13 per barrel (WTI reached its highest price in nearly three months) has been unable to hold these gains....

BoC likely to stand pat for the next year regardless of Fed action

Oct 22, 2015 09:31 am UTC| Insights & Views

The Bank of Canada maintained overnight rate at 1/2 percent on Wednesday as widely expected. Even before the landslide sweep of the Liberal Party the Bank was widely expected to stand pat for the foreseeable future. The...

FxWirePro: Improve odds on backspreads - Capitalize on GBP/AUD upswings to employ shorts

Oct 22, 2015 08:46 am UTC| Insights & Views

We reckon this pair has shown weakness in recent past, bulls seemed to have been exhausted by giving up the previous rallies even though some left over price bounces can be extended in near term (see technical chart for...

FxWirePro: Spinning top and gravestone doji signal GBP/AUD weakness – leading oscillators to confirm slumps

Oct 22, 2015 07:53 am UTC| Insights & Views

The pair has pretty much responded as per earlier analysis, the previous rallies have been paused although we could see a little bit price bounces in near term.As the daily chart suggests some buying interest that would...

FxWirePro: Shorts in AUD/JPY backspread to beat higher IV

Oct 22, 2015 07:19 am UTC| Insights & Views

Traders tend to view the put ratio back spread as a bear strategy, because it employs puts. However, it is actually a volatilitystrategy. The implied volatility of 1M ATM AUDJPY put contract is at 14.09% and it is quite...

FxWirePro: AUD/JPY likely to slide further, next crucial support at 84.576

Oct 22, 2015 06:34 am UTC| Insights & Views

We were bearish on this APAC pair and shared our stance accordingly in our last weeks post, you can now figure out from the daily chart that the yellow circled areas served as the strong demand and supply levels for this...

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Economy

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...

Extraordinary Vietnam fraud case exposes the inherent vulnerabilities of banks

The financial crisis of 2008 showed just how much the world depends on banks being well run. Since then, regulators have been given new powers to keep some of the biggest institutions on a much shorter leash to stamp out...

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...

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...

History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?

One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many...

Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight

In the early hours of April 15 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese paramilitary force attacked the military airstrip in the town of Merowe and deployed troops across strategic locations in Sudans capital,...

Military conscription is returning to Europe, but is it really a more equal way of mobilising? What history tells us

The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout...

Science

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...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

Technology

Bitcoin Price May Consolidate for Two Months Post-Halving, Says Bitfinex

As the cryptocurrency market adjusts to the latest Bitcoin halving, analysts from Bitfinex forecast a price consolidation period of up to two months, with significant price fluctuations expected within this...

Former PayPal President Predicts Bitcoin as AI's Future Currency

Amid fluctuating prices, former PayPal President David Marcus champions Bitcoin as the native currency of AI at the Bitcoin for Corporations 2024 event, rekindling interest and optimism in the cryptocurrencys long-term...

Massive Shiba Inu Transfer: 1.75 Trillion SHIB Moves, Sparks Market Excitement

On May 2, Whale Alert tracked two enormous transfers totaling 1.75 trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens from Robinhood, driving a more than 6% increase in SHIBs price and igniting bullish sentiment among...

Anthropic Launches Claude AI App on iPhone to Rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Anthropic PBC, an artificial intelligence startup established in 2021, announced on Wednesday, May 1, that it launched an iOS app for its Claude 3 AI chatbot or language models. The company also unveiled a new subscription...

Shiba Inu Whale Moves 100 Billion SHIB Before FOMC, Signals Market Stir

In a surprising move, a mysterious Shiba Inu whale deposited 100 billion SHIB tokens into Coinbase, coinciding with a significant price drop just before the Federal Reserves crucial rate decision. This action has stirred...