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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY bulls seem exhausted at 61.8% Fibos, momentary bears back in range, but major uptrend remains intact – One touch binaries to speculate

Oct 16, 2017 07:06 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

EURJPY major trend consolidates upto 61.8% Fibonacci retracement levels but seems to be restrained at that juncture, while the minor trend drifts below DMAs to stay back in the range bounded trend that persistssince 26th...

FxWirePro: Copper hits new 3-year highs at 3.229, bulls in control

Oct 16, 2017 06:58 am UTC| Technicals

Copper bulls stay in control, price spikes higher, up around 3% on the day. Price has hit highest since August, 2014, before paring some gains to currently trade at 3.212 levels, bias higher. Copper is trading in...

FxWirePro: Silver hits fresh 4-week high at $17.40 mark, stay bullish

Oct 16, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Technicals

XAG/USD is currently trading around $17.38 marks. It made intraday high at $17.40 and low at $17.31 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at $17.15 mark. A daily close...

FxWirePro: NZD/CHF eyes 200-DMA at 0.7027, bias higher, stay long

Oct 16, 2017 06:32 am UTC| Technicals

NZD/CHF hovers around 100-DMA at 0.7009, intraday bias higher. The pair is extending upside for 3rd consecutive session after bouncing off strong trendline support at 0.6880. Technical indicators have turned...

FxWirePro: Indian rupee trades marginally lower against U.S. dollar, faces strong support at 64.75 mark

Oct 16, 2017 06:07 am UTC| Technicals

USD/INR is currently trading around 64.84 marks. It made intraday high at 64.84 and low at 64.76 marks. Intraday bias remains slightly bullish till the time pair holds key support at 64.75 marks. Key...

FxWirePro: Gold trades higher on festive season in India, good to buy on dips

Oct 16, 2017 05:30 am UTC| Technicals

Gold jumped sharply previous week almost $30 on account of weak US dollar and increase in demand in India due to festival season. The yellow metal is trading high as slightly dovish fed minutes meeting and rising geo...

FxWirePro: AUD/CHF breaks above 50-DMA to hit 2-week high at 0.7692, bias higher, stay long

Oct 16, 2017 05:29 am UTC| Technicals

AUD/CHF has shown a decisive break above 50-DMA to hit 2-week high at 0.7692 on Friday. The pair bounced off from near 200-DMA with a doji formation, bias remains higher. Technical indicators also support upside...

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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

Shiba Inu Coin Rockets as Burn Rate Skyrockets 1000% Amidst Market Rally

Shiba Inu Coin (SHIB) ignites the crypto market with a phenomenal rally, propelled by a staggering 1000% surge in burn rates. As 29.11 million SHIB tokens are destroyed, market confidence soars, pushing SHIB past crucial...

Dogecoin Surges 13% as Network Activity Soars, Hits 28,000 New Addresses

Dogecoin experiences a remarkable surge, with its price skyrocketing by 13% in response to an unprecedented rise in network activity. On-chain analytics reveal a staggering influx of 28,000 new addresses, signaling renewed...

Bitcoin Surges Over $63K Amid Revitalized ETF Interest

In a whirlwind of crypto markets, Bitcoin stormed past the $63,000 mark, fueled by renewed ETF activity. Ethereum mirrored the bullish sentiment, holding steady above $3,100. Solana, XRP, and Cardano followed suit, marking...

Tesla's Supercharger Shake-up Sparks Chaos: Suppliers in Limbo Over Email Directive

A turbulent email to suppliers reveals internal discord in the wake of Teslas sweeping Supercharger team termination. The abrupt restructuring has left projects in limbo, signaling potential operational turmoil within the...

US Loosens EV Battery Rules, Expands Tax Credit Eligibility Amid Controversy

Amidst escalating tensions over electric vehicle (E.V.) tax credits, the U.S. government has relaxed stringent regulations, potentially widening eligibility for tax credits up to $7,500. This move, aimed at accelerating...