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FxWirePro: Prefer to go short on XAG/USD around $16.15 with stop loss at $16.22 and target of $15.87

Dec 16, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Technicals

XAG/USD is currently trading around $16.09 marks. It made intraday high at $16.12 and low at $15.87 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at $16.22 levels. A daily...

FxWirePro: Gold upside limited by 5- day MA, good to sell on rallies

Dec 16, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Technicals

Gold continues its losing streak yesterday and breaks the low of $1138 made yesterday. The yellow metal declined till $1122 yesterday .It is currently trading around $1134. Gold has shown a slight jump but upside will...

FxWirePro: NZD/USD forms back-to-back shooting stars; would it be black crows? – Stay short as price, volumes and open interests boost up bearish trend

Dec 16, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Technicals

On daily plotting, previous rallies have rejected again at the stiff resistance of 0.7241 levels. Shooting stars have been formed at 0.7173 and 0.7203 levels that evidence steep slumps, as a result, you could now...

FxWirePro: USD/ZAR fails to sustain above 14.00 mark, good to sell on rallies

Dec 16, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Technicals

USD/ZAR is currently trading around 13.93 levels. It made intraday high at 13.99 and low at 13.92 levels. ish till the time pair holds key resistance at 14.17 marks. A daily close above 14.02 will take...

FxWirePro: Bearish RSI divergence on EUR/JPY hourlies, good to go short on rallies

Dec 16, 2016 06:20 am UTC| Technicals

EUR/JPY faces major resistance at 124 levels which is converged trendlines. The pair was rejected at highs on Thursdays trade, we see spinning top formation at highs on daily charts. Hourly charts have shown...

FxWirePro: ASX200 struggles to close below 10- day MA, good to buy on dips

Dec 16, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Technicals

Major intraday support - 5515 ( 10-day MA) Major resistance - 5625 (Oct 11th 100- day MA). ASX200 recovers from the low of 5516 made at the time of writing till 5556. It is currently trading around 5547 0.07%...

FxWirePro: USD/CNY jumps above 6.94 mark, PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.9508

Dec 16, 2016 05:43 am UTC| Technicals

USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.9460 marks. It made intraday high at 6.9488 and low at 6.9409 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 6.9026 mark. A sustained...

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Economy

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Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

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

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

If the RBA’s right, interest rates may not fall for another year. Here’s why.

The Reserve Bank is now assuming Australians will see no interest rate cuts this year and quite possibly none before the next federal election, due next May. Thats a big change compared to just three months ago. Back...

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Politics

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

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

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

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

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Science

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

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

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...

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

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

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...

Technology

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ECB Calls for Monitoring and Possible Regulation of AI in Finance

The European Central Bank (ECB) has highlighted the need for careful monitoring and potential regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector to prevent harm to consumers and ensure market stability....

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