Vietnam cancels nuclear reactor deal: a lesson for South Africa
Nov 23, 2016 23:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Vietnam recently announced that it would be cancelling its contract to buy two nuclear reactors from Rosatom, the Russian nuclear vendor. The decision was subsequently ratified by the Vietnamese National Assembly in Hanoi....
FxWirePro: Impact of shrinking gap between S&P 500 dividend yields and U.S. 10-year Treasury yields
Nov 23, 2016 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
The yields on 10-year Treasury surged to highest in 2016 after Republican candidate Donald Trump won the United States 2016 presidential election. Also, backed by Trumps fiscal policies, Treasuries saw a massive sell-off...
Nov 23, 2016 13:14 pm UTC| Technicals Central Banks Insights & Views
The Turkish lira weakened sharply in the recent times, with USDTRY surpassing 3.05 range and then to hit fresh highs of 3.4083 levels. Bulls manage to break out above long lasting range and stiff resistance of 3.07 with...
Diverging Fed and ECB monetary policies likely to keep EUR/USD subdued
Nov 23, 2016 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) will decide on December 8 on whether and how to extend its 80 billion euros ($85 billion) monthly bond purchases and expectations are for the programme to continue beyond its current March...
BoJ likely to intervene again in fixed income market if yields rise following U.S. Treasuries
Nov 23, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Commentary Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
The Bank of Japan is highly expected to intervene in the fixed income market once again by buying unlimited bonds at fixed price if yields increase above the Bank of Japans target level of zero percent following surge in...
Less secrecy could help astronomy stop the bullying and harassment within its ranks
Nov 23, 2016 03:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Shocking allegations of bullying, harassment and sexual assault at CSIROs Astronomy and Space Sciences (CASS) division were revealed on Sunday by the ABCs Background Briefing program. In CASS alone, the Radio National...
Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
Nov 23, 2016 02:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President-elect Donald Trump is right: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a damaging deal and deserves to be killed off. But he tells a half truth about why the trade accord among a dozen Pacific Rim nations is a...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned