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Nikkei225 faces strong resistance at 17000, good to buy at dips

Apr 19, 2016 02:29 am UTC| Technicals

Major resistance - 17000 The index recovered till 16984 at the time of writing after gap down yesterday. It is currently trading around 16336.Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 16200...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY hovers around 109.00, intraday bias remains bullish

Apr 19, 2016 02:02 am UTC| Technicals

USD/JPY is currently trading around 109.06 marks. It made intraday high at 109.21 and low at 108.74 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 108.68 marks. A daily close...

FxWirePro: South Korean won gains as BoK stands pat

Apr 19, 2016 01:23 am UTC| Technicals

USD/KRW is currently trading around 1143 levels. It made intraday high at 1146 and low at 1143 levels. Today Bank of Korea base rate stays flat at 1.50 % (forecast 1.50 %) vs previous 1.50 %. Intraday bias...

FxWirePro: Aussie falls ahead of monetary policy meeting minutes

Apr 19, 2016 01:02 am UTC| Technicals

AUD/NZD is trading around 1.1123 marks. Pair made intraday high at 1.1148 and low at 1.1115 marks. Today RBA is going to release monetary policy meeting minutes at 0130 GMT. At the April 5 meeting, the RBA...

FxWirePro: GBP/USD consolidating around 1.4286, bias is bullish

Apr 18, 2016 18:54 pm UTC| Technicals

The GBP/USD pair surged strongly on Monday as the world stocks market recovered and increased demand for European currencies supported British pound. The Pound advanced up to 1.4291 after US market opened, but after a...

FxWirePro: EUR/USD resumes upside after breaking resistance level at 1.1300

Apr 18, 2016 16:54 pm UTC| Technicals

The EUR/USD pair inched higher on Monday as the pair attracted buyers as weak dollar and falling oil prices increased the demand for euro. The pair initially dipped towards 1.1274 levels in the early European session....

FxWirePro: Gold dips towards lower range but bias remains bullish

Apr 18, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Technicals

The yellow metal traded higher on Monday, as dollar declined slightly and European shares dipped following no deal between oil producers to cut oil output which sent oil prices down. Gold prices have come under severe...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

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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,...

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Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

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High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

Politics

Joe Biden to Possibly Quadruple Tariffs on Chinese EVs, Raising Duties to 100%

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

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Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

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Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

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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...

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

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A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

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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,...

Technology

Binance Under Strict FRA Watch for Three Years After DOJ Deal

The U.S. Department of Justice has tasked the Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) with monitoring Binance, the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange, for the next three years. This move follows Binances November plea bargain...

BYD Europe Challenges Tesla, EU Giants; Stellantis Defends Italian Turf

BYD Europe has announced plans to triple its market share in the European Union by 2025, aiming to outpace competitors like Tesla and Volkswagen. Meanwhile, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares firmly addresses the growing...

JPMorgan, Susquehanna Make Bold Moves with Bitcoin ETF Investments

JPMorgan Chase, the United States largest bank, has disclosed substantial investments in various Bitcoin ETFs, including those from Grayscale and BlackRock. Concurrently, Susquehanna International Group has bolstered its...

Bloomberg Unveils Causes of Bitcoin, ETH, SOL, XRP, SHIB Price Plunge Amid Market Turbulence

Crypto trading volumes on major cryptocurrency exchanges fell dramatically in April. Trading volumes declined for the first time in seven months after Bitcoins price fell from an all-time high of $73,800, Bloomberg...

Harvest CEO Eyes Bitcoin ETF Entry into Mainland China via Hong Kong's ETF Connect

Harvests CEO feels that the Hong Kong-mainland China ETF bridge initiative can potentially expand crypto ETF access in mainland China. Harvest Explores Offering Bitcoin and Ether ETFs to Mainland Chinese Investors via...