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Amid highly volatile economic environment, shielding currency exposure has become too risky than before. In this series we provide an intelligent insights and analysis on actionable FX derivative strategies that serve different levels of risk appetites and returns.

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: CBT stalls USD bull rout by missing consensus – Uphold DCS, is it debit conviction spread or debit call spread?

Dec 21, 2016 13:07 pm UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Christmas came early yesterday as CBT refrained from raising interest rates, contrary to consensus expectations. CBT explained its inaction by wanting to wait and see the inflationary effects of the liras recent...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Everything goes wrong with EUR/CHF bulls; Geopolitics, trend, IVs, IV skews and risk reversals favor bears

Dec 21, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

This edition of EURCHF is to advocate short on Euro area politics: This recommendation has been motivated by EUR facing multiple electoral hurdles on the one hand, and constraints to SNB FX interventions on the other....

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Option pack for EUR/AUD with 3-way straddle combinations as negatively skewed 1m IV signifies OTM put writing

Dec 21, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Research & Analysis

The implied volatilities of 1m EURAUD ATM contracts are trading shy above 9%, while the spot price in technical trend approaching near crucial juncture at the resistance of falling wedge, it seems to be equal opportunity...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Kiwis produces worse-than-anticipated trade balance – Deploy AUD/NZD diagonal straps to hedge uneven trend

Dec 21, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Research & Analysis

New Zealand trade deficit decreased 11.3 pct year-on-year to NZD 705 million in November of 2016, as imports fell faster than exports. It compares with market expectations of a NZD 500 million gap. Key export trends havent...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: BoJ’s dovish stance serves nothing to NZD/JPY bearish streaks but keeps our ITM shorts in CRBS risk-free

Dec 20, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis

NZDJPY in next 1-2 week: The yen continues to underperform most currencies, which is unsurprising given the risk-seeking mood since the US election. NZDJPYs momentum is strong but the mid-83s is a very sticky area. The...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: USD/JPY longer tenor IVs all set to ease after BoJ’s status quo as focus remains on inflation, correcting flat treasury yields

Dec 20, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis

The BoJ maintains status quo in its monetary policy, focusing to soothing 10Y Treasury bond yield,the benchmark for long-term borrowing costs, at around zero pct and keep the overnight interest rate around -0.1%. and asset...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: Deploy butterfly put spreads for GBP/NZD on range bounded trend and tepid IVs but ITM and OTM longs as Brexit risk looms

Dec 20, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Research & Analysis

From last 6 weeks, GBPNZD remains stuck in a 1.80 1.7380 range. We still foresee the major downtrend likely to resume and evidence further slumps ahead as the approach of the March 2017 Brexit deadline, Supreme Court...

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Economy

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

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

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...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

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...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

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...

Technology

Tesla Cybertruck Powers Houston Gas Station, Elon Musk Reacts to Saudi Prince’s Photo

A TikTok video showed a Tesla Cybertruck powering a Houston gas station after a tornado, while Elon Musk responded to a photo of a Saudi prince with a Cybertruck. Cybertrucks Real-World Test Connecting to a Tesla...

Shanghai's Data Policy Shift Could Propel Tesla's Local Data Center Efforts

Shanghais new data-export policy could accelerate Teslas plans to build a local data center, enhancing its artificial intelligence (AI) development for autonomous driving. Chinas Regulatory Update As China attempts...

CPI Report Spurs Optimism, BlackRock CIO Forecasts Fixed Income Growth

The release of the U.S. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report provided a wave of relief to the financial markets. This signaled a possible reduction in inflationary pressures. Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of...

Over 50 Million USDT Blacklisted by Tether Amid Regulatory Scrutiny, Details Inside

Tether has blacklisted five wallets holding 54.1 million USDT, amidst increasing regulatory scrutiny and past enforcement actions. Tether Blacklists Five Wallets Holding 54.1 Million USDT Amid Ongoing Regulatory...
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