FxWirePro: FX vols more rigorous than equities – SPX vs EUR/USD, UKX vs GBP/USD and AS51 vs AUD/USD

Dec 21, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

There continues to be wide gulf between the European and US equity markets in terms of liquidity and gap between FX volatility. Not only are the cash markets much deeper in terms of daily turnover, but the derivative...

Europe Roundup: Euro slides but EUROSTOXX still edgy, DXY eases as BoJ maintain status quo - Thursday, December 21st, 2017

Dec 21, 2017 12:22 pm UTC| Market Roundups Insights & Views Central Banks

Market Roundup EUR/USD 0.05% up, USD/JPY 0.24% up, GBP/USD up about 0.10%, EUR/GBP down by 0.03% DXY 0.02%, DAX 0.03%, FTSE -0.13%, CAC -0.4%, IBEX -0.3%, Brent -0.48%, Gold -0.05% BOJ maintains policy steady as...

FxWirePro: Knock-in spreads to tackle positive correlation between USD/JPY and yen rates

Dec 21, 2017 08:53 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Japanese central bank (BoJ) left its expansionary monetary policy unchanged in its statement. What matters more is the message that BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivered at the press conference. Many observers had...

FxWirePro: More stimulus likely to flow from sterling side in GBP/JPY – Deploy Reverse Put Spreads as optimal hedging vehicle

Dec 21, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Brexit negotiations and central bank policy expectations are likely to heavily influence the pair over the coming months. Having made sufficient progress earlier this month, the focus of negotiations will now move...

Bitcoin's energy use is out of control ... but maybe that's the point?

Dec 20, 2017 18:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency

The soaring value of Bitcoin is encouraging more and more companies and individuals to engage in mining. Mining is actually a process which secures the distributed Bitcoin network, and processes all of its transactions....

The social factors that influence whether you’ll use your wearable device

Dec 20, 2017 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Christmas is upon us, and the New Year fast approaching. Many of us are buying wearable self-tracking devices for loved ones, or as part of our own New Year self-improvement regimes. Wearable devices, as the name...

Bad data collection means we don't know how much the middle class is being squeezed by the wealthy

Dec 20, 2017 18:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Australia is falling behind other nations and international bodies in measuring inequality, particularly the concentration of wealth. This also means we are in the dark about the trends affecting Australias middle...