FxWirePro: Capitalize on EUR/JPY shrinking IVs and 1m skewness and participate in dubious bullish exposure via RKOs

Sep 25, 2017 08:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Please be noted that the implied vols of EURJPY crosses have been shrinking lower from the current 13.51% to 9.35% for 1w and 8.86% for 2w tenors in spite of the speeches of ECB and BoJ officials. Positively skewed EUR...

Angela Merkel wins a fourth term in office – but it won't be an easy one

Sep 25, 2017 08:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Angela Merkel will continue as chancellor of Germany. But following an election that saw the rise of smaller parties most notably the far right her fourth term will probably be an eventful one in ways she would not wish...

FxWirePro: EUR/JPY retraces 61.8% Fibos despite lingering overbought pressures – Boundary binaries to speculate and long hedge

Sep 25, 2017 08:20 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

On EURJPY rallies, shooting star has occurred at 131.3380 levels which is a bearish pattern. But bulls counter to gain the upside traction by shrugging off this bearish pattern For today, the momentum in the previous...

Global Geopolitics Series

Europe is training military forces in weak states – and that's seriously risky

Sep 25, 2017 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views

Within hours of the death of Guineas president in 2008, four officers trained by the German military launched a coup détat. Led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who proudly wore the red beret and insignia of a German...

Digital Currency Revolution

Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor

Sep 25, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Law Digital Currency

Despite its name, cryptocurrency isnt just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other finance. The tokens investors get when they buy a cryptocurrency, like...

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Sep 25, 2017 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Law

Americas opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government justifiably worried. In response, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and...

Big gas shortage looming, but government stays hand on export controls

Sep 25, 2017 07:11 am UTC| Insights & Views

The government has issued another warning to gas producers but held off pulling its export control trigger, despite two new reports warning of potential severe local supply shortages. The Australian Energy Market...