FxWirePro: Predominant projections and cyclical effects of G10 central banks in 2018/19

Oct 30, 2017 11:58 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Post ECB, clarity from two of the three majors Now that the ECB has confirmed its tapering schedule through September 2018 (a reduction from 60bn per month to 30bn), it is reasonably clear what tedious path DM central bank...

FxWirePro: Swiss franc’s tepid IVs second least among the G10 FX gamut – Strangle shorts for intermediary speculators, FVAs versus straddles for hedgers

Oct 30, 2017 11:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Please be noted that even after monetary policy season, FX vols have collapsed to the lowest level (especially euro and Swiss franc), lets have a glance through the implied volatilities of EURCHF and USDCHF ATM contracts...

FxWirePro: USD/CHF gravestone hampers bullish momentum, non-directional phase in major trend remains intact – Bid boundary binaries to leverage yields

Oct 30, 2017 10:17 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

USDCHFs major resistance levels are seen at 0.9990 and 1.0287 levels. The major uptrend has been rejected at these major resistance levels several times in the past (refer daily trend). Gravestone doji pops at around...

The ethics of human robots: Sam Jinks brings an artist's perspective to the discourse

Oct 30, 2017 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

With little time to bask in the critical success of current shows at the NGA (Hyper Real) and Art Gallery of Ballarat (Romancing the Skull), Melbourne artist Sam Jinks is back in his Coburg studio, surrounded by heads and...

Global Geopolitics Series

Don't rely on China: North Korea won't kowtow to Beijing

Oct 30, 2017 10:13 am UTC| Insights & Views

Those who want to end North Koreas nuclear threats often point to China as the sole actor who could save the day by making Kim Jong-Un and his regime stand down. Beijing provides about 90 percent of imports that North...

What Martin Luther's Reformation tells us about history and memory

Oct 30, 2017 10:11 am UTC| Insights & Views

The story we tell of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago is a window on how the past speaks to the present, and how the present imposes itself on the past. It is a story everyone, more or less, is...

Why tech giants are investing millions in AI that can play video games

Oct 30, 2017 10:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Artificial intelligence researchers at Elon Musks OpenAI project recently made a big advance by winning a video game. Unlike recent AI victories over top human players in the games of Go and poker, this AI breakthrough...