FxWirePro: Measures of supply glut everywhere stimulate crude prices, WTI surpasses $54 again – Stay hedged upside risks with conviction

Jan 06, 2017 13:50 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The stats were bullish for crude and bearish for products across the board. US crude imports dropped by nearly 1 Mb/d, as fog on the US Gulf Coast restricted tanker arrivals; this drove the large and temporarily bullish...

Let’s know about Christopher Giarncarlo - the prime choice of Trump for US derivatives regulatory body

Jan 06, 2017 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Commentary

J. Christopher Giancarlo, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with close ties to the derivatives industry, is President-elect Donald Trumps top choice to head the U.S.s main swaps regulator, a person...

Danish economic recovery to remain on track, rate adjustments from Danmarks Nationalbank not likely in 2017

Jan 06, 2017 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Denmark is set to extend economic recovery for the fifth consecutive year. Recovery in the Nordic nation has been relatively moderate till now. But there is more distinct possibility of a more robust recovery on robust...

FxWirePro: Knowise what-abouts and how-abouts of CNH selloffs and place options trades to mitigate risks

Jan 06, 2017 12:30 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The continuous flurry of bearish of streaks in USDCNH in the past two days has finally come into a pause this morning while USDCNY fixing rate was lowered by almost 1%, USDCNH spiked up by about 0.5%, narrowing CNY-CNH...

Is the US really ready to end its drug war?

Jan 06, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

In recent years an international movement to reform global narcotics policies has been growing, with activists and presidents alike declaring that the United States war on drugs has failed. Now it seems the US has finally...

How ride-hailing apps like Uber continue cab industry's history of racial discrimination

Jan 06, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

From hailing taxis that wont stop for them to being forced to ride at the back of buses, African-Americans have long endured discrimination within the transportation industry. Many have hoped the emergence of a...

Why is it so hard to close the racial health gap in the US?

Jan 06, 2017 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The racial health gap in the United States is well-documented. The gap starts with the infant mortality rate (11.1 blacks vs. 5.1 whites per 1,000) and extends to almost any health domain. Compared to whites, blacks live...