South Africa must shift its research focus from fossil fuels to renewables

Jan 29, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views

Renewable energy makes up a very small part of South Africas energy mix. This needs to be improved as the countrys reliance on coal is still very high. An increase in renewable usage will result in lower carbon emissions...

FxWirePro: Don’t get bull trapped, most likley to test channel resistance at 33.23 - Use crude upswings as shorting opportunities

Jan 28, 2016 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views

We reckon the recent rallies in WTI crude is temporary and should not be deemed as a reversal for the previous trend, the technicals for this commodity still suggest sell indications as there are no confirmation from...

Scandis FX space still looks vulnerable in H1 2016

Jan 28, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views

SEK has transacted sturdily through November and early December months, gaining against almost all G10 currencies. But took a U turn again in New Year series, further gains from here onwards would be more challenging,...

Subdued core inflation could force the FOMC to stay patient, next hike unlikely before June

Jan 28, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In what was a unanimous vote, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, kept the target range for the fed funds rate unchanged at 0.25-0.50% range. FOMC formally kept the door open to a March hike but did not communicate anything...

FxWirePro: GBP/USD rallies likely to test trendline resistance – Stay short on rallies for TP 30-40 pips

Jan 28, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Insights & Views

A sharp "shooting star" was spotted out whose highs were rejected at where it has tested resistance at 1.4352 several times in the recent past as well.We kept urging that there would be range bounded swings on this pair...

Financial markets' volatility is much more than a monetary policy issue

Jan 28, 2016 04:21 am UTC| Insights & Views

It has been a bad start of 2016 for global stock markets. Since the beginning of the year, the Dow Jones index has decreased by 7.6%, the Nikkei 225 by 7.5% and the ASX 200 by 5.1%. In Europe, the FTSE100 has lost 3.6%...

Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?

Jan 28, 2016 03:07 am UTC| Insights & Views

Oxfams latest report claims that income inequality has reached a new global extreme, exceeding even its predictions from the previous year. The figures behind this claim are striking just 62 individuals now hold the same...