Chinese yuan strengthens despite lower than expected Caixin services PMI data

Mar 04, 2020 03:33 am UTC| Technicals Investing

USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.9315 marks. It made intraday high at 6.9611 and low at 6.9288 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 6.9650 mark. A sustained close...

America’s Roundup: Dollar sinks after U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to battle coronavirus, Wall Street gains, Gold rises, Oil jumps after Fed cuts US interest rates, then pares gain-March 4th,2020

Mar 03, 2020 21:35 pm UTC| Market Roundups Investing

Market Roundup Fed cuts rates by half percentage points US Redbook (YoY) 5.9%,5.4% previous US Redbook (MoM) -0.1%,-0.2%previous US Feb ISM NY Business Conditions 51.9%, 45.8% previous US Feb ISM-New...

FxWirePro: Buy S&P500 above 3100

Mar 03, 2020 16:47 pm UTC| Technicals Investing

Ichimoku Analysis (1-Hour) Tenken-Sen- 3074 Kijun-Sen- 3003 SP500 has shown a massive recovery after a sell-off of more than 15% from an all-time high of 3397. The decline was mainly due to an outbreak of...

South Korean won remains almost unchanged after CPI, GDP data

Mar 03, 2020 01:47 am UTC| Technicals Investing

EUR/KRW is currently trading around 1,323 mark. It made intraday high at 1,324 and low at 1,323 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key support at 1,318 mark. A sustained close above...

Requiring firms to only sell financial products we can use is good, but not enough

Mar 01, 2020 12:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing

The governments financial system inquiry, on which I sat, reported five years ago. It recommended that the creators of financial products be subject to a design and distribution obligation (DDO), which would mean the...

African countries aren't getting as much as they should from foreign direct investment

Feb 25, 2020 12:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing Economy

Economic growth is driven by a number of factors. These include foreign direct investment, national savings, household spending, fiscal and monetary policies. Since the late 1980s African governments have fully embraced...

The devil is in the detail when it comes to responsible investing

Jan 18, 2020 11:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Investing

With the recent flood of pledges by investors to turn up the heat on climate action, one might think that the investment industry was in the midst of a profound shift. If only that were the case. Officially, the...