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FxWirePro: Turkish Lira Signals Further Depreciation Pressures – FxWirePro’s USD/TRY ‘Debit Call Spread’ Delivers As Desired

Aug 10, 2020 14:22 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

The Turkish lira continued to sell-off towards the latter part of last week, although the momentum eased off as the weekend drew near. CBT and the banks regulator BDDK often make policy announcements such as RRR change or...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Bitcoin On Verge Of 1-Year Highs, Alluring BTC Long Hedges

Aug 10, 2020 13:13 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Technicals Insights & Views

Bitcoin price action (BTCUSD at Coinbase) has been commendable since Covid19 saga, as it rebounds above $12k mark. Bulls are roaring on the verge of 1-year highs after decisive breakout of long-lasting range with the stern...

FxWirePro: Short NZD Trades Ahead of RBNZ

Aug 10, 2020 12:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

NZD underperformed on a broad basis this week, and against both AUD and CHF. There has been little in the way of new information surrounding the RBNZs plans for potential LSAP expansion and the prospect for foreign asset...

FxWirePro: NZD Edgy Ahead of RBNZ, Kiwis MPS Preview & Hedging Perspectives

Aug 10, 2020 07:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views

NZDUSD seems edgy now below 0.6618 as RBNZ is scheduled for their monetary policy for the day, we expect Kiwis central banker to aim to keep the stance of monetary policy unchanged at this MPS. There have been both...

FxWirePro: Construction of Relative Values on Conditional Dollar’s Softness Amid Geopolitical Turmoil

Aug 07, 2020 08:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

OI late, majority of views that justify higher EURUSD or soft dollar in the long-term, which is why we have raised our projections for year-end from 1.14 to 1.21 and for year-end 2021 from 1.18 to 1.24. Such projection...

FxWirePro: Sterling Halts Rallies Ahead of US Unemployment Data, Consider Upside Risk With Pinch of Salt – Deploy Diagonal Spreads

Aug 07, 2020 07:43 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The US labor market report today is the first important indication of how the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the economic recovery in the US. It is generally expected that the rise in employment has slowed...

FxWirePro: Mexican GDP Less Likely To Have Significant Impact On Peso - OTC Updates & Options Trading Strategies

Jul 30, 2020 14:25 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Mexican results for Q2 GDP is published today. The Mexican economy shrank 17.3 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2020, following a 1.2 percent contraction in the previous period and compared with market...

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Economy

Burger King Ordered to Compensate Injured Customer With Almost $8M Payout

Burger King is set to shell out about $8 million after the court ordered it to pay a customer who was injured at the restaurant. The burger store chains franchisee in Florida has been found guilty of negligence by the...

Nestlé Reveals New Operations Chief to Replace Retiring Magdi Batato

Nestlé SA food and drink company announced it has appointed the new companys head of operations. Effective on July 1, Stephanie Pullings Hart will be the new deputy head of operations, and she will be stationed at...

Asda Reportedly Finalizing £10B Merger Deal With EG Group

Asda is reportedly in the midst of finalizing its merger agreement with UK-based EG Group, which operates filling stations, fast-food outlets, and convenience stores. Reportedly, the deal will include more than 500 million...

Panera Brands Promotes Exec to CEO Post Amid IPO Plans

Panera Brands Inc., an American bakery-cafe chain store, revealed it has promoted one of its high-ranking executives to become its new chief executive officer. The promotion comes as the company reportedly plans for an...

Samsung To Invest ₩30 Billion in Advancing Smart Factories for SMEs

Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 30 billion won over the next three years in its Smart Factory 3.0 project which would transform SMEs manufacturing facilities into smart factories usingartificial intelligence (AI) and...

Politics

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Troops Replaced Wagner Fighters in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian deputy defense minister said that Russian troops were replacing the Wagner fighters in the eastern city of Bakhmut, where fighting has been taking place the longest. The minister said that Russian troops were...

North Korea Media Criticizes US, South Korea, Japan Missile Warning Agreement

North Korean state media criticized the agreement made between the United States, South Korea, and Japan that would allow the three countries to share information in real-time on the isolated nations missile launches. This...

US: Biden Nominates Air Force Chief as Top General

The White House announced this week that US President Joe Biden has appointed US Air Force Chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown would become the second Black officer...

Russia-Ukraine War: Norway to Support Joint Training Programs for F-16s

Norway supports the push for joint training programs for Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets. This follows the endorsement by the United States for the training programs with Ukraine, assuring that the jets will not be used...

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets Following Incursion of Russian 'Intelligence-Gathering' Aircraft

The Japanese defense ministry said it scrambled fighter jets after a Russian intelligence-gathering aircraft was spotted flying over the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan this week. This follows recent incidents,...

Science

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world's most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves - tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves, gravitational...

Why don't rocks burn?

While many rocks dont burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of and thats related to how they were formed. There are three main rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These rocks are...

Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works

Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. But this may one day be a...

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our new...

Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions

When I began my undergraduate physics degree (around 20 years ago), What is the theory of everything? was a question that I heard often. It was used as a label for how theoretical physicists were trying to develop a deeper...

Technology

Apple Reveals Broadcom Deal to Develop 5G Components

Apple Inc. revealed it has teamed up with Broadcom Inc. for the development of 5G radio frequency parts in the United States. The companies signed a multi-billion deal for the partnership. With the cooperation between...

Apple, Masimo Lawsuit Declared a Mistrial

What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

For some people, the term black box brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But...

AI is changing how Americans find jobs, get promoted and succeed at work

Whether we realize it or not, advancements in artificial intelligence are increasingly influencing the paths of our careers. Advancements in human capital management systems, more strategic and data-driven human...

AI is already being used in the legal system - we need to pay more attention to how we use it

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that its hard to avoid even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algorithms in social media get lots of attention, an...

What is Bluesky and how's it different to Twitter?

Amid management changes at Twitter, discontented users are exploring an alternative social media platform called Bluesky. According to media reports, downloads of the Bluesky app surged more than 600% in...