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Two professors at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London have published the results of their deep dive into The Onion Router, or Tor, network, which is designed to make it difficult to track the activity of online users...
An update to their set of exchange rate forecasts see ABN Amro turning more positive on the commodity currency bloc. ABN Amro have updated their currency expectations for 2016 - 2017 and one of the stand-out changes pertains to their stance on the New Zealand and Australian dollars...
Former first minister Alex Salmond has called for a fresh look at the currency options for an independent Scotland. He said he still favoured the use of Sterling, but said the independence case needs "refurbishment...
Markets could be too sanguine about the risks to the euro exchange rate complex posed by a Brexit and there is a risk therefore that sterling is being chased too far into the red. The pound has fallen notably versus the euro, from a starting point up at the 1...
After being Wall Street’s whipping boys, bank stocks may be in position to mount a comeback. At least, Barclays analysts think so. Among the S&P 500’s 10 sectors, banks have been the worst performer, down 6.5% year to date, according to FactSet data as of March 23.READ MORE...
Oil futures move firmly lower in Thursday’s trade, adding to losses after their biggest one-day rout in more than a month in the wake of disappointing supply data. READ MORE...
EUR/USD: Neutral: In a broad 1.1120/1.1375 range now. We just shifted to a neutral stance yesterday and there is no change to the view. The current movement is likely part of a broad consolidation phase and we expect this pair to trade within a broad 1.1120/1.1375 range from here...
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GBP/USD may extend the decline from earlier this week amid concerns surrounding the UK Referendum, while retail sentiment pushes back to near-term extremes. Continue Reading...
USDCAD is responded a critical support confluence with our near-term focus higher against today’s low. Here are the updated targets & invalidation level...Continue Reading...
Oil prices shrank after DoE data confirmed a huge build in crude stocks. Gold slipped on hawkish Fedspeak and copper fell with stocks Continue Reading...
Czech Economic Sentiment Weakens For Second Month Czech economic sentiment declined for the second straight month in March, survey figures from the Czech Statistical Office showed Thursday. The economic confidence index fell to 11.9 in March from 12.3 in the previous month...
Hungary Q4 Current Account Surplus Shrinks Hungary's current account surplus decreased more-than-expected in the three months ended December, figures from the Magyar Nemzeti Bank showed Thursday. The current account surplus shrank to EUR 1.01 billion in the fourth quarter from EUR 1...
French Factory Confidence Unexpectedly Eases In March France's manufacturing confidence unexpectedly weakened for the first time in four months in March, as the assessment on order book levels and businesses' expectations on their production deteriorated, survey results from INSEE showed Thursday...
ECB Bulletin Downplays Importance of Core Inflation Measure The European Central Bank (ECB) monthly bulletin releases today showed the bank feels Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) ex-energy or core HICP is not an ‘ideal’ measure of underlying inflation...
The pound has clearly been the under-performer this week and in the G10 space is the worst performing currency, notes BTMU. "The resignation of Ian Duncan Smith late on Friday has fuelled concerns over a more damaging division within government over ‘Brexit’...
GBP/USD All the Attention to 1.4000 – UOB The research team at UOB Group has noted the relevance of the critical support at 1.4000 the figure...
USD/CHF Still Targets 0.9806 Near Term – Commerzbank In view of Axel Rudolph, Senior Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the pair could reach the 0.9800 area in the shorter run. Key Quotes “USD/CHF has sold off to and continues to rebound from the 2015-2016 uptrend at .9643”...
USD/CAD eases from highs near 1.3280 The greenback has resumed its advance vs. its Canadian peer today, with USD/CAD testing fresh highs in the 1.3280 area, albeit deflating afterwards...
