The Traderszone Network

BNZ have updated their forecasts for EUR, GBP, JPY, and CNY
– Adjusted to account for a less aggressive USD rise through 2016
– NZD and AUD forecasts are unchanged, largely in anticipation of heightened market volatility ahead
There is a lot more on this from BNZ, but in brief:

Chinese measures to steady its rocky markets are prompting record redemptions from so-called dim-sum debt funds.

EMC has asked for a ‘go-shop’ provision to be included in the merger agreement that will allow it to solicit bids from other parties and pay a discounted breakup fee to Dell if there is a deal with another company, the people said. Such a clause, though not unusual in merger agreements, shows how EMC Chief Executive Joseph Tucci is preparing to exhaust all arguments to convince the company’s shareholders that a deal with Dell is the best possible outcome for them.

The U.S. criticized Russia for killing civilians in Syria.

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The first big test of the unearthly riches that Disney hopes to mine from “Star Wars” is a video game, the NYT reports.

Submitted by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr, via The Mises Institute,

This talk was delivered at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Mises Circle, “Against PC,” on October 3, 2015.

A sharp Martian visiting Earth would make two observations about the United States — one true, the other only superficially so.

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From Barclays Capital weekly FX client note, views on USD, JPY and
EUR. This via eFX

“Last week saw a significant improvement in global risk sentiment,
benefitting risky assets, despite soft data prints and cautious central
bank rhetoric (Figures 1 and 2). However,