8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Got top 10 FX ideas for 2016? SocGen trumps everyone with their top 16!
Got top 10 FX ideas for 2016? SocGen trumps everyone with their top 16!
Wow, awesome work from French bank Société Générale, neatly putting out their top 16 trade ideas for 2016.
I can’t wait until 2099!
This is via the good folks over at eFX, for more trade ideas,
8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on America’s Reckless Fight Against Evil: Six Mistakes On The Road To Perpetual War
America’s Reckless Fight Against Evil: Six Mistakes On The Road To Perpetual War
Authored by Ira Chemus via TomDispatch.com,
Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!
This time, it’s the Islamic State (IS). After the attacks in Paris, Barack Obama, spokesman-in-chief for the United States of America, called that crew “the face of evil.” Shades of George W. Bush. The “evildoers” are back. And from every mountaintop, it seems, America now rings with calls to ramp up its war machine.
8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dow Chemical and DuPont in mega-merger talks: WSJ
Dow Chemical and DuPont in mega-merger talks: WSJ
Dow Chemical and Dupont are in advanced merger talks, in a deal that would cap off the best-ever year for M&A, the WSJ reported.
8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Preview of the RBNZ monetary policy announcement
Preview of the RBNZ monetary policy announcement
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announce their latest monetary policy decision, due Thursday (10 December) morning local time
– Governor Wheeler speaks at a press conference 5 minutes after the announcement, at 2005GMT
8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Turkey Puts Medical Doctor On Trial For Comparing Erdogan To Gollum
Turkey Puts Medical Doctor On Trial For Comparing Erdogan To Gollum
If there’s one thing you’d think Turks would have learned by now, it’s that you do not, under any circumstances, insult President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Nor in fact, do you suggest that the government is corrupt, that the PKK may not be “terrorists” after all, that elections may be rigged, or that the MIT is smuggling guns to militants in Syria. All of these things can and will get you arrested or much, much worse.
8 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Fixes Yuan At Weakest Since August 2011 After 45th Consecutive Month Of Deflation
China Fixes Yuan At Weakest Since August 2011 After 45th Consecutive Month Of Deflation
Chinese Producer Prices have now fallen YoY for 45 consecutive months and November’s 5.9% YoY drop is the largest since the crisis in 2009. Following weak trade data overnight (and with The IMF having blessed any and all currency movements), it appears Chinese authorities have decided to do something about and continue the slowest, quietest, stealthiest currency war in the world. With today’s Yuan fix, PBOC has weakened the Yuan back below the August devaluation lows, back to its weakest against the USD since August 2011.