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Trade Of The Week: USDJPY monster move fuels intervention talk - By ForexTime USDJPY tumbles 500 pips! Yen rebound sparks intervention talk Watch out for Japan data & USD volatility More wild swings on horizon? Key level of interest at 155.00… ...
Speculator Extremes: Silver, Copper, Coffee & VIX lead Futures Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on April 23th… ...
Week Ahead: US500 braced for jam-packed week - By ForexTime US500 ↓ 4% month-to-date High impact events could rock index Fed decision, earnings & NFP in focus Key levels of interest at 5129, 5034 & 4970 Major breakout… ...
The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system - By Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Leon Fink, University of Illinois Chicago Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be… ...
Development finance: how it works, where it goes, why it’s needed - By Abdul Latif Alhassan, University of Cape Town and Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects that have… ...
Is a Commodities Super Cycle on the Way? - Source: Streetwise Reports (4/19/24) Are we at the start of a commodities supercycle? We sat down with McAlinden Research to see what they had to say about the current state… ...
Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges? - By Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan and Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan A chatbot turns hostile. A test version of a Roomba vacuum collects images of users in private… ...
Robusta Coffee: hovers near record highs! - By ForexTime FXTM launches 10 new commodities Robusta Coffee near all-time high 2nd biggest gainer YTD in FXTM’s commodity universe Prices ↑ over 35% since start of 2024 Key levels… ...
Trade Of The Week: Are Ethereum ETF’s coming? - By ForexTime Bitcoin halving done and dusted Ethereum in focus ahead of SEC decision ETH ↓ 20% from 2024 peak Prices trending higher on D1 chart Key levels at 100… ...
Speculators strongly boosting US Dollar bets vs Major Currencies - By InvestMacro Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The latest COT data is updated… ...
Speculator Extremes: Silver, Coffee & Mexican Peso lead COT Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on April 16th… ...
Week Ahead: NAS100 braced for more pain? - By ForexTime NAS100 ↓ over 4% this week Index set to be rocked by various forces Big tech earnings & key US data in focus Watch out for geopolitical tensions… ...
Renewable energy innovation isn’t just good for the climate — it’s also good for the economy - By Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University As the climate crisis escalates, there are urgent and difficult choices that need to be made to drastically reduce our carbon emissions before… ...
Stock markets signal a growing gap between Canadian and American clean tech firms - By Yrjo Koskinen, University of Calgary; J. Ari Pandes, University of Calgary, and Nga Nguyen, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Canada is one of the largest oil and gas… ...
Trade Of The Week: Bitcoin Halving vs. Geopolitical Fears - By ForexTime Big week for “OG” crypto Halving event looms large Watch out for geopolitical tensions Prices under pressure on D1 chart Key levels at $61500, $65000 and $68000 In… ...
The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEI - By Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Few ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI. While opposition to DEI – diversity, equity and… ...
Week Ahead: Time for stock index “slowpokes” to catch up? - By ForexTime UK100 now less than 0.2% away from all-time peak! 3 stock index "laggards" could find reasons to catch up next week MONDAY: US30 (+2% ytd) needs a boost… ...
Target Thursdays: Bitcoin, US400, RUS2000, and EURGBP - By ForexTime Bitcoin still climbing this CPI week; up over 2%/$1,600 since Sunday US400 and RUS2000 stock indices showed larger-CPI reactions, as predicted FXTM Trading Signals: EURGBP reaches all 4… ...
Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow - By John Kounios, Drexel University and Yvette Kounios, Widener University Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up creativity, enhanced productivity and blissful consciousness that, some psychologists… ...
Boeing: what the next CEO needs to do to ensure quality and turn things around - By Bart MacCarthy, University of Nottingham The woes of Boeing show no sign of abating. CEO Dave Calhoun has announced he will step down at the end of the year.… ...
Trade of the Week: Cryptos to rise again this CPI week? - By ForexTime Bitcoin back to within 2% of record high! All 11 FXTM Crypto CFDs climbing in tandem with Bitcoin Cryptos often rise the same week that US inflation data… ...
Speculators drop Swiss Franc bets for 9th week to most bearish since 2019 - By InvestMacro Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The latest COT data is updated… ...
Speculator Extremes: Silver, Gasoline & Peso lead Bullish & Bearish Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on April 2nd.… ...
Week Ahead: EURCAD ready to breakout? - By ForexTime Big week for minor currency pair BoC + ECB rate decisions in focus EURCAD trapped within 300 pip range Prices gaining bullish momentum on D1 Bloomberg model: 76%… ...
America’s green manufacturing boom, from EV batteries to solar panel production, isn’t powered by renewable energy − yet - By James Morton Turner, Wellesley College Panasonic’s new US$4 billion battery factory in De Soto, Kansas, is designed to be a model of sustainability – it’s an all-electric factory with… ...
Expert Shares the Best Silver Stocks for the Breakout - Source: Ron Struthers (4/3/24) Ron Struthers of Struthers Resource Stock Report compares six silver stocks to the SLV ETF, shares Pan American, a gold producer with many silver lines, and… ...
A century after the EEG was discovered, it remains a crucial tool for understanding the brain - By Giridhar Kalamangalam, University of Florida Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects.… ...
Turkey’s economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes - By Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London For many years, it wasn’t the economy that determined voting behaviour in Turkey. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won almost every election he… ...
UK100 index teases record high - By ForexTime UK100 index broke above 8k mark today This stock index came to within 150 pips of its all-time high Falling UK house prices fostered bets for UK interest… ...
Speculator Extremes: MXN, Gasoline & Silver lead Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on March 26th.… ...
Climate change puts global semiconductor manufacturing at risk. Can the industry cope? - By Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of microchips. These technological marvels are in everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to cars, trains and planes,… ...
Week Ahead: Oil primed for more upside? - By ForexTime Crude ↑ over 15% in Q1 Oil could kick off Q2 with bang OPEC+ JMMC meeting, EIA data & NFP in focus Prices bullish on D1 & W1… ...
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans - By Mary Hagedorn, Smithsonian Institution Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect… ...
How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern - By John Edward McCarthy, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Humans are very good at spotting patterns, or repeating features people can recognize. For instance, ancient Polynesians… ...
California is wrestling with electricity prices – here’s how to design a system that covers the cost of fixing the grid while keeping prices fair - By Yihsu Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz and Andrew L. Liu, Purdue University Small-scale solar power, also known as rooftop or distributed solar, has grown considerably in the U.S.… ...
FX Speculators drop Australian Dollar bets to new record low - By InvestMacro Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The latest COT data is updated… ...
Speculator Extremes: Peso, Silver, Aussie & Franc lead Bullish & Bearish Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on March 19th.… ...
Week Ahead: EURAUD on breakout watch… - By ForexTime EURAUD waits for directional spark Prices rangebound on M1 chart Incoming data could rock minor currency pair Technical indicators favour bulls Bloomberg model: 77% chance EURAUD – (1.64508… ...
Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right - By Ferdinando Fioretto, University of Virginia Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in health care, finance, criminal justice and… ...
Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers - By Michael E Odijie, UCL A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60%… ...
Mexican Peso Speculator bets touching most bullish levels in 4 years - By InvestMacro Here are the latest charts and statistics for the Commitment of Traders (COT) data published by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The latest COT data is updated… ...
Speculator Extremes: GBP, Peso, Soybeans & Australian Dollar lead Bullish & Bearish Positions - By InvestMacro The latest update for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report was released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday for data ending on March 12th.… ...
Robo-advisers are here – the pros and cons of using AI in investing - By Laurence Jones, Bangor University and Heather He, Bangor University Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking up the way we invest our money. Gone are the days when complex tools were… ...
Copper Has a Vital Role in the Modern Economy - Source: John Newell (3/12/24) John Newell of Golden Sky Minerals (AUEN.V) explains his view on where the copper market is going and shares one stock he believes is an attractive opportunity… ...
How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast - By Latisha Nixon-Jones, Jacksonville University Imagine saving for years to buy your dream house, only to have surging property insurance costs keep homeownership forever out of reach. This is a… ...
Venezuelan migrants are boosting economic growth in South America, says research - By Jose Caballero, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Venezuela is engulfed in a political and economic crisis, which has forced over 6 million people – some 20% of the… ...
Nigeria: botched economic reforms plunge the country into crisis - By Chisom Ubabukoh, O.P. Jindal Global University and Kunal Sen, United Nations University Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is facing an economic crisis. From a botched currency redesign to the removal… ...
New FXTM index enters “bull market” today! - By ForexTime FXTM launches brand new CHINAH stock index CHINAH index has now risen over 20% from January low CHINAH is most-volatile and “cheapest” stock index within FXTM universe CHINAH… ...
Trade of the Week: Yen bulls to clap back? - By ForexTime JPY is G10's best-performer today, also month-to-date Yen climbing on creeping bets for imminent Bank of Japan hike Tuesday's US inflation release will feed market's main obsession Friday's… ...
Palladium Is Good on Every Time Frame - Source: Barry Dawes (3/6/24) Barry Dawes of Martin Place Securities shares his thoughts on the current state of gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, and palladium and explains why he believes silver is… ...

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