Australia

AUD/USD: Bearish trend still dominates ahead of AU jobs

Matt Weller
August 16, 2018
The price action so far today is emblematic of a textbook “risk off” day: stocks are falling across the globe, oil is trading off by nearly 3%, bond yields are generally retreating, and the yen is the strongest performing major currency (though we would note that gold bugs still can’t seem to catch a break!).

AUD/USD in focus ahead of Aussie jobs, Chinese industrial production and US CPI data

Fawad Razaqzada
September 13, 2017
Key data from Australia and China will be released in the early hours of Thursday, followed by inflation figures from the U.S. later on in Thursday’s session. Thursday’s data releases could have a big impact on the Aussie dollar, especially the AUD/USD pair.

AUD/NZD approaching key support

Fawad Razaqzada
March 27, 2017
After big overnight falls, the U.S. dollar managed to bounce back a little shortly after the New York open, the Dow was well over 100 points off its earlier lows and the VIX had declined more than 10% from its earlier highs. It wasn’t exactly risk-on, but the situation certainly looked a lot calmer than at the European open.

Tesla's Musk offers to fix South Australia's power crisis in 100 days

Sonali Paul, Reuters
March 10, 2017
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Friday offered to save Australia's most renewable-energy dependent state from blackouts by installing $25 million worth of battery storage within 100 days and offering it for free if he missed the target.

President Trump shifts tone and appears Presidential

Jameel Ahmad
March 1, 2017
The markets might not have been pricing in a U.S. interest rate rise this month, U.S. economic data is maintaining its consistent strength and the Federal Reserve is maintaining its public intention towards raising U.S. interest rates around three times in 2017.

Why Brent Cook and Joe Mazumdar are doubling down on the Exploration and the Insights

The Gold Report
February 26, 2016
In this interview with The Gold Report, Brent Cook and Joe Mazumdar of Exploration Insights share observations from their recent travels and a short list of companies they are compiling to take advantage of a possible upswing in gold in all currencies.

Bitcoin founder identified (again)- House immediately raided by Australian police

Jeff Berwick
December 9, 2015
It’s been a whirlwind few hours in the bitcoin world as two tech publications say they have identified the real identity of bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakomoto, the bitcoin price surged more than $20 in less than an hour to $417 and the Australian police conducted a raid on the supposed founders house within hours!

5 world currencies that are closely tied to commodities

Frank Holmes
November 18, 2015
For more than a year now, commodity prices have been under pressure from the strong U.S. dollar and slowing global demand. This has made a huge dent in the balance sheet of many net exporters of resources, in turn weakening their currencies.

New stock exchange in Mexico in the works

Bernardo Mariano
October 30, 2015

BMV: Central de Corretajes (CENCOR) submitted an application to the Ministry of Finance to form and operate a new Stock Exchange in

Cleaner Water and Stronger Aluminum Drive Clean TeQ's Future

Kevin Michael Grace
October 22, 2015
Chairman of Clean TeQ Holdings Limited, Sam Riggall, talks to The Gold Report on cleaner water and stronger aluminum.