What Actually Is Jet Lag? How To Avoid The Dreaded Post-Travel Anguish

What Actually Is Jet Lag? How To Avoid The Dreaded Post-Travel Anguish

You’ve just sat through a 12-hour flight surrounded by screaming babies, barely edible food, and a disappointing selection of in-flight entertainment, but the worst may still lay ahead: jet lag.  Whether you’re trying to avoid falling asleep at the dinner table or staring at your hotel room ceiling at 4 am, it’s a burden felt […]

AUDUSD Technical Analysis – The AUD comes under pressure amid the risk-off mood

AUDUSD Technical Analysis – The AUD comes under pressure amid the risk-off mood

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to be supported against most major currencies, especially the commodity currencies, as the markets remain in a risk-off mood following some bad US data releases. In fact, since last Friday, we got weak US Flash Services PMI, UMich final Consumer Sentiment and yesterday a weak US Consumer Confidence report. The […]

US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 21 February -1.2% vs -6.6% prior

US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 21 February -1.2% vs -6.6% prior

Prior -1.2% Market index 212.3 vs 214.9 prior Purchase index 144.3 vs 144.0 prior Refinance index 572.5 vs 593.6 prior 30-year mortgage rate 6.88% vs 6.93% prior Mortgage applications fell again in the past week, owing mostly to a decline in refinancing activity. The start of the year pick up is now fading and we’re […]

Protons’ Internal Forces Are As Strong As The Weight Of 5 Schoolbuses

Protons’ Internal Forces Are As Strong As The Weight Of 5 Schoolbuses

Protons sit in the nuclei of all atoms, but they are not fundamental particles: They are made of three quarks held together by the strong nuclear force. The strength of this interaction is actually more intense than electromagnetic force and immensely more intense than the gravitational pull between particles. A new study has mapped this […]

US futures look for a bounce with eyes on Nvidia earnings

US futures look for a bounce with eyes on Nvidia earnings

It’s been a down week for Wall Street so far but we’re seeing risk appetite pick back up a bit in the new day. US futures are higher, led by tech shares but it might not be suggestive of much on the week. All eyes are on Nvidia’s earnings after the close today, as investors […]

Here’s the latest dividend forecast for Aviva shares through to 2026

Here’s the latest dividend forecast for Aviva shares through to 2026

Image source: Getty Images Aviva (LSE: AV.) shares are beating the FTSE 100 in 2025. As I write, the insurer’s up 10% versus a near-7% gain for the Footsie. However, Aviva easily triumphs with its juicy dividend yield. Right now, that stands at around 6.8%, roughly double the FTSE 100’s 3.4%. Indeed, things look even […]

Giraffe Covered In Unusual “Bumps” Spotted In Kruger National Park

Giraffe Covered In Unusual “Bumps” Spotted In Kruger National Park

It might be easy to forget that diseases and conditions can cause problems in the world of wildlife just as they can in the human medical sphere. In Kruger National Park, a giraffe has been spotted that may be infected with a type of papillomavirus. Photographed by wildlife photographer Marius Nortje, the images reveal that […]