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FSB to support London Forex fix, suggesting detailed changes

The world's leading financial regulator is ready to issue a consultation paper to several financial institutions which are preparing detailed changes to the manner foreign exchange "fixings" are being conducted. According to sources, banks are expected by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to support the existing system of fixings, but [...]

Analysing the most recent trade figures

Figures that were produced last week by the Office for National Statistics reveal that the United Kingdom's trade deficit for the month of April was greater than March due to the deteriorating of the manufacturing export. Initially, the projected deficit was believed to be almost be £10 billion; up from [...]

Teaching investors to build a cost-efficient portfolio

Index along with exchange-traded funds are increasingly becoming popular despite its high-costing platform fees. With the new Isa (Nisa) rules in place, investors are looking at new ways to get the most of their money out of the newly implemented £15,000 annual allowance. While the performance of investments is primarily [...]

Reason why interest rates are important

Points for consideration Capital flows estimates money moving in and out of a currency Changing rates will result in money flow between currencies Traders adhere to rates to maximise yields There are several fundamental factors to mull over when trading Forex pairs. While many traders may quickly dismiss fundamentals under [...]

Speculating wisely: Three ways Investors can make better bets

While majority of the investment decision should primarily be based on the ground that it should be invested in companies that are generating consistent cash flow at realistic valuations, however this can become extremely dull and monotonous. Although it may be fine for other people, some consider it to be [...]

A press of the button for lower volatility

In the attempt to explain this year's fall in volatility and volume in financial trading, one newly-nominated culprit central bank's plan to use every available strategic short of raising interest rates were revealed too soon. It appears to be a deeply contrary view on last week's comment's by the Bank [...]

Spread bettors: The six-‘Month’ers

A lot of people, especially investors and traders alike, sign up for a spread betting account erroneously thinking that it is the effortless way to make a lot of money with little or no risk at all. These hopeful individuals are unaware of the infamous term "six month’ers" which basically [...]

Gold – The most precarious investment in the world

A shadow behind its prime The precious yellow metal known as gold, has been regarded time and again as the most valuable element on Earth as well as the most useless at the same time in a periodic sense. Also, gold has been used as a store of value during [...]

FC Markets propose stock CFDs of London Stock Exchange

IFC Markets earlier last week made public the release of new stock CFDs of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). This new set of mechanisms were added to the prior obtained stocks of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSC) markets as well as NASDAQ. Much attention was seen towards stock trading [...]

EXANTE in prime position, FORTS trading at 1 Ruble per contract

EXANTE prime brokers has lowered their FORTS execution fees down to 1 ruble per contract. Clients can now get cutting edge, industry leading access to one of the fasting growing derivatives markets in the world. Additionally due to EXANTE's global reach clients also have the opportunity to arbitrage these contacts on [...]

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