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Four main principles to keep on track in a precarious market

Global markets were able to serve up a cascading of events in 2015 so far from the fall of oil price and euro, to rallying government bonds; from the removal of Swiss franc floor to the shocking election results in Greece. It appears as if European markets will be setting [...]

Traders look to tie-ups after Swiss franc shock

Spread betting and foreign exchange platforms were rushing to regain their positions after the Swiss franc's soaring movement last week. Bidders are aligning themselves through the books of Alpari, which is a Russian-owned spread better which crashed last week as the franc's movements wiped out some clients and drained the [...]

Arbitrage opening in spread betting

Investing has become more intricate than a simple purchase and selling of assets. Investors can hedge their respective portfolios much more efficiently in anticipation of more positive returns hence, analysis and strategies must be used so that there will be better facilitation such as outcome. Before adopting an investment strategy, [...]

CFDs are beginning to appear a lot like biomass

Drax, being the second biggest coal power station in Europe has a determined corporate strategy which is primarily based on gradually converting a number of its generating units in order to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled power generator that is contingent and reliant on wood pellets as replacement of coal. Of [...]

VIX Market calls expectancy caused by wavering positions

It's the agreement view of most options analysts that the daily turbulence in the U.S. stock market will soon increase this year following the fall back in 2011. So far, nothing has happened to prove the contrary. Deutsche Bank AG was the third major bank that told their equity derivatives [...]

CFDs – Expanding to many, highly standardised in the U.S.


Every now and then in the free world of stock exchanges, traders and brokers, a new kid on the block was able to tag along and is now taking much of the world's global financial markets along with it. Originally developed in England, traders and brokers from Britain to Sydney [...]

Retail Forex traders made good in the recent trade

It can be very difficult to work out the best time of the day to trade the FX markets, not least because of the decision is reliant on the type of approach use. But through research, there are a couple of ideas of when retail traders may perform at its [...]

Things One Should Know Regarding Market Volatility

In an erratic and unstable economy, investors may be tempted to run for cover, yet the impulse to shut down and panic can make it all the more difficult for them to meet their individual investment goals. There exists a principle that the recent volatility is fundamentally driven by fear [...]

Bitcoin: Not a financial commodity

In its latest submission to the ongoing Australian Senate inquiry, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) came into a final decision that bitcoin and similar other cryptocurrencies are not financial products. ASIC, which maintains Australian organisations, financial markets and services, and finance sector professionals have made a conclusion that [...]

Spread betting and Binary Options: International Trading Options

The range of financial markets available to investors in general is growing rapidly in a daily basis. Spread betting and binary bets are two common investment forms that have been introduced just recently are increasingly becoming very popular in Europe which are primarily based upon similar principles. Spreads and binaries [...]

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