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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Offshore wind developers could be set to receive an advantage from a new round of Government subsidies for renewable energy after a larger-than-expected Westminster funding committed its efforts towards a single objective. A new tranche of support for renewable projects, with industry body Scottish Renewables could help bolster prospects for [...]
Value in managed volatility are drawn from equity-like exposure with lower volatility, similar returns, and better downside performance. When clients seek a financial adviser's counsel, they normally rouse their dreams of a major upside and it is very important that clients be assisted in their risks by creating a balanced [...]
The Australian contract for difference and exchange-traded fund markets continued in its expansion this year as more and more investors are searching for much greater or at least more predictable returns that can be created by traditional equities. Investors have been seemingly ensnared to these two very distinct products since [...]
What is market timing? The most sought after advice in the book is to purchase and sell high and market timing is an attempt to do the same old thing once more which is to sell when the market is high and buy when it is low. Obviously, it is [...]
Nasdaq is pressing forward with its long-touted intentions to clear some of the foreign exchange instruments in Europe as local regulators are now being finalised with regards to mandatory rules for trading off-exchange derivatives. The United States-Nordic Group has lodge an application in the past weeks with the European regulators [...]
