General
April 3, 2019
Once an activity that was exclusively linked to banks and professional speculators, day trading gained immense popularity after the deregulation of commissions in the US in […]
April 2, 2019
Forex trading has hugely benefitted from the advent of robust online trade terminals, which enable traders to execute fast trades as well as gather important market […]
April 2, 2019
By the time World War II ended, most currencies were pegged to the US dollar, which was further pegged to the gold standard. With the end […]
April 2, 2019
The oil industry produces more than four billion metric tons of crude oil each year, of which about a third is contributed by Saudi Arabia. According […]
April 2, 2019
Forex Derivatives are complex financial instruments, the values of which depend on an underlying asset. These underlying assets can range from commodities to equity indices, even […]
April 2, 2019
The European economy has had its fair share of ups and downs in the last 10 years. The recurring economic crises that plagued the European economy […]
March 27, 2019
Domestic policies adopted by world leaders in their home countries can have rippling effects on the global economy. And not just policies, but their opinions on […]
March 27, 2019
Currency trading has existed since the ancient times. Today, the global forex market is one of the largest and most liquid markets in the world. Binary […]
March 27, 2019
Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs are one of the most popular financial investments found in the markets today. They offer investors the ability to diversify over […]
March 27, 2019
Prior to the 1970s, trade transactions were handled manually with a broker or counterparty. A very limited form of electronic trading existed till the mid-80s. Around […]
March 19, 2019
If you’ve been trading a while, you’ve probably come to realise that some currencies track primary commodity goods. These are the domestic currencies of nations abundant […]
March 19, 2019
Will Brexit actually take place on March 29, 2019? This is the million-dollar question haunting everyone around the world today, particularly citizens, investors and trading partners […]
March 8, 2019
Women are excelling across all sectors. Whether it is research, medicine, law or sports, they are carving out a unique place for themselves. But, one arena […]
March 7, 2019
There are three main categories of financial instruments: stocks (equities and shares), debt (mortgages and bonds) and derivatives. In the financial markets, derivatives are contracts, the […]
March 1, 2019
The word “cable” is slang, used by forex traders, to denote the GBP/USD currency pair, where the Great British Pound (GBP) is priced in terms of […]
March 1, 2019
Economists define money as something that fulfills three main roles for an economy – a store of value, a unit of account and a medium of […]
February 27, 2019
In 1995, the fraudulent actions of a 28-year-old, named Nick Leeson, brought down the world’s second oldest merchant bank situated in London, Barings Bank. The bank […]
February 27, 2019
In the trading arena, you need to deposit some collateral with the counterparty; in this case, a broker or an exchange; in order to cover the […]
February 27, 2019
Traditional trading in securities originated on the exchange floors, where traders would buy and sell orders amongst themselves, or on behalf of their clients, through telephonic […]
February 27, 2019
Trading exchanges were established over 400 years ago, with the first one set up in Amsterdam in 1602, with the aim to trade shares of the […]
