Investors going big on derivatives, forex trading
November 12th, 2015
Investors are turning to derivatives and foreign exchange trading in a big way, with a surge in the number of traders and deals being struck. There were 24,500 traders involved in forex deals and contracts for difference (CFD) – ...
James Picerno
October 23rd, 2015
Picerno is the author of Dynamic Asset Allocation: Modern Portfolio Theory Updated for the Smart Investor (Bloomberg Press, 2010) and Nowcasting The Business Cycle: A Practical Guide For Spotting Business Cycle Peaks (Beta Publishing, 2014). His articles on finance ...
Gold price to test $1,100 level this week
September 14th, 2015
Gold’s retail prices in Dubai have dropped by nearly Dh2 per gram in one week The gold price could spike down again to test the $1,100 level this week while investors await the next US Federal Reserve’s main policy ...
Asian shares skid as weak China PMI revives demand concerns
July 24th, 2015
Asian equities stumbled on Friday after a survey showed China’s manufacturing activity crumbled to 15-month lows, rekindling concerns for the region’s exports as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to arrest a broad downturn. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...
China’s unravelling: Will it devalue the yuan next?
July 17th, 2015
China is grasping at policy measures to shore up its economy CHINA could be gearing up to join the global currency wars by devaluing the renminbi. So far this year more than 30 central banks from all over the ...
Currency Traders Stuck in Norway as Volatility Whipsaws Market
June 12th, 2015
Just because a currency is from a Group of 10 nation doesn’t mean it will be easy to sell when markets become volatile. Norway’s krone saw the biggest jump in anticipated price swings of any of its major peers ...
SST Awards 2015: All the Winners and Why they Won
May 11th, 2015
This year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards dinner, held on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, witnessed a number of new firms in the winners’ circle, four new categories, and the appearance by a genuine ...
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: The Winners
April 22nd, 2015
For the third straight year, Waters identified the best on the sell side at the Sell-Side Technology Awards dinner in Manhattan following the North American Trading Architecture Summit. This year’s set of winners includes a mix of reigning champions ...
Contributing Authors
October 2nd, 2014
Dr Alan Waring Dr Alan Waring has 35 years’ experience in risk management. His several books include Managing Risk (1998), co-authored with Prof Ian Glendon, Practical Systems Thinking (1996) and Corporate Risk and Governance published in May 2013. He has presented numerous conference and ...
Watch what markets don’t do as world politics turns nasty
July 23rd, 2014
Like so much in the investment world of late, it’s what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in ...
