Investors Flee Commodities
July 21st, 2015
The prices of raw materials from oil and gold to copper, cotton and sugar tumbled, underscoring an increasing aversion to commodity investments as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. ...
It looks like ‘forex robots’ just knocked the Aussie dollar down to a 6 year low
July 20th, 2015
Forex markets are increasingly a combination of people and machines. It’s a battle between the discretionary trading approach of humans and the systematic, computer based, trading of the “robots”. It’s also a battle the world’s top female hedge fund ...
How Being a Boring Investor Can Make You Rich
July 17th, 2015
Think like a millionaire and learn how to boost your returns without resorting to exotic—or risky—investment strategies. Most millionaires don’t rely on complicated strategies to attain wealth. More than three-quarters of a typical millionaire’s portfolio is held in a ...
Euro’s Drop Muted as Currency Builds Resistance to Greek Turmoil
July 13th, 2015
The euro seems to be building up some resistance to Greek turmoil, even as it opened weaker for a third straight Monday amid the latest debt impasse. Today’s drop at the start of Asian trading was smaller than its ...
ECN Technology: Alpari and AMTS Solutions present the pro.ecn.mt4 Account
July 9th, 2015
Alpari, together with the head of AMTS Solutions, Dimitry Rannev, is delighted to announce the beginning of a new era for ECN technology on the Forex market. This resulting breakthrough has come about by the partnership between the two ...
Company Shares of FXCM Inc. Drops by -4.24%
July 6th, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) has lost 8.23% during the past week and dropped 8.81% in the last 4 weeks. The shares are however, negative as compared to the S&P 500 for the past week with a loss of 7.14%. FXCM ...
What If You Had An Italian Bank Account? Or A Portuguese Bond?
July 3rd, 2015
Though it might yet drag on for weeks, months or even years, Greece’s drama can end in one of only two ways: Continued austerity which consigns its most vulnerable 50% to an endless “capital D” Depression, or some form ...
The 75 Trillion Dollar Shadow Banking System Is In Danger Of Collapsing
July 1st, 2015
Keep an eye on the shadow banking system – it is about to be shaken to the core. According to the Financial Stability Board, the size of the global shadow banking system has reached an astounding 75 trillion dollars. It has ...
BTIG Prime Brokerage Adds Pershing as a Global Custodian and Clearing Broker
June 30th, 2015
Financial Services firm BTIG, LLC announced that: It has added Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, as a global custodian and clearing broker for BTIG’s multi-custodial and clearing Prime Brokerage platform. With this new relationship in place, BTIG provides ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016