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Invast Upgrades MT4 Platform and Servers for Improved Handling Capabilities
October 21st, 2014
Invast has recently invested in new, state-of-the-art, Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) servers, as part of their ongoing commitment in providing the highest quality infrastructure to support their clients’ trading. Invast, one of the largest and most successful global ...
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
October 16th, 2014
Dizzied by the turmoil, Wall Street experts agreed on one thing: The jarring day showed that fear had finally returned to markets that had become disconcertingly complacent. Waves of nervous selling buffeted the stock market in the United States ...
G20 watchdog toughens up new rule for securities financing
October 14th, 2014
Global regulators are making it more expensive for hedge funds and insurance companies to raise money from loaning shares in a bid to curb hitherto unregulated risks in “shadow banking”. Securities financing are typically short-term money-raising transactions between banks ...
Deutsche clampdown on bad behavior appears exodus of traders
October 13th, 2014
Senior bankers at Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) are abandoning the bank amid a crackdown on bad behavior by traders, as the bank undergoes a probe by global regulators into allegations of attempts to rig markets, the Financial Times reported ...
The Contribution of an Investment Adviser
October 7th, 2014
Investing in the Stock Market is essentially a daily war which includes attack and defence, risk and fear, victories and triumphs, disappointments and losses. As mentioned in the famous book The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, every battle ...
Dollar Is 0.2% From 2-Year High on Policy Divergence Bets
October 6th, 2014
The dollar was about 0.2 percent from a two-year high versus the euro as U.S. job gains highlighted the divergence in monetary policy between the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The euro weakened versus higher-yielding currencies as ...
Citigroup Tells Appeals Court of Its Argentina Quandary
September 19th, 2014
Citigroup has found itself in an awkward position: It must decide between defying a New York court order or a sovereign government, a move that it says would result in “grave sanctions” from Argentina. “We’re going to obey, and ...
Former Amaranth star fined over gas trades
September 16th, 2014
Brian Hunter, the natural gas trader whose large bets helped precipitate the $6bn collapse of Amaranth, the hedge fund, has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle attempted market manipulation charges. The CFTC sued Mr Hunter and Amaranth in 2007, ...
Gold Around $1230 on Fears of More Hawkish Fed
September 15th, 2014
Gold edged higher on Monday as Asian equities tumbled but the metal continued to struggle near an eight-month low due to weak physical demand and fears the Federal Reserve may signal an early interest rate increase at this week’s ...
Argentina’s Congress passes debt restructuring law
September 11th, 2014
Argentina’s Congress gave final approval on Thursday to a law proposing to restructure the country’s debt to skirt a U.S. court ruling that forced it into its second default in 12 years. The debt restructuring plan aims to enable ...
