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Currency ETFs

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This week, Rydex introduced 6 new ETFs that will enable more investors to become involved in the ever expanding currency markets. Following the popularity of the Rydex Euro Currency Trust (NYSE: FXE) the company has launched ETFs that track the performance of the British pound (FXB), the Canadian dollar (FXC), the Mexican peso (FXM), the … Read more

Dubai Currency Futures Trading

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The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange will begin the Persian Gulf’s first trading of currency futures on June 12, said Chief Executive Officer Framroze Pochara. We will start with euro-dollar and pound-dollar currency futures in lots of 50,000, and yen-dollar futures in lots of 5 million… A currency future, also FX future or foreign exchange … Read more

ACI World Congress

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45th ACI World Congress Attracts Global Market Experts, Investors The 45th ACI World Congress is an international gathering of financial markets experts. Approximately 500 international and local delegates will attend this year’s Congress in Manila May 26-27. The Congress features keynotes by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines, and plenary and panel discussions by world … Read more

Tax Breaks Attract Investors To Brazilian Investment Funds

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Tax breaks and high levels of interest rates helped Brazilian investment funds attract a record 39.9 billion Brazilian reals ($18.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2006, the National Investment Banks Association (Anbid) reported last week. Fixed-income funds led the way in attracting new investors, pulling in a net BRL16.7 billion during the first three … Read more

China issues rules on offshore investing

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SHANGHAI, China – China’s banking regulators on Tuesday issued rules for commercial banks to invest client funds offshore, an important step toward opening up the country’s tightly controlled foreign exchange regime. The regulations, which take effect immediately, are meant to widen the investment options available to institutional and individual investors, allowing them to diversify their … Read more

Offshore Money Market Accounts

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The securities market dealing in short-term debt and monetary instruments. Money market instruments are forms of debt that mature in less than one year and are very liquid. Treasury bills make up the bulk of the money market instruments. Securities in the money market are relatively risk-free. Money Market: Introduction Whenever a bear market comes … Read more

The power of the money changers

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money changersForeign exchange is where politics, economics and business are quantified every second of every day

Toronto — It’s 6:15 a.m. on the first Friday of the month. In a few hours, U.S. non-farm payrolls will be released, the single most influential event in global currency markets each month.

On Canada’s largest trading floor, George Davis, Royal Bank of Canada’s chief foreign exchange technical analyst, is one of the first to arrive. At his desk, facing a row of toy racing cars, he studies news out of Asia and Europe and begins a morning note to clients.

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A hedge against forex exposure

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When Beijing announced the 2.1 per cent revaluation of the renminbi late on July 21, traders at Deutsche Bank in Singapore had to rejig their plans for the evening to set-up the hedge against forex exposure. “It was chaotic because everyone had already left the office,” says Mirza Baig, currency strategist at Deutsche. “Traders had … Read more