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This is not an April Fools joke…commodities belong in all portfolios if an investor has some risk aversion just look what’s happening in commodities compared to other asset classes. Crude has its highest close in 2011 to kick off the first trading day in Q2. The momentum should carry prices upwards of $110/barrel but we … Read more
How did a 500 point drop in the Dow effect your portfolio? Recent stock market correction made many investors acutely aware of how vulnerable their portfolios were to market movements, this week there’ll be more of the same market volatility. To help reduce stock market risk, institutional investors allocate 10-15% of their portfolios into absolute … Read more
A growing number of individuals are exploring the benefits of investing in foreign currency. That’s one reason why Forex has quickly become one of the biggest players in the Internet-based currency trading market. Individuals no longer need to be reliant on brokers or banks to complete transactions like these. Now even those at home can … Read more
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
NEW YORK – Foreign exchange trading through Internet-based or electronic systems (online forex trading) is expected to grow sharply by 2007, according to a study released on Wednesday by research firm Celent Communications. The interbank market, led by Reuters and EBS, takes about 48 percent of spot trading volume, according to Celent. “The fastest-growing segment … Read more