Weekly market update 24 October – Dollar extended its decline, BOJ, ECB, and BoC monetary policy meetings in focus this week 1. The U.S. dollar dipped during the week, closing around 93.7 on Friday, as investors digested Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech which indicated that
In the 1990s, a London-based brokerage firm called Smith New Court created CFDs in order to fulfill the needs of hedge funds who desired to short the market utilizing high leverage to place large bets. Consequently, CFDs gave these hedge funds a means to avoid stamp
Small businesses frequently need money, especially those in the early stages of development. However, finding cash can be particularly difficult as borrowers typically face tight lending standards and reluctant venture capitalists. In an environment where fundraising is a challenge, there will always be three main
In an ever-changing business landscape, the ability to raise capital can be the difference between exponential growth and crashing failure. Despite the fact that growth potential can be constrained by a range of issues like poor management, lack of technology adoption, market instability; for most
“The global 2021 forex market is worth $2,409,000,000 with 79% of its share coming from the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.” In terms of value, trading volume and liquidity, it is the largest financial market in the world as well as one that
Algorithmic trading (a variation of systematic trading) is quite commonly utilized for the buying and selling of currencies in the foreign exchange (forex) market. Such technology oriented approach is ideal for forex trading given its speed and flexibility. Most importantly, it eliminates the emotional ups and
As mentioned in an earlier article about wealth management, Singapore has a very developed capital market and ecosystem – one of the 7 reasons this city state is ranked 2nd in the world as the preferred offshore wealth hub. It is now the 3rd largest financial
Risk is present in any kind of financial investment. The higher the potential return, the higher the risk. Perhaps the only investment that has the smallest risk is bank deposits but the return is very minimal. There have been instances where the interest rates are
5 min read | Covid-19, Central Banks, Volatility, Alternative Assets With the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic seemingly appearing to be much under control compared to when it started, markets have since witnessed a huge rebound in appetite for risky assets in the past few weeks. Analysts