10 May
Last week has got to go down as being on of the most manipulated fear driven trading weeks of all time. BUT I’m not going to talk about that right now for it’s provided an opportunity to pick up some ’bargains’. The best purchases would have been made last week but one has to have the fortitude to make […]
Posted in Commodities, Market Update, Oil, Stock Watch, foreign currency, foreign exchange, gold by: mike
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06 Jun
This blog is in response to a reader query about the basics of trading currencies.
All my experience in trading currency has been through the corporation that I work for. The corporation I work for books millions of dollars of currency transactions a day through spot transactions (normal settlement) and forwards (future settlement). As an individual […]
Posted in foreign currency, foreign exchange by: arnie
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25 May
An investor faces investment opportunities from local as well as international sources. Buying a stock on a foreign stock exchange brings with it some additional foreign exchange risk as can be seen by the following example. Within North America, an investor sometimes has the opportunity to buy a stock that trades on both a Canadian […]
Posted in f/x risk, foreign exchange by: arnie
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