“Sell in May, and go away” is an oft-heard phrase amongst equity investors. Its truth has been borne out by years of study of the historical record. The presumption is that traders and investors alike prefer to take holiday after May, returning some time in September to resume their daily regimens. During that period, volumes…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 12, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar continues to lose ground to other major currencies, having lost more than 1.4% against the Euro so far this month. The Greenback depreciation can be explained mainly by concerns over the…
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The following article is courtesy of FlexTrade's Ivy Schmerken. With the uptick in Asian currency trading and the growth of electronic trading, Singapore’s regulator is working with the financial industry to build an FX trading hub and expand FX market infrastructure, a move to improve liquidity and price discovery during Asian trading hours. The Monetary…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for June 12, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Pressure has been building over the last few days and by this morning tens of thousands of protestors were…
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TMX Group has announced earlier this week its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for May 2019. TSX welcomed 14 new issuers in May 2019, compared with three in the previous month and 23 YoY. The new listings were 10 exchange traded funds, two life sciences companies, one mining…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued several warnings against unregulated financial services providers targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warnings include the companies Hedge Prestige Bank and Stepsworth Consulting Group; as well as the clone firms Everyday Loans, ECM Asset Management Limited, HG Financial Management Co - Huber Gustav, Van Gossum Consult,…
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PXP Financial announced that it has joined forces with Ripple's partner MoneyNetint to provide frictionless cross-border payment processing in the US and EU. Borderless commerce experts MoneyNetint offers a wide range of secure global payment services, from Multi-Currency E-Wallet, FX Conversions, send direct-to-bank-account transfers using local payment networks or SWIFT, to credit card processing, capture…
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ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 12, 2019. EURUSD The euro appreciated to 1.1328(+11 pips) against the greenback. The mostly traded pair was supported by a better market sentiment, as China announced more stimulus measures aimed to support the local economy, which…
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The following article was exclusively prepared for LeapRate by IS Prime. LeapRate Exclusive... Imagine the situation… you are sitting on the trading desk reviewing activity for the day and you come across a pocket of traders who were able to arbitrage your feed systematically. It has been a few hours since the transactions took place.…
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FlexTrade, the global cross-asset execution and order management system, has just informed its clients that it has expanded staff levels at its office in Paris. The company has appointed Rushani Caiola as Fixed Income Account Manager to serve the company’s growing number of fixed income clients. Prior to FlexTrade, she was working for nearly 4…
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