The following guest post is courtesy of eToro, a leading social trading and investment network. [divide] The internet revolutionized the way that millions of people access the global financial markets and invest their money. It takes just minutes to sign up to an online broker and open a trading account. There are hundreds - if…
Read moreYesterday's announcement that CMC Markets is going public was certainly big news, but left a number of questions open for those in the industry, and in the London City world as well. At what valuation will CMC go public? What percentage of the company will be publicly floated? How big will the offering be? We are…
Read moreIt has been a tough week for shares of retail forex brokers. With the backdrop of heavy volatility in the financial markets (mostly in the down direction), shares of some of the better known names among the publicly traded retail forex brokers have also taken a battering. In the US, Forex.com parent Gain Capital Holdings Inc…
Read moreFollowing the trend we have seen from other leading retail forex brokers, FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has reported strong volume metrics for the month of December, which is normally a seasonally slow period. December retail forex volumes at FXCM came in at $323 billion, 8% higher than November 2015 but 9% lower than December 2014. For the full…
Read moreApple Inc. registers apple.forex domain. Is something big being planned?
Read moreWhat is driving all these changes at leading UK online brokers? In one word: mobile.
Read moreThe following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. [divide] The value of Bitcoin has been indisputably volatile since its inception. Rising from only a few cents in 2010 to over $1,200 in 2013 then dropping down to $400 where it has remained for much of…
Read moreThe last time the Canadian Dollar had a 60-something US cents handle the calendar read 2003. Most retail forex brokers we know today hadn't yet been founded. Affectionately known as the Loonie thanks to the picture of a loon on one side of the coin (Canada's two-dollar coin is called a Toonie), the CAD is…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that clients of discount US online stockbroker TradeKing were unable to execute buy and sell orders via the company's website for a while on Thursday morning. A company representative confirmed to LeapRate that TradeKing's website was not communicating properly with the company's order routing system for a few minutes after…
Read moreThe following guest post is courtesy of eToro, a leading social trading and investment network. [divide] Social trading is looking more and more like the future of online trading and investment. It is definitely transforming the way that millions of ordinary people are managing their money and investing for the future. Investors are attracted by…
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