Category: Experts

New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
January 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID II, GDPR and ESMA: The Not-So-Terrible Trio

The following article was written by FXTM Senior Staff Writer, Ben Lovell-Viggers. It’s been a while since we had a good financial bubble to discuss around the water cooler; bubbles are the punctuation marks in a long history of financial folly. In terms of scale, the leading contender is the legendary South Sea Bubble of…

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January 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Who are the real beneficiaries of MIFID 2?

The following article was written by Bjorn Enqvist, Managing Director at Advanced Markets. I’m sure there aren’t many industry peers who have managed to escape the MIFID 2 avalanche this past year and, perhaps only the frenzy surrounding crypto currencies, ICO and Bitcoin comes close to the boiling hot MIFID 2 topic in 2017. For the…

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January 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Top WordPress Plug-ins for your website

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that WordPress has taken over the world. Search trends on Google reveal the considerable daylight between WordPress and other content management systems (CMS). The blogging platform continues to reign as the most popular CMS in the world,…

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January 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Is Forex trading addictive?

The following article was written by freelance writer Tom Worn. Unfortunately, just like many other enjoyable activities, forex trading can become addictive and even harmful. Perhaps not directly harmful to your health like drugs, but financially harmful like gambling. To be clear, I am not equating forex trading to gambling, far from it. The two…

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January 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Top 3 Prediction Platforms on the Market Today

The following article was written by Cahill Puil, the founder of Byte Media Group, a Strategic Marketing Consultancy that helps blockchain and technology companies go beyond beta. He acts as an advisor to ZeroSum. Prediction platforms and cryptocurrencies are a match made in heaven for a number of reasons. The Internet has played host to…

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January 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Benefits of Cryptocurrency to the Third World

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. Cryptocurrencies seem like the type of endeavor that will split the world into the haves and have nots. Despite its talk of democratization of currency via removal of the impact of central banks, cryptocurrencies practically are only available to those people with access to…

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January 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Trading Strategists Advise Clients to Watch Bank Stocks in 2018

The following article was written by Jeff Broth, a business writer and personal finance advisor. Consulting for SMB owners and entrepreneurs for more than 7 years. 2018 is the year of big banks in the United States. Truth be told, this reality has been a long time coming. The Federal Reserve Bank officially reversed course…

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