Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, December 10th, 2017 These assets kept the market guessing last week. Gold decreased by -0.38%, ending at $1,248.40. Crude Oil increased by +1.18, closing at $57.36 a barrel. The DOW Jones ended the week on a high, closing at a value of 24,329.16. The S&P 500 rose in value,…
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The following article was written by Richard Perona, VP of Institutional FX at Advanced Markets. As January 3, 2018 approaches, FX industry participants are busy reading through the new financial laws of “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive” (MiFID 2) in an attempt to understand how these will affect them going forward. Originally, MiFID was created…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. In the 1970s and 80s, Eurobonds was the focus of discussion for wily investors jumping on the latest financial bandwagon. Today, it’s cryptocurrencies. Any investor worth their salt cannot failed to pick up on the buzz surrounding this new technology and the rush to…
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The following article was written by Shoaib Abedi, Director at ICM Capital. Today, foreign exchange markets are severely impacted by the policies implemented from the central banks. These policies are aimed at meeting a number of key objectives such as achieving target growth rates, maintaining acceptable inflation levels, decreasing unemployment, and maintaining financial stability in…
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Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 Some of this past week’s leading economic news and events affected the financial markets: The EUR/USD and GBP/USD both fell by -0.07% and -0.35%, respectively. Gold enjoyed a slight increase of 0.44%, while Crude Oil also jumped in value by 1.67%. The 3 major US indices…
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The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, Last week, I reported from a B2B Expo, the London Summit 2017. This week, I will write about the most recent B2C Expo that Admiral Markets joined in Germany – the World of Trading, or just WoT…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. The success of your brokerage, no matter how good your marketing and acquisition funnel is, will be pinned to the quality of your trading platform. But with their being so many platforms on the market, choosing the right one is not an easy task.…
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The following article was written by freelance writer Agnieszka Pulak. Choosing the right payment system is directly related to increasing conversion rates on your e-commerce website. We can clearly see the impact of payment methods on conversion rates – it can be positive or negative depending on the merchant's choice. Any merchant who is interested in increasing…
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The following article was written by Sophie Gerber, Director of regulatory and compliance solutions provider TRAction Fintech. As some of the largest-scale reforms for the European financial services industry, MiFID II and MiFIR which will be implemented on Wednesday, 3 January 2018 are set to cost billions of dollars in implementation costs and ongoing compliance…
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The following article was written by contributor Kat Smith. As a business owner, you make dozens of important decisions to run your company each day. To make informed decisions, you need accurate and timely accounting information, and selecting the right type of accounting software is hugely important. Use these tips to make an intelligent decision regarding…
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