Kurt vom Scheidt, Chief Operating Officer with OANDA, commented: A global leader in online multi-asset trading services, OANDA was built on the foundations of transparency and integrity. Over the course of our 24-year history, we’ve worked hard to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients. That’s why we’re pleased to announce the launch of MetaTrader…
Read moreINTL FCStone Inc announced today that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd’s Foreign Exchange desk has joined Bloomberg’s electronic trading platform, FXGO, as a liquidity provider. The affiliation allows INTL FCStone Ltd to offer market participants added efficiencies for FX trading. Bloomberg’s FXGO enables service providers to contribute executable pricing across a wide arsenal of…
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The pan-European exchange, Euronext, announced yesterday the appointment of Georges Lauchard as Chief Operating Office. Lauchard will also become a member of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V., after all relevant corporate and regulatory approvals. Georges Lauchard has an international career in capital markets. His appointment will put him in a position to oversee Euronext…
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Retailers across the globe are shutting down stores to limit the spread of Covid-19. On 11 March the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and two days later US President Donald Trump declared national emergency. The past week a lot of contradictory events played out. As the seriousness of the spread was…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 17, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD Despite the rebound of European stocks, gold is unable to sustain any solid recovery and is still trading below $1,500. Yesterday we had a first attempt at a recovery, as the…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for March 17, 2020. In a reversal of fortune, having posted one of their worst days in history on Monday, US indices were halted by their 5% limit-up circuit breaker as the market bounced overnight. They have since…
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The impact of the corona virus pandemic has hit the media giant, Disney. Its stock has come under pressure as theme parks close and high-profile movies have been delayed to release. Rosenblatt Securities financial analyst Bernie McTernan has stated that this opens an opportunity for Apple to buy Disney. The idea of Apple and Disney…
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The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. Markets are now entering their fourth week of ‘panic mode’ as the coronavirus and measures to tackle its spread seem set to cause a recession around the world this year. This week’s most important regular data is claimant count change from the UK…
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Edgewater Markets, an electronic trading solutions company and provider of foreign exchange services for institutional customers globally, has just announced that it has appointed Brian Andreyko as its new Chief Product Officer. Andreyko has over 25 years in financial market technology solutions utilized to optimize client trading and workflows across foreign exchange, fixed income and…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for March 16, 2020. The Federal Reserve stepped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic last night, cutting the benchmark interest rate to a 0-0.25% range and announcing that it will buy $700bn in US Treasuries and mortgage…
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