Slack is getting ready to go public and investors have never been more wide-awake. They are looking for answers on critical questions that could predict company’s growth and their expected ROI: Is the number of enterprise users increasing? What’s the geographic breakdown of users and what has been the installation rate this week? A new…
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The following article is courtesy of AETOS analyst Ryan Chen. Part I and Part II of the report can be seen here and here. Impact on foreign currency market of the Fed’s policy shift It is a fact that the Fed has entered the end of its tightening cycle. However, in currency markets, even after the…
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The concept behind social trading has been around for several years. The idea is to utilize the wisdom of the crowd, or of more experienced traders, to derive better trading results. In social trading, investors participate in a community, sharing ideas, tips, and discussions. Social trading is so-called because it works on the same lines…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced earlier this week that Andy Green is leaving the Board, stepping down as Chairman at IG's AGM in September 2019. Malcolm Le May, as Senior Independent Director will lead the Nominations Committee in the search for the next Chairman of IG. Malcolm Le May commented:…
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We are accustomed to witnessing strange behavior on the part of government officials in developing countries, where the all powerful leader demands loyalty at all costs and directs his minions to do whatever it takes to sustain his position in power. Apparently, according to many of his critics, the Trump administration is headed down a…
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The following article is courtesy of AETOS analyst Ryan Chen. Part I of the report can be seen here. Reality not as silky as ideal As early as the end of 2018, there was sign that the Fed was shifting to dovish monetary policy. Fed Chairman Powell said, in a speech at the end of…
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TradeChannel, part of Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), has just announced that it has joined London Stock Exchange Group's UnaVista Partner Programme to support clients in meeting the requirements for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). UnaVista is a regulatory technology platform, while TradeChannel is a software company that assists the financial community with post-trade regulatory transaction…
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The following guest post is courtesy of ATFX Global Chief Market Strategist Alejandro Zambrano. As the new week is underway, metal prices have come under pressure, and gold prices look ready for a significant decline. Gold prices bottomed out in August 2018, and when crude oil prices and U.S. stock market indices peaked in October 2018,…
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Global provider of online trading CMC Markets Plc (NYSE:CMC) just announced that they have added CFDs trading on another seven cryptocurrencies. The company has also started offering spread betting to its clients. In addition to bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and ripple, now also available to trade on the Next Generation platform are: dash, EOS,…
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The following article is courtesy of AETOS analyst Ryan Chen. Why the shift in monetary policy Prior to the beginning of 2019, America saw a quarter threatened by a growing crisis. On October 3, 2018, starting with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Powell's statement that "It is still a long way before the neutral interest rate,"…
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