What to watch Humana: Health insurer Humana has gained 11.5% in 2020 and is up by 38% over the past 12 months. The firm delivers its third-quarter earnings update today. When the company delivered its Q2 results in August, management told investors that the benefit of its customers deferring medical care due to the pandemic…
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What to watch PayPal: Online payments firm PayPal’s share price has surged by more than 70% in 2020, although its advance has slowed in recent months. The company has been the beneficiary of a massive shift to online shopping driven by the pandemic, which has increased user growth and payment volume, including in its mobile…
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Donald Trump was the clear winner of the US election, with both Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party the clear losers. But there were others who won and lost thanks to the November 8 US election. Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate, explains. Trump may have won the Presidency, but the true winners may have…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex ECN Hotspot FX, a unit of Bats Global Markets Inc (BATS:BATS), had its best day ever on the day after the US elections last week. Volumes at Hotspot FX, which average in the $25 billion per day range, hit a record $64.5 billion on Wednesday November 9. Post-US election…
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FCA and CySEC licensed Retail Forex broker FxPro has sent a note out to clients, indicating that it is returning to margin requirements to normal for most currency pairs (see details below). However for the time being, FxPro is leaving its new (tighter) margin requirements in place for Precious Metals, Spot Indices and Shares. FxPro had…
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Well it looks like the bookmakers (and their betting clients) got it wrong. Again. Less than six months after bettors were solidly predicting a #Remain victory in the UK Brexit vote, down-to-the-wire predictions based on political binary betting at UK oddsmakers such as Paddy Power and IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) - giving Hillary an 80%+…
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Heard terms such as Electoral College, Electors, delegates, swing states, and not sure how it all comes together to select the next US President? Well you're not alone. FXPRIMUS Head of Investment Research Marshall Gittler explains...
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FCA and CySEC licensed Retail Forex broker FxPro has sent a note out to clients, indicating that it is implementing changes to margin requirements for all new positions across several trading instruments as of today, Monday, November 7, 2016 at 19:00 UK Time. The changes affect mainly larger positions. The note sent out by FxPro reads…
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Bucking the trend, CySEC and FCA regulated retail forex broker Exness has decided to maintain leverage offered to clients as well as margins required on new and existing trades. We've been reporting lately on a number of leading retail forex brokers' activity leading up to the US election, with most firms deciding to hike required…
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CySEC regulated retail forex broker CFI Markets has decided to lower leverage and hike required margin requirements leading up to the US election this Tuesday, November 8. CFI sent out the following message to clients. Dear Valued Client, The US Presidential Elections are coming up soon and volatility in the markets is expected to spike…
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