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Cementing its position as a top forex trading broker, Axiory has been recognised for its excellent customer service and transparency, among a string of other awards in 2020. This latest announcement coincides with a host of new Axiory products, including over 70 CFD stocks. Read on to find out more about the broker’s global awards […]

Australian forex and CFD broker, Pepperstone, has been granted a CySEC license after establishing Pepperstone EU Limited in Cyprus in 2019. The news indicates the company’s commitment to expanding its trading services to European clients ahead of Brexit uncertainty. Established in 2010, Pepperstone is an award-winning online broker and one of the largest MetaTrader providers […]

Each election cycle, new policymakers are elected and re-elected. Occasionally, every 4-8 years we have a new President of the United States, who is the head of one-third of the US government. US elections are important across several dimensions and have impacts on asset prices. The president has the power to shape foreign policy, appoint […]

Elections are always a time when traders and investors think about the implications of the results on their portfolios. However, in general, market participants tend to spend too much time thinking about the outcome and effect on their allocations. Elections create another set of probabilities to deal with and represent opportunity. But timing them and […]

In a previous article, we covered liquid alternative trading/investing, a type of long/short, typically market neutral(-ish) strategy that provides liquid, uncorrelated returns to traditional asset classes. These types of strategies, because of the market neutral character of them, are a good stepping stone into covering a bit on trader psychology. Even despite how much evidence […]

More tech startups are opting for direct listings instead of initial public offerings as the preferred way of going public. In this article, we’ll cover what direct listings are, how they work and why they’re popular among high growth companies, the pros and cons relative to the traditional IPO route, sustainability of this shift, and […]

First, I’ll start with my opinion on bitcoin, then cryptocurrencies in general. Later on in the article, we’ll look at the path forward for cryptocurrencies more broadly. This will include the financial and non-financial uses and applications of crypto assets, and how traders and investors will need to view them as the niche matures beyond […]

The fed funds rate is the base rate that influences many other interest rates, including the cost of debt and equity for businesses as well as the rate of return on cash and rate at which investors can borrow. The effect of lower interest rates on earnings multiples is non-linear. We’ve mentioned in other posts […]

SpreadEx offer financial spread betting for UK based traders. In a fiercely competitive area of the UK broker market, the London based firm has long been known for innovative – but useful – promotions for their traders. This October, they have introduced a new offer to make earnings release volatility more attractive for traders. Ahead […]

The risk management strategies of Japanese life insurers are slightly different from those of other investment managers given the nature of their business model and low-return realities of their domestic market. Traders and investors can always learn something from other types of investment managers. There are multiple ways and strategies to make money and manage […]