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Emerging forex and CFD broker, M4Markets, has brought out share CFDs on its new MetaTrader 5 platform. The company has been quick to answer calls from its traders for leveraged stock CFDs. Clients can now trade a long list of EU and US shares on the industry-favourite MT5 solution. Share CFDs Some of the largest […]

Popular retail broker, FBS, has introduced commission-free indices on its trading platforms. Offering access to global markets in just a few clicks, clients can speculate on US, European, Asian and Australian markets, among others. The broker’s new trading assets are available across the MT4, MT5 and FBS Trader applications. Commission-Free Indices FBS clients can trade […]

After a recession, the central bank has big incentives to get the economy going again. Traders then largely shift to what are called reflation trades, which will benefit from this backdrop. Central banks start by lowering interest rates. This makes cash less attractive to own. This incentivizes the ownership of riskier assets and more spending […]

Business models can take many different shapes depending on the way the products and services are delivered to the market. Asset-lite and asset-heavy businesses can largely be viewed through a “pipes” (pipelines) vs. “platforms” framework. Recognizing the two and their differences is important as it will ultimately help determine the nature of a stock‘s upside […]

AQR recently published its report on its expectations for asset class returns over the medium-term – i.e., next 5-10 years. This covers the following asset classes: – US equities – Non-US developed market equities – Emerging market equities – US high-yield credit – US investment-grade (IG) credit – US 10-year Treasuries – Non-US 10-year government […]

GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) made a notable run, ignited by a social media frenzy that took on a life its own. We discussed more of the backstory in other articles, such as here. There was a pop and that eventually faded. This was inevitable, as these companies – and other widely shorted small caps […]

In short, GameStop (GME) mania began when some smart retail traders started hyping up a stock on social media with some peculiar characteristics: 1. It had a low valuation. Its price reached a low of $2.57 per share. That valued the once-popular video game and consumer electronics retailer at only a couple hundred million dollars. […]

Consumer staples are among the most stable types of stocks that return fairly consistently. The volatility of stocks is one of the main reasons why many traders and investors are hesitant to commit to them. What are consumer staples and what makes them attractive? Certain businesses involve selling products people need to physically live. This […]

US-China relations, and the capital war conflict within it, is and will be a big driver of markets going forward and is important to understand even for those with shorter-term trading orientations. The same things tend to happen over and over again for the same reasons historically. By studying what happened in other societies and […]

‘Risk-adjusted returns’ is a common term used in trading and investing, even to the point of being a buzzword. It’s what every institutional investor strives for in order to add value to their clients. And what every individual trader wants to get more bang for their buck. Risk-adjusted returns normally refers to the idea of […]