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RENEWED CARRY TRADE VOLUME WILL AID DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Author: Vincenzo Desroches---forexcharts.net)
Posting Date:2010-06-21
RENEWED CARRY TRADE VOLUME WILL AID DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Market turbulence and volatility have lessened, if only to allow investors time to catch their collective breaths before the next domino falls in Europe. Caution has its grip on the markets at present. Uncertainty has yet to dissipate for new investment strategies to take wing, and in the interim, the debate swirls as to whether the “flavor” of this recession is of the “double-dip” variety or not. However, veteran forex traders are beginning to see that the stars are lining up for a new season of the popular “carry trade” forex strategy.
The “carry trade” is essentially a play on interest rate spreads between two countries. An investor sells one country’s currency, invests by buying the opposing pair’s currency, and then pockets the difference in prevailing interest rates on a daily basis. Typically, hedge funds and international banks have borrowed Japanese Yen, where interest rates are near zero, and then invested in a country where the economy is growing and interest rates are higher. With the... more
WILL GLENN BECK’S TV ANTICS TARNISH THE GLEAM OF GOLD? (Author: )
Posting Date:2010-06-21
WILL GLENN BECK’S TV ANTICS TARNISH THE GLEAM OF GOLD?
321gold.com
As Glenn Beck’s television ratings hit new lows, his vociferous support of gold as a hedge against inflation has recently drawn fire for all the wrong reasons. Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-NY) issued a scathing report this past Tuesday that attacked Goldline International, a California-based gold dealer and its “unholy alliance with conservative pundits to drive a false narrative”.
Wiener went further to state publicly that, 'This really is about the consumers of Goldline's products and many of them take the rhetorical excesses of a Glenn Beck and his like when they talk up gold and then immediately go to the advertisements to get ripped off, there's no other way to put it. When you're advertising you're going to invest in gold and y... more
RENEWED CARRY TRADE VOLUME WILL AID DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Author: VINCENZO DESROCHES)
Posting Date:2010-06-17
RENEWED CARRY TRADE VOLUME WILL AID DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
bdstock.com
Market turbulence and volatility have lessened, if only to allow investors time to catch their collective breaths before the next domino falls in Europe. Caution has its grip on the markets at present. Uncertainty has yet to dissipate for new investment strategies to take wing, and in the interim, the debate swirls as to whether the “flavor” of this recession is of the “double-dip” variety or not. However, veteran forex traders are beginning to see that the stars are lining up for a new season of the popular “carry trade” forex strategy.
The “carry trade” is essentially a play on interest rate spreads between two countries. An investor sells one country’s currency, invests by buying the opposing pair’s currency, and then pockets the difference in prevailing interest rates on a daily basis.... more
A BEGINNER’S OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING (Author: CHENZO)
Posting Date:2010-06-12
A BEGINNER’S OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING
Equitipz.com
Beginners to the world of investing are confronted with a plethora of choices regarding the types of things worthy of investment, as well as the style by which these things are bought and sold. Investors generally fall into two types, the ones who prefer a “buy-and-hold” strategy, and those that wish a more active trading experience. Active traders buy and sell stocks, commodities and currencies and may even dabble in the options and futures markets from time to time. One of the most popular active trading fields in the last decade has been foreign currency, or forex, trading. The flexibility and liquidity of the world’s largest global market is appealing to many, and the Internet has made accessibility available in real time for even the smallest of individual investors.
As there are beginners’ guides for inv... more
How to Invest Like Peter Lynch (Author: M Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2010-03-12
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How to Invest Like Peter Lynch
In a previous blog, we have discussed thoroughly the inevitable risk, so far, in the stock market that comes from a lack of knowledge. For that reason risk is contextual, that is depending on a degree of knowledge and also understanding many factors like quantitative, qualitative that are based on under-lying values of a company and psychological movements of shares. The risk needs to be measured and minimized through a learning process, implementing trading evaluation process and varieties of trading strategies. Many of us have already learned the risk minimization process and its importance, now we... more
Last Week, Market News Summary (Author: M Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2010-02-07
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Last Week Market News Summary
A biggest single day drastic drop had happened last week in Dhaka Stock Exchange that was triggered by securities regulators when authorities reset cap on Margin account to reduce borrowing money from merchant bankers. To set stock market under easy going and realistic money following into the capital market, SEC enacted a new margin loan policy which negatively impacted on investors for a day. In a result, market index dragged to 103.73 points, and such a drop occurred in July 5th in last year when the index dropped to 103 to 5399.64 that was a 1.88 percent from the previous day.
SEC called upon all brokerage firms and merchant banks to provide margin loan to 1:... more
How to minimize risk (Author: M Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2010-02-07
#6 How to minimize risk
As you are new to investing and getting ready to invest in the stock market then keep in mind that there is a large element of risk involved unless you reduce risks and exposure with care. A significant part of the risk comes from not knowing—the necessary knowledge of stock market, and the experience in investing. A lack of knowledge and experience constitutes the greatest risk for new investors but that can be managed toward gradual diminishing with a power that comes from extensive knowledge, and understanding. The more familiar you are with stock market-how it works, factors that affect stock value, materials you need to read every day , understanding thoroughly the balance she... more
How to build confidence in an unconscious mind. (Author: Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2010-01-04
#4 How to build confidence in an unconscious mind.
Curiosity inevitably follows when you find something fascinating, does not it? For that reason, we begin puzzling due to lack of knowledge on a subject and then we start wondering, questioning, researching information that directs us to learning; such a pract... more
A Mega GP's IPO Hitting to the Market (Author: Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2009-11-15
#3 A Mega GP's IPO Hitting in the Market
Where would you start with IPOs because so much whisper, momentum and speculation are in the market, all the talks we have right now about IPOs is like an IPOs Eid occurring in the month of November and December of this year which is a
best season ever in IPOs history in Bangladesh.
So many questions and excitement have been around and also carrying news to us about up-coming IPOs which are coming to appear in the secondary market at what price stocks will start bidding in a first hour of opening day, then second hour and
so on until end of the day. There are so many thinking going on and also speculation building up on all these IPOs especially Grameenphone’s price that is baffling everyone’s mind right now. It is unknown in a way what... more
The Role of Stock Recommendation (Author: Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2009-10-07
#2 The Role of Stock Recommendation
I wonder how we can get together and work for common purpose to improve many things that we do for living, obiviously we would come up with millions of things are not going right comparing to developed countries. Many dreams are never formed but thrown away to the air as soon as hopes are never seen lightened in our lives. Developments, progress and achievements are rarely seen here compare to many other countries where every five years you will not recognize the place due to economic growth, developments and implementing new systems. It’s all about changing, and work together for continuous improvements. Before changing anything to outer-world we need to change our minds and attitudes toward progress, changes have to come within ourselves and apply inside to outside environment, and also firm believer in order to see greater ... more
Many of us Look Down Stock Market Investment (Author: Kabir Ahmed)
Posting Date:2009-09-13
#1 Many of us look down stock market investment
Why middle class of our society, so called educated people, are reluctant to be part of Stock Market even with a little bit of investment interest and moreover, look down those who invest? If you are investor and want to discuss with your buddy or dear friends, unexpectedly you will be discouraged by them. Didn’t happen to you? You bet, I have faced such a situation many times, even my own family members don’t show any interest of investing in stock market rather they discourage in a way that investing in stock market is not a decent earning source and consider as a gambling or haram. How do you change their attitude toward stock market role in our society and get them to be part of investment in a stock market?
Selling shares through a stock exchange is way companies get funded because a start-up company eventually ends up needing more money to tak... more
Retail Love: Free Bus Service (Author: Posted by Shehzaad Shams )
Posting Date:2009-09-10 http://www.bangladeshcorporate.blo
As a shorts-donning young boy, I used to ask my lungi-donning abba, 'If we ever go wearing this to Sonargaon hotel, will they let us in?'. Abba used to casually and confidently reply, 'If we go wearing a lungi, they might put us in a special cell and never let us in there. But with shorts, you might get in'. Same with cars and baby-taxis (CNGs!) I guess. I always used to think that if I ever end up at Hotel Sonargaon by a baby-taxi, the gatekeepers of the then posh hotel would not give me as warm a welcome as I would get if I would have got off a car. One day our pilot Shafiq (our chauffeur) was asked to carry out the week's grocery shopping from Nandan. As a preparation, he then decided to shed his lungi and put on trousers instead, he also insisted that he be allowed to take the car along with him. Upon asking why this ornamental preparation for merely doing a grocery shopping at Nandan, he replied 'Bhaiya oigula borolok er jayga, lungi poira ar haita gele dhukte dibo na' (Bro those a... more
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