Archive for April, 2009

How do they make money from the Forex Carry Trade?

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Though a lot of people like to make this sound complicated, it’s not. Even though the mechanics of carry trades are pretty simple the results might not be.
What is a carry trade?

Borrow the low cost currency i.e. low interest rate currency
Covert [...]

Using leverage in the currency markets.

How does leveraging your currency trades differ from leveraging your stock trades?
For starters, you don’t have to pay margin interest to hold a leveraged position like you do in stocks. You’re allowed to control a currency pair as long as you put down a [...]

What do the Forex, Commodity and Stock markets have in common?

Commodity, stock and currency traders all track similar indicators. These indicators have an impact on each market. Of course one needs to know how these indicators affect the currency markets.
A word of caution things change so always make sure that you test this on your [...]

Forex Trading Which Broker to Choose

Forex brokers are either a dealing desk or a “non dealing desk”. Once you know how they differ, you can see which is best for you.
What’s Behind the Dealing Desk?
Dealing Desk This is where a Forex broker has its own “in-house” trading desk that offsets your orders. [...]

Forex Trading Why Currencies change relative value.

Why Currencies change relative value.

Money seeks higher yields. everyone wants to earn the most on their money, so traders go after currencies with higher yields.
How do you earn another country’s interest rate? You convert your currency into their currency. This is done by the selling of your [...]

Launching a Business - things to consider

Launching a Business? Consider The Facts
by: Tina Lynn

You see it splattered everywhere you look; the most innovating “this” and the best “that”. “You must join our business. This is revolutionary”, some say. Or an even better one is the notion that everyone needs, wants, or already uses the product [...]

What Has a Worldwide Slowdown Done to the Currency Markets?

What Has a Worldwide Slowdown Done to the Currency Markets?
The proposal for a new “‘global reserve currency”‘ has received a lot of press lately. But the media seems to be ignoring the impact of the global economic slowdown on overall currency reserves and the resulting impact on the U.S. Ttreasury market.
China and Japan stockpiled [...]