Articles, tagged with "bond markets", page 4
18th February 2010
Forex trading or Foreign Exchange Trading refers to the simultaneous trading-that is, buying and selling-of two different currencies. It is done between and among major financial institutions, central banks, small retail currency traders or speculators, l...
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Author:
Bruce Shaw
17th February 2010
Mortgage rates in Canada are becoming lower than ever before, as the interest rates on a 7 year mortgage or loan sits at 5.25%. There are many online companies that offer the lowest of current mortgage rates Canada has to offer. Some of these online compa...
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Author:
sheetrate@gmail.com
17th February 2010
Anything that anyone does in the financial markets is based on interest rates. When interest rate increase, the cost of doing business increases and when interest rates are lowered, economic growth gets energized. The relationship between the rising and f...
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Author:
Hass
29th January 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Seven Days Ahead
The Macro Trader's view:
We started the New Year bearish of bonds as we judged the global economic recovery looked on track and although a slow recovery was still expected, traders seemed confident enough to turn ...
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Author:
Mark Sturdy
25th January 2010
The High Yield Market hit its all time high annual performance in 2009, up 57.5%. The next highest annual return was back in 1991, up 39.2%. Usually, record breaking market performance one year (2009) is followed by much worse than average performance the...
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Author:
Mike Williams, CFA
27th October 2009
Some well known facts
With the forex markets gaining popularity with each passing day, the investments involved are huge. Despite of their unpredictable nature, the trading patterns throughout the world have registered a steady growth, increasing faith...
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Author:
Paul Smith
22nd October 2009
Some insurance companies are criticized because it's not always clear how your premiums are used nor how the value of your policy is calculated. At a state level, insurance departments and commissioners do their best to protect your interests, but the maj...
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Author:
Norris Rios
04th August 2009
Most people have heard of trading, like the New York Stock Exchange, and Forex trading isn't far off from that. The difference is, is that Forex trading is the trading of currencies, not stocks. It also has a larger volume than stock and bond markets comb...
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Author:
dbp2005
23rd July 2009
Times are certainly changing and the bearish market is one that one has to be wary of. Most traders now would recommend that you go against market sentiment and try to be as revolutionary as possible in your trading behaviour. Surprisingly, this attitude ...
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Author:
Eric W. Childers
18th July 2009
On a day-to-day basis, the stock and bond markets pretty much follow the sentiment of the day. And, at times, it actually gets to be pretty ridiculous. For instance, the stock exchanges were extremely weak recently based upon the fact that the Chinese r...
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Author:
James Dicks
15th July 2009
There is no place that in the world that can provide you the opportunity to make more money quicker and safer than the FX markets if you know what you're doing. Not the stock markets, not the bond markets, not opening your own business or even real estate...
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Author:
billaaa777
09th July 2009
The real estate market, in comparison to most markets, moves at a glacial pace. Housing and property are, after all, two of the most illiquid assets you can buy. That illiquidity makes sense: you can never move it; for most lots it's hard to sell just...
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Author:
Elika Associates
28th June 2009
The real estate market, in comparison to most markets, moves at a glacial pace. Housing and property are, after all, two of the most illiquid assets you can buy. That illiquidity makes sense: you can never move it; for most lots it's hard to sell just...
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Author:
Elika Associates
29th May 2009
Hedge funds have been around since the fifties but only grew in popularity in the 1960s. With big names like George Soros and Michael Steinhardt, fund management gained a high profile within the investment community and beyond. During this time, what didn...
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Author:
Rivington
20th March 2009
Dear President-Elect Obama:
Well only 12 days to go. Are you ready to take on some of the biggest challenges in a generation?
1. A severe recession involving the collapse of major financial institutions, the auto industry, the housing industry, ...
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Author:
Mel Joelle