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As the Bank of England explores negative rates as UK economy weakens how will it impact your investments in the stock market? Interest rate cycles straddle generations. In the last upswing, the Bank of England base rate peaked at 17% on 1980. For the next four decades, that borrowing cost went nowhere but down. The […]
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A reader has asked: I’m looking for a medium-sized prime broker? Finding the right prime broker is hard these days. The Tier 1 primes, don’t like accounts that are too small and small prime brokers may not offer the full scope of services that you require. You haven’t mentioned what sort of services you need,
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The markets are steady as COVID cases rise, but for how long if there is a looming second wave? The dominating news for those investing these days is all about the looming ‘Second Wave’. Following a summer retrenchment, the coronavirus pandemic has returned in a vengeance, especially in Europe. The past few weeks saw France,
What is going to happen to the stock market if there is a COVID-19 second wave? Read More »
What is the Nifty 50 Index Though the phrase was originally coined to describe a basket of US blue chips in the 1960s and 70s these days the term refers to the NSE Nifty 50 Index. An Indian equity index diversified over 13 separate sectors managed by the National Stock Exchange of India which captures
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Tech rout traps investors while US presidential race tightens…. A week can be a long time in financial markets. It can also, unbeknownst to many, mark an epochal peak that separates the bull from the bear. Last week I pointed out the potential rise in market volatility this month. This is because September is historically
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Yes, you can trade US company options as a UK resident through an options broker. Restrictions on trading tend to focus on US citizens trying to trade UK products such as CFDs or other OTC derivatives, which are basically off-limits to most US citizens or residents. However, there are few restrictions for UK traders wishing
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A user has asked: I want to know can I trade in Germany 30 CFD market without being the permanent residence of Germany? Answer: The good news here is that you do not need to be a resident of Germany to trade the Germany 30 Index (DAX30). There are a quite a few ways to
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A user has asked: I was after a spread betting platform that offered a no-spread account. SpreadCo were offering it but now say they aren’t bringing it back for a little while so I wondered if I could find such an offer on any other platform? Thanks, Jeremy. Answer: At the moment you will find
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Few had predicted the speed and scale of the post-pandemic stock market recovery in the US. The blue-chip S&P 500 Index took just six months to hit fresh highs. Meanwhile QQQ, the Nasdaq-100 Index ETF, required a mere 15 weeks to recover from its pandemic lows. What is going on? Key Events This Week Jackson Hole
With a tanking economy why is the market at all time highs? Read More »
A user has asked: Which brokers have the highest liquidity for index trading? Especially NAS100 and US30. Some have different symbols and names for the same index like USTech100 instead of NAS100. which means liquidity of NAS100 will different from USTech100. Why do brokers call it the US30 instead of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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