This free webinar, courtesy of IC Markets, focuses on practical and crucial Risk Management aspects to consider from a front office point of view. You will learn what are the important aspects to look for when actively trading in financial markets, including insights on fundamental and technical outlook on all major markets (for indices, FOREX, commodities and others […]
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5 Essential Rules for Trading with Futures
A “Futures contract” is a legal agreement between two parties that agree the delivery, from one party to the other, of a specified quantity, of a specified asset, on a specified future date, at a price agreed on the moment of the trade execution. Futures contracts are exclusively exchange-traded (the equivalent OTC instrument is called a […]
FREE COURSE: Financial Markets
This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge in Financial Markets. It’s a FREE course created by Yale University and starts on Jan 23. A summary of the course content and syllabus is explained below. Course Syllabus Week 1: Basic Principles of Finance and Risk Management (5 videos, 1 reading) Reading: Optional […]
Six Potential Risks for Investors in 2017
Investment Banks analysts anticipate that financial markets will be affected in 2017 by three main events: Donald Trump’s performance as US President, which for most, is a big uncertainty; the first round of the 2017 French presidential election, held on 23 April 2017; and the next German federal elections, which will elect the members of the Bundestag, […]
EBOOK: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Taking a chance in financial markets implies potential big risks and this is not for everyone. The risk/reward might be high and even if you have every possible rational for a trade well thought, discussed, supported with solid fundamentals and technical analysis, even so, things might go wrong and you might suffer big losses. This bitter reality is many […]
INFOGRAPHIC: Trump Presidency and US Foreign Policy Risks
Many voices have been expressing their concerns on the US president-elect Donald Trump. Millions of tweets, blog posts, written press articles, hours of TV debates in different channels… One thing is for sure: there is great uncertainty in the next four years. The key aspect now is to watch how Donald Trump unfolds his policies […]
EBOOK: The Stock Market, Credit, and Capital Formation
This eBook was written by German economist Fritz Machlup. Machlup was an early Misesian who originally wrote this book as an early study in the workings of the business cycle. His main focus on this book is the investigation and explanation of the relationship between expanding credit, monetary policy, and rising stock prices. The original […]
Thomson Reuters Culture and Conduct Risk Survey 2016/17
This is Thomson Reuters’ forth annual survey, focusing on how financial services firms are managing conduct risk has identified distinct industry wide trends against which firms can benchmark their own progress. Last year, compliance and risk practitioners from more than 260 financial services firms across the world, including banks, brokers, asset managers and insurers took […]