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Forex

June 18th, 2009

I once wrote short article about Forex and now again but in longer version.

Forex is foreign currency exchange market, the world’s largest financial trading market. The Forex Exchange market is one of the largest and most liquid markets in the world. The volume of the market is more than US$3 trillion a day.

The subject of  trading on the Forex are the different currencies, and they are traded in pairs ex: (EUR/USD) (GBP/EUR). The trading is through broker or dealer.

Some characteristics of the Fx (Forex) are:

  • its trading volumes
  • the extreme liquidity of the market
  • its geographical dispersion
  • its long trading hours: 24 hours a day (except on weekends)
  • the variety of factors that affect exchange rates

Most popular currencies for trading are: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD, NZD.

Most traded currency is the dollar, second most popular is the euro and third is the yen.

Something without you can’t start is a computer with high-speed internet connection. To start with Forex, you should first gain some knowledge and after, open demo account and see without real money loss are you good at this and can you do this. After that you will need some money if you are good to go in the real deal, to start with the Forex.

Website where you can learn much more about Forex.

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Angel investors

December 7th, 2008

Do you want to start your personal business?Do you have money to start that business? If you don’t have enough capital continue to read this post.
Angel investors are usually entrepreneurs who want to help to other entrepeneurs who need money to start their own business.And they do this usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.Their investment usually os from $150.000 to $1.5 million.
For their “favour” every angel investor or business angel expect different things.Some as i say want ownership equity,participation in the board of directors,security for their investment e.t.c. Also they sometimes ask the business owner to not take action without their aproval.
They can organize themselves in angel networks.
For the people who need capital this is good source for money.It’s worthy to spend time and to think about this idea of finding capital for your new business.
Here are two links for angel networks.
ACA and EBAN

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Forex

December 7th, 2008

Forex is foreign currency exchange market, the world’s largest financial trading market. The following features make this market different in compare to all other sectors of the world financial system:

  • its trading volumes
  • the extreme liquidity of the market
  • its geographical dispersion
  • its long trading hours: 24 hours a day (except on weekends)
  • the variety of factors that affect exchange rates
The top 10 traders are:Citi,HSBC,Deutche Bank,UBS AG,Royal bank of Scotland,Bank of America,Barclays Capital,Goldman Sachs,JpMorgan and Morgan Stanley.They make 53% of all transactions.

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