Futures and Commodities
Profit on currency futures
- Trading in currencies, FOREX-trading, is the most developed segment of the financial markets. Volumes are much higher than those regarding equities. The daily average international foreign exchange trading volume was US$ 1.9 trillion in April 2004 as per Bank of International Settlements.
- Wednesday, June 28 - 2006 at 08:12 |
Successful trading in oil futures
- Oil: the money machine. This statement is often heard when people talk about crude oil and its benefits, and certainly many Middle Eastern countries profit well from the rising price of oil. But it's not only owners, explorers and refiners of oil (fields) who can profit from the developments in oil and its price.
- Wednesday, June 14 - 2006 at 08:08 |
Gold and silver futures trading
- On a recent trip to Dubai I visited the offices of the Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange. Here I learnt that trading in gold futures, which only began about six months ago, and trading silver futures, which has been listed since the end of March, are now trading around 3000 and 1000 contracts a day respectively.
- Wednesday, May 31 - 2006 at 14:21 |
Oil: black gold
- Financial markets are hot. Commodities are hot. Oil is hot, but hopefully not too hot - overheated oil is likely to catch fire.
- Wednesday, May 31 - 2006 at 14:19 |
Leverage and the snowball effect
- Investing in financial markets involves buying stock which can be purchased with your own money or, in some cases, with money borrowed from the bank. One advantage of investing with borrowed money is that it can be used as a sort of leverage.
- Saturday, May 27 - 2006 at 10:33 |
Protection in plunging markets
- In collapsing markets people, obviously, lose a lot of money. This is bad enough if it happens to money that you don't desperately need, but if this loss involves money intended for your children's education, for your pension or maybe even a new house, then you are in real trouble.
- Saturday, May 27 - 2006 at 10:30 |
Short selling stock!
- When markets fall you wish you were not in the market, wish you were not an investor. Right? Unfortunately real-life doesn't always take note of our wishes and dreams, and financial markets sometimes not only go down but really fall.
- Saturday, May 27 - 2006 at 10:28 |
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