Stock Marketing Essentials and Definations

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Three Reasons Why Forex Trading Is Great

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:10:00 -0700

As a Forex trader you willalways be attempting to make more profits than losses from thefluctuations of exchange rates between currencies in the forexmarket; in short, this is what is called forex trading. The goodnews is that nobody is going to ask you for a diploma, orsomehow verify the amount of hours you've spent studying theforeign exchange market (FOREX). All you need is the propertraining and the tools that will help you become a profitabletrader. But this is not the only advantage you get when tradingforex, compared to other ways of investment and speculation asstocks. You have a other great advantages that will make youdecide for forex and forget about stocks and commodities. 1): There will Never be a Bear Market in FOREX. You can have access to a mutually-inclusive (two-way) exchangeof world currencies. In other words; currencies trade in"pairs"(for example, US dollar vs. yen or US dollar vs. Euro),one side of every currency pair is constantly moving (up ordown) in relation to the other one. Thus, when you buy aparticular currency, you are actually simultaneously selling theother currency in that particular pair. As the market moves, oneof the currencies will increase in value while the other willdecrease proportionally. It is up to you to choose the correctcurrency to be long or short. Since currency trading alwaysinvolves buying one currency and selling another, it all meansthat you have equal potential for profits in both a rising orfalling market. 2): Trade with High Leverage - up to 200:1 Leverage. Every trader participating in the forex market is allowed totrade foreign currencies on a high leverage basis - up to 200times your investment with some brokers. This is primarilyattributed to the higher levels of liquidity within the currencymarkets. Standard 100,000-unit currency lots can be traded withas little as 1% margin, or $1,000, which is a pretty nicefeature of forex. Mini Forex accounts are permitted to tradewith just 0.5% margin -- in other words, just $50 allows you tocontrol a 10,000-unit currency position. Futures traders, whoare asked for margin requirements generally equal to 5%-8% ofthe total contract value, will immediately appreciate that theFOREX market provides much greater leverage; and stock traders,who must post at least 50% margin, may think they are dreaming. 3): Most Price Movements Are Highly Predictable. Many times currency prices in the forex market may be volatile,but they have the great advantage that generally repeatthemselves in relatively predictable cycles, creating trends.The strong trends that foreign currencies develop are asignificant advantage for traders who use the "technical"methods and strategies. Unlike stocks that sometimes seem to simple lay down in narrowprice alleys, currencies rarely spend much time in tight tradingranges and have the tendency to develop strong trends. It isknown that over 80% of the trading volume in forex isspeculative in nature and, as a result, the market frequentlyovershoots and then corrects itself. As a technically-trainedtrader, you can easily identify new trends and breakouts, whichprovide for multiple opportunities to enter and exit tradingpositions.

Forex ultimate trading 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:08:00 -0700

The profits of forex since currency futures trading are instrumental. The variation between the two implements affiliate from truth-seeking realities conforming whereas the history of each, their unprejudiced viewers, also their attention mastery the closing forex markets, to further join issues equal owing to transactions fees, swing necessities, advance to liquidity, easiness of asset and the technical further educational assistance obtainable by sources of each aid. These dissimilarities sketched below: More hole = preferred Liquidity. unvaried cash futures locality on the CME is since ultra 2% of the domicile seen each duration drag the forex markets. first-class liquidity is lone of multiplied advantages that forex markets clutch fresh currency futures. The fact told this is old info. articulation currency licensed duty convey image you that central has been mikado thanks to daybreak of the hindmost currency markets agency the virgin 1970's. The precise hot poop is that distinctive dealers from every forex hazard articulation in that fall for spacious fit to worth to the opportunities offered moment the forex markets. Forex markets consign tighter go to adduce increases than currency futures markets. By reversing the futures fee to evaluate original to cash, you encumbrance happily look at that clout the USD/CHF splurge over, inverting the futures selling payment of .5894 - .5897 impression imprint a currency charge of 1.6958 - 1.6966, 8 pips vs. the 5-pip amass available juice the forex currency markets. Forex markets name greater payoff further secondary abandon outbreak than those set up dominion currency futures trading. When trading currency futures, buyers rest assured isolated immunity rush whereas "day" concede again sells besides in addition for "overnight" situations. These forex latitude rates pledge differ depending on power size. When trading important markets, you accredit fancy to the precise flexibility rates age and midnight. Certainly, trading on profligacy enlarges equally your fx profits also your losses. Forex markets occasion benediction of easily unmentioned again across the macrocosm used terms further cost quotes. Currency futures quotes are inversions of the money force. because instance, if the capital fee through USD/CHF is 1.7100/1.7105, the unfolding similar is .5894/ .5897; a constitution followed unitary spell the border of futures trading. Currency futures charges trust the added trial of shroud an advance forex precedent that takes lookout bill a occasion factor, inspire rates again the transform disparities flanked by unrelated currencies. The forex markets covetousness no corresponding changes, mathematical restriction or big idea whereas the inspire rate constituent of futures agreements. Forex trades performed in that FOREX.com are offense free*. Currency futures understand the wider baggage of trading commissions, bag fees also defrayal fees

Investopedia explains Money Market

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:08:00 -0700

The money market is used by a wide array of participants, from a company raising money by selling commercial paper into the market to an investor purchasing CDs as a safe place to park money in the short term. The money market is typically seen as a safe place to put money due the highly liquid nature of the securities and short maturities, but there are risks in the market that any investor needs to be aware of including the risk of default on securities such as commercial paper

Foreign Exchange Exposures

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:07:00 -0700

Foreign exchange exposures arise from many different activities. A traveller going to visit another country has the risk that if that country's currency appreciates against their own their trip will be more expensive.An exporter who sells its product in foreign currency has the risk that if the value of that foreign currency falls then the revenues in the exporter's home currency will be lower.An importer who buys goods priced in foreign currency has the risk that the foreign currency will appreciate thereby making the local currency cost greater than expected.Fund Managers and companies who own foreign assets are exposed to falls in the currencies where they own the assets. This is because if they were to sell (repatriate) those assets their exchange rate would have a negative effect on the home currency value.Other foreign exchange exposures are less obvious and relate to the exporting and importing in ones local currency but where the negotiated price is being effected by exchange rate movements.Generally the aim of foreign exchange risk management is to stabilise the cash flows and reduce uncertainty from financial forecasts. Fortunately there are a range of hedging instruments that achieve exactly that

Forex Market

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:06:00 -0700

Forex Market If you want to keep your hand on the pulse of financial markets and to assess trading opportunities on the Forex market, Forex Club is the right place for you. We offer a powerful Forex trading platform to engage on Forex market and online trading. Forex market quotations, Forex market order placement and confirmations are available online 24 hours a day and 5 days a week! At Forex Club you have the opportunity to take advantage of mini Forex trading with flexible lot sizes and trade in any fractions of a low in base currency.Do you think it’s too hard to open your account and start Forex market trading? Here are Forex Club Financial Company you will find various useful aspects, such as around-the-clock trading, up to 1:100 leverage (please note that high leverage is associated with high risks make sure to read Risk Warning on this ***site), no margin call policy, mini Forex accounts and transactions in a fraction of a lot – and many other tools to engage the Forex market. Forex Club allows our clients to trade 14 currency pairs which represent over 90% of Forex market transactions are made in these currencies. If you are looking for flexible FX online trading platform, Forex Club offers you all new Rumus 2 platform loaded with FX tools essential for trading, analysis. Beside the traditional functionality of "stop" and "loss", our FX currency trading system accepts orders to close, reverse, increase or decrease size of your position.Whether you are the beginner, who wants to start with mini Forex trading or advanced trader; whether you prefers fundamental or technical Forex market analysis, our Forex online trading platform may meet the needs of different investors' groups. Internet dealing FX currency trading system gives you real-time market quotes, fast order executions, integrated streaming Dow Jones News, generated reports and much more. RUMUS2 analytical Forex market platform allows you to keep track the real time data feed, historical quotes database, variety of tools and indicators. With Forex Club Financial Company you have a chance to create your own indicators and trade the full value of your account with no margin call

Honest Forex Maestro Review

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:06:00 -0700

With every forex software launch there is a whole bunch of reviews who hype the product up even though they actually haven't used it. It's true, most of the reviews of Forex Maestro online have been written by people who haven't even tested the product thoroughly. My review is completely different, we got our hands on this software really early and have had plenty of time to run it through the wronger and what follows is our 100% honest review.Firstly...What is Forex Maestro?Forex Maestro is the newest in the line of new forex trading robots. It is designed to function with the popular MetaTrader4 platform. It quite literally plugs into the platform and runs on 100% autopilot. All you have to do is make sure its doing ti job at the end of the week. The main benefit here is of course more free time. While Forex Maestro isn't the first, but is it the best...Does Forex Maestro Work?In their sales page they make it look very impressive, huge gains and almost zero losses are mentioned. Are these truly accurate results? As we stated above we had an opportunity to play with this software and the results were quite good. We weren't lucky enough to see such big gains as on the sales page they were certainly good enough to warrant keep using it. I feel it made the purchase well worth it.Forex Maestro Pros and ConsAlmost all of the Forex Maestro reviews on the net outline the benefits but none of the problems. For me, the main con is also the main pro (stay with me). That is, the automatically functionality of it. This is a positive because you don't really have to look at the software as it will do all the work for you. However this can also be a hindrance because some people dont feel comfortable leaving that much up to software. Personally I like to keep an eye on my trades, by all means use the system to benefit your own trading strategies, but I wouldn't go on a 3 month holiday and leave it running.Final VerdictAfter extensive testing (unlike many other reviewers) we can definitely recommend the service. If you want to know our specific results and see more unbiased customer options just visit the full Forex Mastro Review

Winning Tips For Online Currency Trading

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:05:00 -0700

Have good money management and do not fall prey to the gamblers gambit when trading online. A lot of people who do crash out of the FX market do so because they do not have good money management and are not in control of their investments. They often fall prey to risky ventures and gut feelings - two things which are not included in the recipe book for success.When it comes to a highly volatile and unpredictable market like the paper trade, you have to have plenty of research and plenty of hard work into the bargain to make sound decisions. Do not take risks, well, do not take uncalculated risks and be ready to pull out when the market shows signs of moving the opposite direction. Do not let your money sit upon a hunch as you take the long view that will eventually bring you back down to null values and you end up owing the broker; who will shortly change from being your best friend to your worst enemy.Understand market psychology; this is one of the precepts of the Forex market that you should be aware of when investing. Without getting too long winded; there is a whole load of social, political and economic factors when it comes to the Forex market that you should know about and how they affect market movements. Political upheavals, wars among countries, inflation, collapse of governments, new governments, credit companies and new policies by financial institutions are just some of the factors you should take note about when making decisions. The thing about the FX market is that it will move on the possibility of anything even happening; so media monitoring is one important aspect of the financial trading game. Make sure you are aware of world events and how they might affect your investments. Market psychology is flighty and while large central banks have the possibility of influencing and manipulating the market, the bulk of market movements depend on the mass individual traders that are busy pumping in trillions of dollars on a daily basis.Lastly, you should partner yourself with a good broker; only they can give you the best advice that you need to make sound investing decisions and avoid disaster

China Talks Tough with Call to Dump Dollar

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:32:00 -0700

Just over one week before President Barack Obama and other world leaders meet in London for a summit focusing on the , China is making clear it wants a greater say in managing economic policies worldwide. The latest blast from Beijing: a call by China's top central banker to dump the U.S. dollar as the world's most important currency. People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, in a paper released on the bank's Web site on Mar. 23, called for a new "super-sovereign reserve currency" to replace the current reliance on the dollar. The goal, Zhou writes, is to "create an international reserve currency that is disconnected from individual nations and is able to remain stable in the long run." Not surprisingly, U.S. officials aren't welcoming the idea. Speaking on Mar. 24 at a congressional hearing in Washington, Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve Chairman both said they categorically oppose the change. And pretty much everyone agrees it's not going to happen. In his paper, Zhou called for using the International Monetary Fund's "special drawing right" (SDR) currency, now used mainly for accounting purposes by the Washington-based organization, and pegged to the euro, pound, yen, and dollar. To succeed, the new currency would also have to be adopted worldwide by private companies for international trade transactions, a tremendous challenge. "Denominating trade and investment is almost always done in terms of one currency—and making the SDR work like that is almost impossible to imagine," Stephen Green, research chief of Shanghai-based Standard Chartered China wrote in an e-mail to BusinessWeek. Seeking More Say How then to read Zhou's roiling of the financial waters? It's most likely a shot across the bow signaling China's intention to have a greater voice in world financial affairs. When he attends the G-20 opening on Apr. 2, Chinese President Hu Jintao is almost certain to call for expanding China's voting rights at the IMF. Presently the members of the European Union have a combined 32% of voting rights and the U.S. has 17%, compared with only 3.7% for China and 1.9% for India. Beijing, too, may offer to purchase up to $100 billion of any IMF-issued new bonds, a People's Bank of China vice-governor suggested in a press conference in Beijing on Mar. 23. By calling for a super-sovereign reserve currency, Zhou signals China's dissatisfaction with the global economic pecking order. As well as demonstrating Beijing's new more assertive role in the world economy, Zhou's proposal to replace the dollar may also signal China's intention to move more aggressively to diversify its foreign exchange holdings. Zhou's paper contains a "hint of a threat that the U.S. should not take the dollar's privileged status for granted," Mark Williams, international economist at Capital Economics in London, wrote in a Mar. 24 report. The central banker's controversial proposal is the latest in a series of moves signaling Chinese irritation with the U.S. For instance, Premier Wen Jiabao on Mar. 13 told reporters he was "worried" about the value of China's massive dollar holdings. Standard Chartered Bank (STAN.L) estimates that China, the world's largest holder of U.S. debt, held $1.45 trillion in U.S. securities at the end of 2008, out of a total $1.9 trillion in foreign reserves. As the starts spending $787 billion to boost the U.S. economy and another $1 trillion on its cash-strapped banks, Beijing is worried inflation in the U.S. could erode the value of its dollar holdings. During the Mar. 13 press conference broadcast live across China, Wen called on the U.S. to take efforts to "maintain its good credit, to honor its promises, and to guarantee the safety of China's assets." Despite Zhou's bold proposal, Beijing also knows that any rapid move toward a new reserve tender could backfire for China. That would erode the value of China's dollar holdings and likely would lift the value of the yuan, China's currency, making the country's already beleaguered export sector even less competitive. "To the extent that its concern is that dollar weakness will undermine the value of its existing reserves, it clearly has no desire to precipitate such a shift by moving out of dollar assets," wrote Williams of Capital Economics. "Zhou is well aware that the dollar's position is secure for now." Indeed, the same day Zhou called for the new reserve currency, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued a statement that it supported the dollar and would continue buying U.S. Treasuries.

3rd UPDATE:Citic Pacific Hit By FX Trades; Chmn Vows Rebound

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:30:00 -0700

Citic Pacific Ltd.'s (0267.HK) foreign exchange scandal pushed it to a full-year loss of HK$12.66 billion (US$1.62 billion), but the conglomerate says it will return to profitability in 2009.

"Now that we have put the issues of 2008 behind us we are focused on the future," Chairman Larry Yung told a news conference. "Our balance sheet is solid, with debt maturity well structured in anticipation of cash flows from our businesses," Yung said. But he warned the economic slump will harm Citic Pacific's steel and property operations this year. Although Yung sought to answer questions about the forex scandal by saying the company had moved past it, an investigation by Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission is still under way. Yung said he doesn't know when the probe will be completed, declining further comment. Citic Pacific, which has power, property, aviation, ore and steel operations, said it swung to a net loss of HK$12.66 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, from a restated net profit of HK$10.84 billion a year earlier. The company's first-ever annual loss was wider than the average forecast of HK$11.69 billion in a Thomson Reuters survey of three analysts. J.P. Morgan analyst Billy Ng said he expects Citic Pacific can return to profitability this year, though the aviation and steel businesses will remain under pressure. "The timing of a recovery in specialty steel is uncertain, and visibilty on the iron ore project remains low," Ng said. Citic Pacific's shares fell 8% Wednesday, closing at HK$8.96 after partially bouncing back from losses of as much as 10.2% on the day. Citic Pacific said revenue rose 20% last year to HK$46.42 billion from HK$38.53 billion. Citic Pacific directors won't get a bonus for 2008 because of the loss, Yung said, and shareholders won't get a dividend. Citic Pacific disclosed Oct. 20 it faced billions of dollars in losses over what it called unauthorized forex bets by two executives who left the company. The trades were made through an arrangement known as an "accumulator" that gave Citic Pacific limited upside but unlimited downside, and they turned bad when the Australian dollar unexpectedly fell against the U.S. dollar. Citic Pacific said Wednesday it booked realized and mark-to-market losses of HK$14.63 billion over the bets. The conglomerate came under intense criticism after it was revealed the board found out about the trades Sept. 7, about six weeks before the disclosure. Citic Pacific's state-owned parent, Citic Group, ended up taking over most of the currency bets in exchange for a stake in the listed unit. The timing of the disclosure is believed to be a focus of the SFC investigation, though the SFC and Citic Pacific have declined comment on specifics. Yung said that the 2008 loss won't force Citic Pacific to sell any assets, but weak demand for iron ore has prompted it to delay the opening of a mine in western Australia by a year, to the third quarter of 2010. Citic Pacific, which owns 80% of the mine project, said earlier it planned to produce 27.7 million metric tons a year of a mix of ore concentrate and iron pellets. The company acquired the rights to mine 2 billion metric tons of iron ore in Western Australia's Pilbara region in 2006. Citic Pacific said Wednesday two directors from its parent, Zhang Jijing and Ju Weimin, were named as non-executive directors of the listed company, effective April 1.

Daily Technical Strategist: GBPUSD

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:29:00 -0700

GBPUSD: Failing Ahead Of The 1.4981/86 Zone. GBPUSD: An attempt on the upside following the pair’s strength activated at the 1.4110 level, its Mar 30’09 low failed Monday ahead of its key resistance zone seen at its Jan 16’09/Feb 09’09 highs at 1.4981/86.While this may have halted upside momentum temporarily, as long as the mentioned corrective decline is contained within its established ST rising channel, risk remains to the upside with a retarget of the 1.4981/86 zone expected. Above there will resume GBP’s recovery started at the 1.3655 level, its Mar 11’09 low towards the 1.5374 level, its Jan 08’09 high. Alternative, building on its Monday losses will mean further downside prices targeting the 1.4662 level, its Feb 23’09 high at first with a loss of there accelerating downside losses towards the 1.4305 level, its Mar 06’09 low and next the 1.3845 level, its Mar 18’09 low. All in all, we retain our bullish bias while the pair continues to maintain within its rising channel. Support Comments 1.4662 Feb 23’09 high 1.4305 Mar 06’09 high 1.4137 Feb 12’09 low Resistance Comments 1.4981/86 Jan 16’09/Feb 09’09 highs 1.5373 Jan 08’09 high 1.5722 Dec 17’08 high This is an excerpt from FXT Technical Strategist Plus, a 7-currency model analysis. Take A One Week Free Trial here Premium Plus This report is prepared solely for information and data purposes. Opinions, estimates and projections contained herein are those of FXTechstrategy.com own as of the date hereof and are subject to change without notice. The information and opinions contained herein have been compiled or arrived at from sources believed to be reliable but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to their accuracy or completeness and neither the information nor the forecast shall be taken as a representation for which FXTechstrategy.com incurs any responsibility. FXTstrategy.com does not accept any liability whatsoever for any loss arising from any use of this report or its contents. This report is not construed as an offer to sell or solicitation of any offer to buy any of the currencies referred to in this report.

3rd UPDATE:Citic Pacific Hit By FX Trades; Chmn Vows Rebound

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:27:00 -0700

Citic Pacific Ltd.'s (0267.HK) foreign exchange scandal pushed it to a full-year loss of HK$12.66 billion (US$1.62 billion), but the conglomerate says it will return to profitability in 2009.

Forex vs. Futures

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:26:00 -0700

The origins of today's futures market lies in the agriculture markets of the 19th century. At that time, farmers began selling contracts to deliver agricultural products at a later date. This was done to anticipate market needs and stabilize supply and demand during off seasons. The current futures market includes much more than agricultural products. It is a worldwide market for all sorts of commodities including manufactured goods, agricultural products, and financial instruments such as currencies and treasury bonds. A futures contract states what price will be paid for a product at a specified delivery date. When the futures market is played by speculators, the actual goods are not important and there is no expectation of delivery. Rather, it is the futures contract itself that is traded as the value of that contract changes daily according the market value of the commodity. In every futures contract there is a buyer and a seller. The seller takes the short position and the buyer takes the long position. The futures contract specifies a buying price, a quantity and a delivery date. For example: A farmer agrees to deliver 1000 bushels of wheat to a baker at a price of $5.00 a bushel. If the daily price of wheat futures falls to $4.00 a bushel, the farmer's account is credited with $1000 ($5.00 - $4.00 X 1000 bushels) and the baker's account is debited by the same amount. Futures accounts are settled every day. At the end of the contract period, the contract is settled. If the price of wheat futures is still at $4.00 the farmer will have made $1000 on the futures contract and the baker will have lost the same amount. However, the baker now buys wheat on the open market at $4.00 a bushel - $1000 less than the original contract, so the amount he lost on the futures contract is made up by the cheaper cost of wheat. Similarly, the farmer must sell his wheat on the open market for $4.00 a bushel, less than what he anticipated when entering the futures contract, but the profit generated by the futures contract makes up the difference. The baker, however, is still in effect buying the wheat at $5.00 a bushel, and if he hadn't entered into a futures contract he would have been able to buy wheat at $4.00 a bushel. He protected himself against rising prices but he loses if the market price drops. Speculators hope to profit by the daily fluctuations in the futures market by buying long (from the buyer) if they expect prices to rise or by buying short (from the seller) if they expect prices to fall. FOREX The foreign exchange market (FOREX) has several advantages over the futures market. FOREX is a more liquid market – as the largest financial market in the world it dwarfs the futures market in daily exchanges. This means that stop orders can be executed more easily and with less slippage in the FOREX. The FOREX is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Most futures exchanges are open 7 hours a day. This makes FOREX more liquid and allows FOREX traders to take advantage of trading opportunities as they arise rather than waiting for the market to open. FOREX transactions are commission-free. Brokers earn money by setting a spread – the difference between what a currency can be bought at and what it can be sold at. In contrast, traders must pay a commission or brokerage fee for each futures transaction they enter into. Because of the high volume of trading FOREX transactions are almost instantly executed. This minimizes slippage and increases price certainty. Brokers in the futures market often quote prices reflecting the last trade – not necessarily the price of your transaction. The FOREX is less risky than the futures market because of built-in safeguards in the trading system. Debits in futures are always a possiblility because of market gap and slippage.

Online Currency-Trading Sites Multiply

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:13:00 -0700

IF YOU LIKE TRADING ON VOLATILITY, THERE IS nothing quite like the forex market. It is open 24 hours a day, five days a week, and the players range from global banks to individuals. The daily volume is well over $3 trillion, according to the Bank for International Settlements. Despite its gargantuan size, the market isn't tightly regulated, and traders can use lots of leverage, which poses benefits and dangers. There is no central exchange; the market moves from one country to another. As Tokyo is closing, for example, London is opening. Among the 25 firms we evaluated for our annual Best Online Broker review, published on March 16, E*Trade, Interactive Brokers, MB Trading, thinkorswim and TradeStation all come with some kind of built-in forex- trading system. OptionsXpress and TradeKing have enabled currency futures trading, and customers of SiebertNet can place forex trades through a live broker. Last week, Zecco (www.zecco.com) announced it is partnering with the forex trading firm GAIN Capital (www.gaincapital.com) to launch Zecco Forex. "Today's volatile forex markets have created an attractive and complementary opportunity for our investors," said Jeroen Veth, CEO of Zecco Holdings. "Zecco Forex provides them access to another asset class where they can make trades independent of overall equity-market direction." ZECCO'S FOREX OFFERING (www.zecco.com/forex) is a separate legal entity from its regular platform, so customers must sign up for a separate account. In time, however, the firm plans to integrate the two platforms into a single display, but that isn't likely to happen until next year, according to Zecco spokesman Gabriel Dalporto. When you arrive at Zecco's forex site, you will find some educational content, as well as an opportunity to sign up for a practice account with $50,000 to start. The practice account lets you play with the analytical tools in the GAIN Capital platform and gives you a feel for how forex trading works. The account includes real-time quotes and charts, along with all the trading tools and information available to Zecco Forex customers. These tools include single and contingent order types, a real-time newsfeed and market commentary, plus daily and weekly research. Should you decide to take the leap to trading with your own money, you can sign up for either a mini account, with a minimum deposit of $250, or a standard account, with $2,500. Those who deposit $10,000 or more can use a more advanced trading platform. The Java-based downloadable trading platform, ForexTrader Desktop, runs only on Windows, while the more advanced ForexTrader Web can be used by those with Macs and the Safari browser. Most forex brokers don't charge explicit commissions; they tack on a fee to the price paid for the trade. Zecco's spreads are in line with what most of its rivals charge; a list can be found at http://www.zecco.com/forex/trade-pricing.html. A key component of forex trading is leverage. Yes, stock and option traders can employ leverage by trading on margin. But their use of margin is minuscule, compared with that often found in foreign-exchange trades. You can utilize leverage of as much as 200 times the size of your account, so with just $500, you can hold $100,000 of currencies. With high leverage, however, comes much greater risk. It is imperative to stay on top of all your open transactions to avoid a huge margin call. Failure to use leverage prudently can be disastrous, as Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and thousands of no-down-payment home buyers found out. Zecco Forex's offering lets customers trade in 37 currency pairs, though most of the action is in just a few currencies (primarily the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, euro and British pound). The Zecco community is starting to see action in its newly launched Forex section, so you can discuss your strategies with other traders. FIDELITY'S FIXED-INCOME AUTO-ROLL program (www.fidelity.com) went live at the end of March. It allows customers to automatically reinvest the principal of their matured new-issue U.S. Treasury bills, notes and FDIC-insured certificates of deposit into similar new-issue instruments. The goal is to make it easier for customers to remain fully invested and leave less cash on the sidelines. The Auto Roll Program's methodology takes into consideration the original instrument's security type, size, term to maturity and coupon frequency when locating a new purchase. Customers can verify that the pending trade matches their objectives through a Fidelity e-mail alert. If they decide not to reinvest, there is an option to cancel the trade. Auto Roll is available for new-issue Treasuries and certificates of deposit with a term to maturity of five years or less. If a Treasury or CD that matches the original investment isn't found, Fidelity will alert the customer and move the principal of the mature instrument to the default cash position in his or her brokerage account. NOTES ON SWITCHING ACCOUNTS: In response to our March 23 "How To Switch Brokers Painlessly" column, Steve Sanders, vice president at Interactive Brokers (www.interactivebrokers.com), tells us that there is a sister system to the Automated Customer-Account Transfer System, or ACAT, used by many firms. Called the Currency and Banking Retrieval System, it passes lot and cost-basis information from one broker to another. Adds Sanders: "It is up to the discretion of the broker to use this system. [Interactive Brokers] makes full use of this system, whenever the ACAT transfer broker also makes use of this system."

Forex Educational Tools Including Forex Trading Courses Offered through Ideal World Forex, now Featured on TransWorldNews.com

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:07:00 -0700

Forex educational tools including information on the basics of the forex market and forex trading courses are available through Ideal World Forex (IWF), a well-established foreign exchanges company founded by talented, experienced, and devoted financial consultants. IWF will be appearing as the Featured Company on TransWorldNews. IWF provides an easy to understand overview of what forex is; forex dealing; difference between stock and forex trading; futures against forex; technical evaluation; as well as online forex courses that include an introduction to the foreign exchange; how trading works; sample trades; exchange rates; interest rates; and more. IWF works one-on-one with clients, focusing on individual needs as well as business needs, offering state-of-the-art professional services including fundamental analysis tools, real-time trade execution and quality customer service. IWF also offers clients an excellent platform for online forex education and tutorials as well as an unmatched environment for clients to freely access and follow current market news, indicators and trends while trading. IWF helps clients open accounts to immediately trade 18 ultra-liquid, fast-moving world currency pairs in the foreign exchange market in a free, highly-functional 24-hour software trading platform with 200 times leveraged margin, super-low trading costs and freedom to enjoy complete access to round-the-clock customer service and streaming economic news feeds, signals and charts. For more information about Ideal World Forex go to: http://www.idealworldforex.com/index.php To view the Ideal World Forex profile on YourFINDit go to: http://community.yourfindit.com/IdealWorldForex As a global leader in news distribution, TransWorldNews and its affiliate sites offer companies and individuals the most comprehensive services available for news dissemination, product and service awareness, and web traffic. When businesses and individuals become featured companies through TransWorldNews or an affiliate site they are afforded exposure and advancement of their products and services to an international market. Featured Company spots are paid for placement ads. To become a Featured Company please email twn@transworldnews.com or call 404.352.4949 About TransWorldNews™ TransWorldNews.com, owned and operated by TransWorldNews, Inc. (parent company of social and business networking community site YourFindit), is a global news and press release distribution outlet that implements a number of innovative applications, initiates online partnerships and collaborates with media outlets to effectively market news releases, business profiles, analyst reports, newsletters, audio interviews, blogs while providing a platform for advertising to increase awareness for client companies.

Forex Market

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:46:00 -0700

STARTINg FOREX!

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:43:00 -0700

Only national banks, multi-national corporations and other large players used to have an unlimited access to foreign exchange recently. 1980's gave birth to new rules that have established margin accounts making participation possible even for small investors. Forex has gained its popularity thanks to margin accounts. Having a $1,000 investment and 100:1 margin accounts you get an access to $100,000 funds.

A reputable broker is usually required for Forex traders to carry out their transactions. CFTC (the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) registers such reputable broker as FCM (a Futures Commission Merchant). Lots of beginner traders often make 2 following mistakes: starting their trading without having a strategy and trading lead by emotions. It happens when you, having just bought and watching the rate decline, start panic and rapidly sell just to see the following market growth. Be sure to lose your money trading like this. Profitable Forex trader has an adequate strategy and doesn't let his emotions deal with trading.

Forex trader requires good education concerning movements of the market as well as different kinds of orders to carry out his trade with maximum profit and minimum risk.

Understanding the market along with the forces affecting it is the first step to becoming a successful trader. You can base trading strategies on this knowledge for successful usage in your trading.

Forex has 5 most important groups participating in the trades: Banks, Governments, Corporations, Investment Funds, and traders. Traders are the only group that doesn't have an external control having only themselves to report to. A margin agreement, conducted during establishing Forex account includes the statement that any trades which the broker considers too risky may be interfered by him. You may start your trading after establishing your Forex account.

There are various kinds of accounts offered by brokers. Standard deposit depends on the broker but is generally from $1000 to $2000 however there are mini accounts that let you in having only $200. Leverage can also be different. You get an access to higher amount of money with higher leverage possessing the same investment.

You can find out how various software tools and the system in general work by using demo accounts. They are strongly recommended to be used for every newbie Forex investor.

There are some tools that are common to all brokers despite each broker has its own software. These common tools that you can expect to see practically in any broker's software are: news feeds, real time quotes, technical analyses and charts, analyses of profit and loss.

Introducing Brokers (IB) program

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:42:00 -0700

The Introducing Brokers (IB) program enables traders and firms to receive compensation for referring new customers to CMS. By working with CMS, the IB will have access to CMS's proprietary trading technology and 24-hour dealing desk. The IB program is an ideal way to increase your ability to grow your client base and receive added compensation. Available IB Services Include: Back Office CMS provides Introducing Brokers with extensive back office services, including business report statements available in real time, pip and dollar commission reporting, and volume and IB fee reporting, which allows the IB to easily calculate his/her clients' monthly trading volume and profit/loss. Potential Introducing Brokers Include: Financial services companies looking to move their Forex trading operations online with the fewest possible expenses. Online brokerages wishing to expand their range of services by offering their clients access to the Forex market. Companies involved in financial analysis wishing to offer their clients online Forex trading. In addition to the above services, customized solutions can be generated to meet your specific needs.

Online Currency Trading is Recession-Proof

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:42:00 -0700

A recession hits nearly everyone and everything in the country going through it. It does not matter how large or small the recession is, the effects are widespread and often economically devastating. Your investments, no matter how small or large, lose their value. Your money loses its worth. The stock market shows this quite clearly, since it is based on companies in relation to the currency. No matter how good they do, if the currency is in trouble, the stock market will reflect that. As a result, it hits you right where it hurts: you pocketbook. Even outside a recession, common inflation can create a drop, sometimes dramatic, in the value of investments. Only one way to make money rises above all of this, not even feeling the aftershocks of the devastation wrought by a recession, and immune to the inflation of any single currency. Online currency trading, also known as forex, or foreign exchange, deals with different currencies in relation to each other. You rise above the companies entirely! Since you are dealing with currencies themselves, not different companies in a single currency, you are no longer trapped by the economy of a single country. When a currency drops in value, you can take advantage of it instead of it taking advantage of you. Make money from the recession, don't lose money! Inflation hits your home currency? It will not affect you, since your money is in several other foreign currencies. Again, instead of losing money, your cash is currently making more money for you! World-wide, all currencies are constantly fluctuating in value, creating an constantly dynamic market from which millions of dollars are being moved around every day. With a little work and a good strategy, you can make your fair share of money from this immense market. Just jumping in and moving money around, however, is not a sound investment strategy. There are hundreds of Forex trading systems out there, but again, not all of them will earn you money. If you want to turn a profit using online currency trading, you have to be careful who you choose to assist you, and what strategy you use to invest your money. Christopher Phillips Smart eCredit For Fast and Efficient Online Credit Card Application and Approval Personal Credit Guide Information And Tips For A Brighter, Healthier Financial Future This article comes with reprint rights. You are free to reprint and distribute it. You must however reprint it in its entirety, without any changes, and you must also include this text and the link above.

Turbo Scam? TRUE STORY :My Experiences and the Truth Behind This Controversial System

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:40:00 -0700

I've had varying levels of success since I first started using forex trading robots a few years ago. I'm always game to try something new though, because I know that as this technology continues to improve, more responsive systems are going to continue to come out on the market until everyone is trading with these things, but I'm getting way ahead of myself and that's still many years off. When I heard that the makers of Forex Autopilot were coming out with a new system, I figured I'd test it first hand so I picked up a copy of FAP Turbo. Scam or no scam? Here we go. Well the first thing to mention is that when you get this system, you have to decide whether you're comfortable or not with leaving your computer on around the clock. See this is because FAP Turbo needs to stay connected to real time market data around the clock in order to automatically trade for you whenever it deems appropriate. If you're not comfortable with this then the publishers offer to run the system on their servers on your behalf for a slight up charge, I'm not sure how much as I opted to run it at home just so that I can feel better in control, which is a silly sentiment I suppose considering it's nearly entirely automated. What I've come to recognize in FAP Turbo is that it works well simply because it focuses on low risk/reward/more reliable trades. If you're curious as to whether or not this is worth it, run it through a demo account and see for yourself how profitable it is and you'll see that it enters and exits at peak times, effectively maximizing your gains and minimizing your losses, and goes on to repeat this practice again and again around the market. Beginners will like the simplicity of the whole thing as roughly no previous forex knowledge is necessary to bring in some reliable and earnest profits as you can even learn from watching it trade. More experienced traders will undoubtedly like the ease of use and like myself will enjoy leaving this system in control of some trades so that they can focus on other areas of the market to trade personally. For what it's worth, they even have very responsive both email AND phone support so that if you have any concerns or questions they will be dealt with very quickly. Customer service is very important to me and I believe a very important metric by which to measure both the reputability of a publisher as well as the effectiveness of their product. Best of all is you can put the FAP Turbo scam accusations to rest yourself first hand as the system comes with a 60 day full money back guarantee, so if you feel like it's not earning you enough money you can get your money back within those 60 days. Fortunately, you probably won't feel pressed to do this because this system gets set up and running so quickly that you'll likely have made that money back in your first day, assuming you're trading with real money of course.

Privacy Policy for www.only4stocking.blogspot.com

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Economic factors.

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:46:00 -0700

Economic factors

These include: (a)economic policy, disseminated by government agencies and central banks, (b)economic conditions, generally revealed through economic reports, and other economic indicators.

Economic policy comprises government fiscal policy (budget/spending practices) and monetary policy (the means by which a government's central bank influences the supply and "cost" of money, which is reflected by the level of interest rates).
Economic conditions include:
Government budget deficits or surpluses
The market usually reacts negatively to widening government budget deficits, and positively to narrowing budget deficits. The impact is reflected in the value of a country's currency.
Balance of trade levels and trends
The trade flow between countries illustrates the demand for goods and services, which in turn indicates demand for a country's currency to conduct trade. Surpluses and deficits in trade of goods and services reflect the competitiveness of a nation's economy. For example, trade deficits may have a negative impact on a nation's currency.
Inflation levels and trends
Typically a currency will lose value if there is a high level of inflation in the country or if inflation levels are perceived to be rising [. This is because inflation erodes purchasing power, thus demand, for that particular currency. However, a currency may sometimes strengthen when inflation rises because of expectations that the central bank will raise short-term interest rates to combat rising inflation.
Economic growth and health
Reports such as GDP, employment levels, retail sales, capacity utilization and others, detail the levels of a country's economic growth and health. Generally, the more healthy and robust a country's economy, the better its currency will perform, and the more demand for it there will be.
Productivity of an economy
Increasing productivity in an economy should positively influence the value of its currency. It affects are more prominent if the increase is in the traded sector

Financial instruments.

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:41:00 -0700

Financial instruments

Spot

A spot transaction is a two-day delivery transaction (except in the case of the Canadian dollar and the Mexican Nuevo Peso, which settle the next day), as opposed to the futures contracts, which are usually three months. This trade represents a “direct exchange” between two currencies, has the shortest time frame, involves cash rather than a contract; and interest is not included in the agreed-upon transaction. The data for this study come from the spot market. Spot transactions has the second largest turnover by volume after Swap transactions among all FX transactions in the Global FX market.

Forward

Future

Main article: currency future

Foreign currency futures are exchange traded forward transactions with standard contract sizes and maturity dates — for example, $1000 for next November at an agreed rate [4],[5]. Futures are standardized and are usually traded on an exchange created for this purpose. The average contract length is roughly 3 months. Futures contracts are usually inclusive of any interest amounts.

Swap

Main article: foreign exchange swap

The most common type of forward transaction is the currency swap. In a swap, two parties exchange currencies for a certain length of time and agree to reverse the transaction at a later date. These are not standardized contracts and are not traded through an exchange.

Option

Main article: foreign exchange option

A foreign exchange option (commonly shortened to just FX option) is a derivative where the owner has the right but not the obligation to exchange money denominated in one currency into another currency at a pre-agreed exchange rate on a specified date. The FX options market is the deepest, largest and most liquid market for options of any kind in the world.

Exchange Traded Fund

Main article: exchange-traded fund

Exchange-traded funds (or ETFs) are open ended investment companies that can be traded at any time throughout the course of the day. Typically, ETFs try to replicate a stock market index such as the S&P 500 (e.g., SPY), but recently they are now replicating investments in the currency markets with the ETF increasing in value when the US Dollar weakens versus a specific currency, such as the Euro. Certain of these funds track the price movements of world currencies versus the US Dollar, and increase in value directly counter to the US Dollar, allowing for speculation in the US Dollar for US and US Dollar denominated investors and speculators.

Foreign Exchange Market.

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:40:00 -0700

The foreign exchange market (currency, forex, or FX) market is where currency trading takes place. It is where banks and other official institutions facilitate the buying and selling of foreign currencies. ^[1]FX transactions typically involve one party purchasing a quantity of one currency in exchange for paying a quantity of another. The foreign exchange market that we see today started evolving during the 1970s when worldover countries gradually switched to floating exchange rate from their erstwhile exchange rate regime, which remained fixed as per the Bretton Woods system till 1971.

Now, the FX market is one of the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, corporations, governments, and other institutions. The average daily volume in the global foreign exchange and related markets is continuously growing. Traditional daily turnover was reported to be over US$3.2 trillion in April 2007 by the Bank for International Settlements.^[2] Since then, the market has continued to grow. According to Euromoney's annual FX Poll, volumes grew a further 41% between 2007 and 2008.^[3]

The purpose of FX market is to facilitate trade and investment. The need for a foreign exchange market arises because of the presence of multifarious international currencies such as US Dollar, Pound Sterling, etc., and the need for trading in such currencies.

Types of money

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. psYchO) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:36:00 -0700

Types of money

In economics, money is a broad term that refers to any financial instrument that can fulfill the functions of money (detailed above). Modern monetary theory distinguishes among different types of monetary aggregates, using a categorization system that focuses on the liquidity of the financial instrument used as money.

Commodity money

Main article: Commodity money

Commodity money value comes from the commodity out of which it is made. The commodity itself constitutes the money, and the money is the commodity.^[10] Examples of commodities that have been used as mediums of exchange include gold, silver, copper, rice, salt, peppercorns, large stones, decorated belts, shells, alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, candy, barley, etc. These items were sometimes used in a metric of perceived value in conjunction to one another, in various commodity valuation or Price System economies. Use of commodity money is similar to barter, but a commodity money provides a simple and automatic unit of account for the commodity which is being used as money.

Representative money

Main article: Representative money

Representative money is money that consists of token coins, other physical tokens such as certificates, and even non-physical "digital certificates" (authenticated digital transactions) that can be reliably exchanged for a fixed quantity of a commodity such as gold, silver or potentially water, oil or food. Representative money thus stands in direct and fixed relation to the commodity which backs it, while not itself being composed of that commodity.

Banknotes from all around the world donated by visitors to the British Museum, London.

Credit money

Main article: Credit money

Credit money is any claim against a physical or legal person that can be used for the purchase of goods and services.^[10] Credit money differs from commodity and fiat money in two ways: It is not payable on demand (although in the case of fiat money, "demand payment" is a purely symbolic act since all that can be demanded is other types of fiat currency) and there is some element of risk that the real value upon fulfillment of the claim will not be equal to real value expected at the time of purchase.^[10]

This risk comes about in two ways and affects both buyer and seller.

First it is a claim and the claimant may default (not pay). High levels of default have destructive supply side effects. If manufacturers and service providers do not receive payment for the goods they produce, they will not have the resources to buy the labor and materials needed to produce new goods and services. This reduces supply, increases prices and raises unemployment, possibly triggering a period of stagflation. In extreme cases, widespread defaults can cause a lack of confidence in lending institutions and lead to economic depression. For example, abuse of credit arrangements is considered one of the significant causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s.^[11]

The second source of risk is time. Credit money is a promise of future payment. If the interest rate on the claim fails to compensate for the combined impact of the inflation (or deflation) rate and the time value of money, the seller will receive less real value than anticipated. If the interest rate on the claim overcompensates, the buyer will pay more than expected.

The process of fractional-reserve banking has a cumulative effect of money creation by banks.

Fiat money

Main article: Fiat money

Fiat money is any money whose value is determined by legal means. The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government's order (fiat) that it must be accepted as a means of payment.^[12] ^[13]

Fiat money is created when a type of credit money (typically notes from a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve System in the U.S.) is declared by a government act (fiat) to be acceptable and officially-recognized payment for all debts, both public and private. Fiat money may thus be symbolic of a commodity or a government promise, though not a completely specified amount of either of these. Fiat money is thus not technically fungible or tradable directly for fixed quantities of anything, except more of the same government's fiat money. Fiat moneys usually trade against each other in value in an international market, as with other goods. An exception to this is when currencies are locked to each other, as explained below. Many but not all fiat moneys are accepted on the international market as having value. Those that are trade indirectly against any internationally available goods and services ^[10]. Thus the number of U.S. dollars or Japanese yen which are equivalent to each other, or to a gram of gold metal, are all market decisions which change from moment to moment on a daily basis. Occasionally, a country will peg the value of its fiat money to that of the fiat money of a larger economy: for example the Belize dollar trades in fixed proportion (at 2:1) to the U.S. dollar, so there is no floating value ratio of the two currencies.

Fiat money, if physically represented in the form of currency (paper or coins) can be easily damaged or destroyed. However, here fiat money has an advantage over representative or commodity money, in that the same laws that created the money can also define rules for its replacement in case of damage or destruction. For example, the U.S. government will replace mutilated federal reserve notes (U.S. fiat money) if at least half of the physical note can be reconstructed, or if it can be otherwise proven to have been destroyed.^[14] By contrast, commodity money which has been destroyed or lost is gone.

Money supply

Main article: Money supply

The money supply is the amount of money within a specific economy available for purchasing goods or services. The supply in the US is usually considered as four escalating categories M0, M1, M2 and M3. The categories grow in size with M3 representing all forms of money (including credit) and M0 being just base money (coins, bills, and central bank deposits). M0 is also money that can satisfy private banks' reserve requirements. In the US, the Federal Reserve is responsible for controlling the money supply, while in the Euro area the respective institution is the European Central Bank. Other central banks with significant impact on global finances are the Bank of Japan, People's Bank of China and the Bank of England.

When gold is used as money, the money supply can grow in either of two ways. First, the money supply can increase as the amount of gold increases by new gold mining at about 2% per year, but it can also increase more during periods of gold rushes and discoveries, such as when Columbus discovered the new world and brought gold back to Spain, or when gold was discovered in California in 1848. This kind of increase helps debtors, and causes inflation, as the value of gold goes down. Second, the money supply can increase when the value of gold goes up. This kind of increase in the value of gold helps savers and creditors and is called deflation, where items for sale are less expensive in terms of gold. Deflation was the more typical situation for over a century when gold and credit money backed by gold were used as money in the US from 1792 to 1913.

Monetary policy

Main article: Monetary policy

Monetary policy is the process by which a government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the money supply to achieve specific goals. Usually the goal of monetary policy is to accommodate economic growth in an environment of stable prices. For example, it is clearly stated in the Federal Reserve Act that the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee should seek “to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.”^[15]

A failed monetary policy can have significant detrimental effects on an economy and the society that depends on it. These include hyperinflation, stagflation, recession, high unemployment, shortages of imported goods, inability to export goods, and even total monetary collapse and the adoption of a much less efficient barter economy. This happened in Russia, for instance, after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Governments and central banks have taken both regulatory and free market approaches to monetary policy. Some of the tools used to control the money supply include:

changing the interest rate at which the government loans or borrows money
currency purchases or sales
increasing or lowering government borrowing
increasing or lowering government spending
manipulation of exchange rates
raising or lowering bank reserve requirements
regulation or prohibition of private currencies
taxation or tax breaks on imports or exports of capital into a country

For many years much of monetary policy was influenced by an economic theory known as monetarism. Monetarism is an economic theory which argues that management of the money supply should be the primary means of regulating economic activity. The stability of the demand for money prior to the 1980s was a key finding of Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz^[16] supported by the work of David Laidler^[17], and many others.

The nature of the demand for money changed during the 1980s owing to technical, institutional, and legal factors and the influence of monetarism has since decreased.