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What is the FX Carry Trade? A carry trade is a trading strategy at the core of active currency management. It sees an investor borrow capital in a currency that has a low interest environment, such as Japan (0.75%), and invest the borrowed funds into a currency where there is a high interest rate, such…
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The FT reported ‘almost a third of UK investors aged over 55 have never heard of exchange traded funds’, which stands in dichotomy to the proposition that ‘an overwhelming 89% of millennials say ETFs are their investment vehicle of choice’, stated by Bloomberg. Evidence substantiates that the major contradiction between age demographics is most pronounced…
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SWEDEN (SEK) An up-and-coming theme in FX markets for 2026 may be the actual outperformance of Scandinavian currencies led by Sweden, with the Swedish krona (SEK) set to compete against the euro and the dollar. This is building on significant gains already established from 2025, where SEK was one of the best-performing G10 currencies in…
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An FX chart is a visual tool to show a currency pair’s past price movements. The map of its movements can be used to predict its future changes, in which to enact speculation, hedging, or arbitrage. Candlestick charts originated as a measurement tool in Japan in the 18th century to anticipate the price of rice. Charles…
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What are Options? Options are a type of financial instrument called a derivative. They derive their value from an underlying asset, such as stocks (e.g. a single stock such as TSLA – Tesla), a stock market index (e.g. NDX, the NASDAQ-100), or exchange-traded fund (SPY – S&P 500 ETF). An option is crucially a contract;…
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Derivatives are financial contracts where the value is derived from an underlying asset, such as a stock, bond, interest rate, commodity, or index. Derivatives are used to manage risk through hedging, speculate on the underlying price movements, or trade with leverage, without having to buy the asset itself. Derivatives come in the form of options…
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14th January, 2026 Well Fargo’s path to stability, following the annulment of their asset cap, is not looking so straightforward. This is in lieu of their Q4 financial data being published on January 14th. Where the bank reported it missed its profit estimates, with shares subsiding 4.8% to a share price of $89. It’s been…
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