100% equity portfolios, 100% bond portfolios and 100% property portfolios are patently a thing. But you never hear investors talking about a ‘100% commodity’ portfolio. Do they exist in reality …
Investing for an 8% Income Yield From Your Portfolio
Income investing can feel more satisfying than growth investing because as an investor you can target investments with particular income profiles and yields and have a clearer expectation of what …
7 Top FX Brokers to Trade With
Forex is an impeccable and thrilling market where one can earn a lot of money through a variety of trading features. You have to deal with the best FX brokers …
B2C Fintech – how banking and FX are leading it
Financial technology is one of the fastest-growing industries on the market, it is frequently referred to simply as fintech and it is a force that has the potential of changing different …
Strategic Investments In Response to the Pandemic
Life, as we knew it, completely changed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. From preferences to habits to how humans socialize, it brought about a change in everything. The …
What to Look For When Choosing a Financial Service Provider
State and federal securities laws oblige investment advisers, brokers, and their companies to be registered or licensed and to make crucial information available to the public. It’s the responsibility of …
Investors Can Get a Taste of the FAANGs
The US technology giants have been among the biggest winners from the accelerating digitisation in the workplace and across the economy driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, but doubts are starting …
Advantages and Disadvantages of Trading on the FX Market
With trillions of dollars getting traded on it, the Foreign Exchange (FX) market is arguably the largest financial market in the world. For professional traders looking for an opportunity to …
4 Types of Economic Reports Influencing the Strength of the Euro
If a trader is seeking trade-worthy news, he or she should concentrate on those that detail the economy of their countries. FX traders prefer to give economic news from Germany …
Investing in Frontier Markets – Is it Worth the Risk?
Frontier markets are, like the name suggests, on the fringes of the comfort zones of even experienced equity investors. In this article we’ll explain what are frontier markets, how can …
Comprehensive List of Frontier Market Economies
A companion to our article about investing in frontier markets, we’ve analysis the composition of several leading frontier market indices (2021) and summarised the results below. There is no generally …
Is Investing Gambling? Both Sides of the Debate
Investing is occasionally referred to as gambling. A Google search for ‘stock market’ and ‘casino’ yields over 51,000,000 results. We’ll present the arguments on both sides of the question ‘is …
Cryptocurrency In The UK: 10 Things Investors Need To Know
Unlike traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies are different because they’re based on peer-to-peer technology. Plus, the value of these digital currencies is affected by the demand and supply on the market. Fiat …
Here’s How You Can Eliminate Revenue Leakage Today
In an ideal world, it would be easy for a business to stay on top of its profitability situation and not bleed cash because of delays or inefficiencies. But in reality, …
5 Basic Ways Investing in Forex Differs From Stocks – How To Opt for the Right One?
With the increasing number of investors all around the world, the diversity of instruments for trading are noticeably expanding as well. For novice traders, apart from the evident concern of …
Finding Out What’s Letting Down Your Trading – And When It’s Time To Change Strategy
Before you even download your first trading app or set foot in a physical exchange, know this: trading is complex, unpredictable, and sometimes stressful. However, it can also be extremely lucrative! …
Crypto Market vs. Stock Market- Top 3 Differentiations
With terms like bitcoin, crypto exchanges, blockchain, ether, and many others, the cryptocurrency trading market has gained enormous popularity in the past few years. With the increasing dependency on the …
Why Is The Price Of Ethereum Going Up?
As with any currency, cryptocurrency is subject to peaks and troughs with value. However, it can be quite volatile at times, meaning the value can dramatically change at the drop …
An Introduction to ‘Safe-Haven’ Currencies
The global forex market is renowned for its inherent volatility, with currencies widely traded as derivative assets that enable investors to speculate on price movements rather than assuming ownership of …
Types Of MT4 Expert Advisors
MetaTrader 4 is the biggest forex trading platform for traders worldwide. So, it is important to know about the best MetaTrader indicators that can help you generate trading ideas. Expert …
The Top Venture Capital Trusts in the UK
Venture Capital Trusts, also known as VCTs (see definition) are collective investment vehicles, which use investor funds to make unlisted equity investments. Venture Capital Trusts provide access to a diverse …
Investing in Ethereum vs Bitcoin
When it comes to the most popular investment approaches of today, cryptocurrency represents a group of assets that have exploded in popularity. Whether or not you believe the hype, there …
How to Become an Angel Investor
Are you curious about investing in high-growth businesses in the start-up phase? Do you want to take the risks and enjoy the rewards of having equity stakes in small businesses? …
What is a Forex Calculator and How Can it Help Forex Traders?
Given the liquidity of the forex market and the fact that an estimated $6.6 trillion is traded in global currencies every single day, it makes sense that investors should make …
How are Bitcoins valued?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve probably heard of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a digital currency that does not exist in any kind of physical form. Unlike …
Forex Volatility Ahead: How to Protect Your GBP Capital and Future
We live in turbulent times and it’s no wonder that currency markets are deeply affected by the global economic crisis. Even the Pound Sterling (GBP), which used to be one …
5 Financial SaaS Metrics Explained
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” – Lord Kelvi. What’s common among Markafoni, Omni, and GroupSpaces? These are startups that failed due to premature scaling. According to …
Do Day Trading Strategies and Blueprints work?
Welcome to a supplementary article to our beginner’s guide to day trading. Day trading is difficult, more much difficult than many online marketers would have you believe. But do day trading …
How Much Money Do you Need to Begin Day Trading?
How much money do you need to begin day trading? This is a common question, asked by beginners who are keen to understand if they have enough cash to run …
How Easy or Difficult is Day Trading?
If you look online to find out how easy or difficult is day trading, you will probably come across a lot of marketing material. These may be ads for training …
The Drawbacks of Day Trading
Many ‘get rich quick’ schemes on the web currently holding up day trading as an easy way to make a quick buck. But there are drawbacks of day trading that these …
Day Trading – A Beginners Guide
Day trading is a fast-paced, technically demanding and potentially lucrative form of investing. It carries prestige and risk in equal measure. This is the Financial Expert beginners guide to day …
How to Trade Forex – A Beginners Guide
How to trade forex is a science, rather than an art form. This beginners guide on how to trade forex will introduce you to the forex markets and explain how …
How to Fix Your Credit After Filing for Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a very serious matter, but it isn’t the end of the world. Although filing for bankruptcy can hurt your credit for a long time, there’s a way to …
Forex trading order types: what are they and how can I use them?
In a market that is as volatile and liquid as the forex trading markets are, you need to always be on top of your game to respond to the changing market conditions. That is not …
EIS – Enterprise Investment Schemes Explained
Introduced in 1 January 1994. The EIS scheme replaced the ‘Business Expansion Scheme’ (BES), which was more lucrative and covered some less risky companies. While EIS hasn’t been as popular …
Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) Explained
A venture capital trust is similar to an investment trust. They provide investors with generous tax incentives to encourage investment in a variety of small, unlisted companies. Disclaimer: Please note …
End of the Trend Strategy
When a trend reverses, it can happen in a number of ways. It could simply turn around, without any warning. In most instances a parabolic price run up is needed, …
What to Look For in a Forex Broker
If you’re thinking of signing up to a forex broker for the first time, there are a few things that you should know and some that you should look out …
Further Venture Capital Platform Review
This Further Venture Capital Platform Review is a placeholder page about an upcoming product that is not yet available. Information is based upon the little publicly available information about Further …
Is Oil Doomed or Poised for Recovery?
The oil industry has had a profoundly interesting year to date, and one that is changing many people’s perspectives on oil as a commodity. The reality is that the spread …
How to Invest In Gold Using 7 Methods
In this guide on how to invest in gold, I’ll explain and review 7 different ways of investing in gold. Some gold investment methods are more cost-effective than others, while …
Are Commodity Prices Affected by a Recession?
Commodity prices are volatile and difficult to predict, however we have built up an understanding of how commodity prices react to changes in the economic environment. This knowledge still doesn’t …
Commodities Trading
This article about commodities trading is applicable worldwide unless stated otherwise. Investing in commodities is a risky and speculative activity, which may cause you to lose more capital than you originally invested …
The 3 Levels of Protection of Structured Products
As we explain in our guide to structured products, there are three different categories of investment, as defined by how much protection they claim to offer the investor. 100% protection …
How to Become a Financial Adviser (UK)
Becoming a financial adviser is a very rewarding experience. A financial planning career can provide you with a rich and varied experience that you would expect from a highly professionalised …
Structured Products Checklist: What you Need to Know
As we explain in our guide to investing in structured products, these interesting investments can be complex beasts. This article serves as a checklist of all the information you need …
Guide to Investing in Gold Bullion Coins
For the people out there who want to hold a small sum of gold, but don’t want to break the bank, investing in gold bullion coins could be a solution. …
What is a Hedge Fund?
Hedge funds are pooled investments, where a number of investors entrust their money to a fund manager, who invests in various traded securities. Hedge fund managers will use active fund …
What is a Sophisticated Investor?
If you have recently chosen a stockbroker or signed up for a peer to peer lending platform, you may have been asked to certify whether you are a ‘Sophisticated Investor.’ …
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