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- Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:43 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
Hi Everyone, For those trading Aud/JPY, do take note of the following news: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/australia-faces-growing-risk-of-recession-in-2013/story-e6frg926-1226455183017 http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.sg/2012/08/home-sellers-get-realistic-in-australia.htm...
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:36 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
Hi archonmage, Actually just trying different margin. Is it advisable to use 2% margin instead? What do you mean by "in local contact, the margin is cap at 2% margin based on MAS rulings"? Are you referring to shares investment or forex trading? Sorry if my question sounds ridiculous. Jus...
- Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:38 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
Thank you for showing visually how to check carrying cost of a particular commodities. Now I know that the carrying cost changes daily. Was deposited with $0.05 carrying cost (3.23% annual rate) for new trade for Buying of 1,000 AUD/JPY at 81.75 using 16% margin, executed via limit order yesterday....
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
Buy 1,000 AUD/JPY at 81.984 using 24% margin, executed via limit order yesterday. Was imposed with carrying cost of $0.11 (3.33% annual rate) yesterday, could I check whether carrying cost is imposed for all forex trades? Hi, As long as you hold on to this position, you would get rough 11 cents dai...
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
Hi archonmage, Fully agreed that forex can be a form of passive income. To me, it is an additional stream of income for grocery shopping :D Looking forward to hear about your big plan, if possible, do share your thoughts early, don't need to wait until "when the time comes". Hi, Ms Eileen...
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:37 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Forex Trading
- Replies: 36
- Views: 51841
Re: Forex Trading
HI Dennis I am very new to this forum. All the seniors are talking about investing in Property and Stocks. How about forex trading? Shall we also consider this as part of our investment since it is most liquid and can trade 24/5 every week? thanks jimmylu :mrgreen: Hi, Jimmy Lu. I do not encourage ...
- Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:41 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Traditional Endowement Plans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7282
Re: Traditional Endowement Plans
You can invest in regular small amount through: 1. POEMS Share Builder plan. http://www.poems.com.sg/financialservices/sbpFAQ.asp?value=sbp 2. regular investment eg. S$300 into ETF through CFD (CMC Markets allow zero leverage while most CFD comes with leverage which add in risks). http://www.cmcmar...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:25 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Economic Clock
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6104
Economic Clock
Learn an interesting concept today from my mentor, The Economic Clock The economy is said to go in a cycle. The economic clock is to demonstrates this movement in a cycle to indicate when is a good time to buy certain types of investment or when not to buy. The economic clock is not to be taken as a...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:28 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: UK Traded Endowment
- Replies: 68
- Views: 111178
Re: UK Traded Endowment
Since the investment and payout is in British pound, would like to seek some advise on following. - how do we assess the currency exchange risk ? - is the long term prospect for pound stable (at least) ? Thanks for advise. nobody has crystal ball and can predict exchange rates in 5 years' time. As ...
- Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Another side of the coin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2378
Another side of the coin
Extract from FB, original link is here, http://www.facebook.com/DennisNgKW/posts/10150383209677011?cmntid=10150384776962011 Dennis:I want to thank City Development. Shorted the stock at S$10.689 and since last week it dropped by over S$1.50 to S$9.15... Alex : Hi, Dennis. I am not too sure is it a w...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:29 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Shrinking pool of safe havens
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6297
Shrinking pool of safe havens
http://sg.specials.yahoo.com/news/shrinking-pool-safe-havens-124322944.html LONDON (Reuters) - The universe for safe-haven assets is shrinking fast. A sell-off in German government bonds after a weak auction, a warning on France's triple-A rating and rising risks on U.S. credit after the collapse of...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:39 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: An indicator for the coming crisis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2725
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:43 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: What is counter-party risk?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8445
Re: What is counter-party risk?
What is counter-party risk? I don't fancy CFD of SGX stocks because they are not traded on a central exchange. Therefore, counterparty risk is relatively much higher. Agreed. Perhaps for those interested in trading CFD, they can look for local brokerage firm that offers CFD, just to name a few, Lim...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:50 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: What is counter-party risk?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8445
Re: What is counter-party risk?
What is counter-party risk? I don't fancy CFD of SGX stocks because they are not traded on a central exchange. Therefore, counterparty risk is relatively much higher. Agreed. Perhaps for those interested in trading CFD, they can look for local brokerage firm that offers CFD, just to name a few, Lim...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:29 pm
- Forum: All about Investing
- Topic: Foreign Currency
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16339
Hi, wemakebread. Yup. Oanda does offer this pair. However, at this moment, I am only focusing on carry trade. Regards, a.m. If your forex account has the pair USD/SGD, it is possible to short it! The link below is the chart of USD against SGD. It is a classic downtrend. http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/e...