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Risk Management Explained

Risk management is critical in the retail brokerage space because it ensures that financial institutions operate in a safe and sound manner while also protecting their clients’ interests. Risk management in this context refers to the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks that a retail brokerage may face, as well as the implementation of risk-mitigation […]

Dollar Advance and Uneven Risk Trends Amplify USDMXN, USDHKD, USDINR and USDTRY

Dollar, Emerging Markets, Peso, Hong Kong Dollar, Lira and Rupee Talking Points: The Market Perspective: USDHKD Range Bound Below 7.8500 The charge in risk trends through January has come on hard times recently, leading assets like indices to drop and regions like the EM to ease; in turn EM currencies have been hit USDHKD is […]

Upside risk to XAU/USD forecast of $1,850 at year’s end – Commerzbank

Gold price surged by $30 immediately after the Fed’s meeting on Wednesday evening and reached $1,960 the following day. Economists at Commerzbank see upside risks to their XAU/USD year-end forecast of $1,850. US interest rate outlook to remain the more important driver “The US interest rate outlook is likely to remain the more important driver […]

Dollar Major Recovery Becomes a Real Risk After a Surprisingly Strong US Payrolls Report |

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Dollar bounces as weak tech earnings damp risk appetite By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com — The dollar traded higher early in Europe on Friday, after weak earnings from three of Silicon Valley’s largest companies damped risk appetite more broadly. Amazon (NASDAQ:), Apple (NASDAQ:) and Google owner Alphabet (NASDAQ:), all saw their stocks fall after their reports for the final quarter of the year, […]

Dollar flat ahead of Fed decision; risk of hawkish push-back seen By Investing.com

© Reuters By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — The dollar was flat in early trading on Wednesday in Europe, with the markets becalmed ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision later. By 03:10 ET (08:10 GMT), the , which tracks the greenback against a basket of advanced economy currencies, was at $101.84, down less than […]

Super-Apps: Are Banks at Risk?

Super-apps empower users to new heights as they allow them to conveniently perform a plethora of tasks in one single app on their phone including payments and investing, so could banks’ concerns regarding fintechs and neobanks have been misguided? AloGatewayis a Global payment processing service and solutions provider able to cater to a multitude of […]

Australian retail sales data due today – “risk firmly to the downside”

Australian retail sales data are due at 0030 GMT (this is 1930 US ET and 11.30am in Sydney): Snippet from National Australia Bank’s preview: Shifting seasonal patterns put the risk firmly to the downside in our view, and NAB pencils in a -1.0%, but with high uncertainty. Black Friday pulling spending into November drove the […]

The Week Ahead – Risk taker

EURUSD rallies as ECB may remain firm The euro climbs as the ECB is catching up with its policy normalisation. The central bank is set to raise its key rate by 50 bps this week. The main driver of volatility will be its forward guidance as the debate on the pace of […]