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Investor, Trader, Speculator

You may wonder what would be the difference between an investor, a trader, or a speculator. While there is no exact border between these terms there are certainly some qualifications that make them distinct from each other.

Spot FX, Forward FX, Futures FX, and Options FX

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When we refer to the Forex market we usually refer to the Spot FX or Spot Forex market. The Spot FX is a large Over The Counter (OTC) market that consists of thousands of Interbanks, institutional investors/traders, brokerage firms, and millions of retail traders. This market refers to the cash market of Forex. Although the Spot FX contracts settle within 2 days of the contract they are based on the current global price of the currencies. What you actually pay to purchase a currency against sell...
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Dollar flat, Asia stocks waver before Fed meeting

The dollar steadied on Tuesday while Asian stocks wavered as investors turned cautious ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve although Abu Dhabi's decision to throw a lifeline to Dubai continued to bolster risk appetite.
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Gold climbs as dollar resumes downtrend

Gold prices made a moderate advance on Monday after news that Abu Dhabi agreed to back some of Dubai's debt pressured the dollar and lifted higher-yielding currencies such as the euro.
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Citi to raise $20 billion capital to repay U.S.

Citigroup laid out a plan to repay the money it owes the U.S. government, including issuing about $20 billion of capital, as the bank looks to end the executive pay restrictions that came with the funds.
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French loan to promote education, investment

President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday the French state would raise 35 billion euros ($51.33 billion) to fund strategic investments in the coming months, with the priority given to higher education and training.
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Obama takes bankers to task, demands results

President Barack Obama told top U.S. bankers on Monday they owed the country their help in lifting the economy out of crisis and implored them to lend more money and get behind financial reforms.
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Obama to take bankers to task in meeting

President Barack Obama planned to get tough with executives from top U.S. banks on Monday and tell them that they must help lift the country out of the economic crisis they helped to create.
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China's HiSoft, NeoPhotonics eye U.S. IPOs in 2010 -investor

A Chinese IT outsourcing company and an optical components maker are aiming to select investment banks in the next two weeks with the goal of making U.S. initial public offerings by as soon as the first half of 2010, one of their investors said on Monday.
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Citi to repay U.S. government funds

Citigroup laid out a plan to repay the money it owes the U.S. government, including issuing $17 billion of stock immediately, as the bank looks to end the executive pay restrictions that came with the funds.
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Citi to pay back U.S. government funds

Citigroup said on Monday that it had reached a deal with U.S. regulators to repay $20 billion of shares held by the government by issuing $17 billion of stock and allowing it to exit the TARP program in 2010.
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Wall St set to rise on Dubai bailout, Citi TARP deal

Wall Street was set to rise at the open on Monday as Abu Dhabi moved to bail out neighboring Dubai, winding down fears of a potential default that had rattled markets, and as Citigroup Inc reached a deal to pay back $20 billion of U.S. government funds.
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Brazilian Finance sells stake to Zell's Equity

Brazilian Finance, controlled by Ourinvest Real Estate Holding and hedge fund firm TPG-Axon Capital Management, will issue new common and preferred stock to Coyote Trail LLC, a unit of Equity International, for an undisclosed sum.
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Dubai bailout, Citi TARP deal lift futures

U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as Abu Dhabi moved to bail out neighboring Dubai, winding down fears of a potential default that had rattled markets, and as Citigroup Inc reached a deal to pay back $20 billion of U.S. government funds.
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Bullish Belt-Hold Lines

Belt-Hold Line is a one candle pattern. It is basically a long real body with zero size or insignificant lower and/or upper shadows. The bullish belt-hold line pattern consists of a long white body (i.e. a bullish candle). If this pattern appears at the bottom of a down trend it could be a reversal sign with bullish implications (see image).
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Harami

The word Harami in Japanese means pregnant. A Harami candle formation is a two candlestick pattern. In an ideal form the first candle has a longreal body and the second candle is a spinning top . The real body of the second candle is located within the body of the first candle. In other words open and close of the second candle are within the open and close of the first candle. The Harami pattern is similar to the inside day Western pattern. If the second candle is adoji then Harami is called ...
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Morgan Stanley hires ex-Merrill COO Fleming

Morgan Stanley said on Sunday it hired former Merrill Lynch President and Chief Operating Officer Gregory Fleming to run its investment management group, the latest in a string of executive level changes.
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Gold off 4-week lows as dollar dip supports

Gold prices rose and moved away from four-week lows on Monday as the dollar reversed course and dipped against a basket of major currencies, paring gains made after upbeat U.S. economic data late last week.
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Stock futures signal gains after Dubai bailout

Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.59 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.39 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.49 percent.

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