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The uneasiness of leveraged based trading
By Investment Moats  •  January 21, 2015
Last Thursday the Swiss National Bank decided to abandon its currency ceiling against the Euro. What was a rather low volatile relationship between the Swiss Franc and the Euro turn out to be a crazy 20% change in a single day. The significance of this move is that, different asset classes across different segments move with different volatility. In the case of equities it can be 1 to 3% for a Singapore equities market index, and in the great financial crisis perhaps 5-8%.  In some other countries such as China in the last few weeks, we seen a 7% move in a single day. In the case of currency pairs, 20% are rather rare. In Singapore, forex trading have become very popular as an active way for folks with skill to build wealth, so much so that there are many training institutes or classes sprouting up to teach people ......
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By Investment Moats
Investment Moats is set up by Kyith Ng and have been around since 2005. He aims to share his experiences making sense of money, how money works and ways to grow his money. It hopes that by sharing his experiences, both good and bad, season investors can advice and critique his decisions and new investors can learn from them and find their own style ...
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