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2011-08-01 07:15:11 A "glittering" bubble: Where is gold, at a record high, heading next?
The world's interest in gold seems to be intensifying. Since 2000, the price of gold has surged more than five times from some US$300 per ounce to more than US$1,600 now. This multi-year, unprecedented boom has created vigorous debate as members of the investment communities differ among themselves on the validity of this surge, its importance in asset allocation and ultimately, whether or not gold, as an investment, will continue to shine.

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2011-02-17 03:42:22 Inflation - A Risk to Recovery
Year 2011 is going to be plagued by inflationary pressures worldwide due to the spiral effect of the government's attempt to resuscitate the economy during the financial crisis in 2008.

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2010-09-13 03:27:17 Latest BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey
Turnover on the Global Foreign Exchange market from the April 2010 survey.

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2010-05-13 01:54:10 China and the SDR
In recent months China has constantly persuaded the world to adopt a new global currency, the SDR (Special Drawing Rights), and encourage the international use of the Chinese Yuan.

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2010-01-14 17:29:28 Alpha in FX
Alpha is defined as the non-market-related component of the return (beta is the linear return from market exposure). Alpha is a quest by fund managers to generate higher returns from the underlying benchmark.

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2010-01-11 04:27:59 Beyond G7 (EMFX)
EMFX is an acronym widely used in financial markets, especially the currency markets, to describe collectively the currencies of the emerging markets.

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2010-01-06 07:31:07 Algorithmic Trading
A growing number of traders employ sophisticated and proprietary algorithmic or 'black-box' strategies and may trade with high frequency. These trading methods are driven by faster and faster computerized models which make sub-second execution decisions across multiple markets. Speed is of the essence in such a trading environment.

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