Archive for August, 2007

How does an exchange rate affect the businesses directly?

Like all other trading markets of the capital world the forex rates are also subjected to volatility on account of various parameters like demand & supply, investment flow etc.
Due to such volatility the cost & revenue budgeting of the importers and exporters of various goods and services get affected.
The affect is due to the change […]

Repo rates and reverse repo rates

Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to the other banks.

The reverse repo rate is the rate at which the other banks park their excess funds with the central bank. The reverse repo rate is always lower than the repo rate and is generally equal to the lending rate […]

Foreign exchange traders

Forex traders are classified in line with their decision making tools. Broadly they fall into two categories –
Fundamental traders are those who base their trading on fundamental indicators like macro and micro economic information, interest rates, money supply and political stability. They are mainly long term traders and like to hold on to their positions.
Technical […]

Things you should know before you invest

Investment is a decision that all of us have been or would be confronted with at one or the other point of time.

Let us look at what all should be considered while making an investment:

Risk appetite

First define you risk appetite. What is the quantum of risk that you are ready to take? […]

Forex charts

Chart is one of the many tools frequently used technical tools for interpreting the market movements with respect to volumes and pricing:

Candlestick chart
Bar charts
Line charts
Point and Figure Chart
Kagi Chart
Three Line Break Chart
Tick Charts

Further all of such charts are classified into different timeframes

60 second charts or The One Minute charts
The Five, Ten and Fifteen Minute charts
Thirty […]