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Daire Ferguson

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How can traders beat inflation?

Around the world, inflation rates are surging, rising to near unprecedented levels. Last month, it was revealed that inflation in the UK had surged, hitting a 40-year high of nine per cent. What’s more, inflation in the Eurozone hit a new record high of over eight per cent, while the Federal Reserve recently raised its benchmark policy rate by 0.7...

22 June 2022 /wealth /markets Personal Finance

How can traders manage risk?

Trading has the potential to be incredibly lucrative. Whether you’re trading stocks, commodities, forex, or cryptocurrencies, all these financial markets offer the potential for explosive growth. However, it can be challenging to assess which direction the market will move in, especially when it comes to executing short-term trades where unknown f...

19 April 2022 /wealth /markets Personal Finance

How online trading changed in 2020 and what’s in store for 2021

It is fair to say that although recent years have seen a series of unpredictable social and political events triggering market volatility, the dramatic price swings we have experienced since the start of 2020 have been unlike anything seen before in our generation. The outbreak of COVID-19, the enforced national lockdowns followed by the global ec...

17 February 2021 /markets /covid-19 Personal Finance

Social trading: the latest way to trade?

As of 2019, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 144 minutes per day, up from 142 minutes in the previous year. Given the whirlwind year that 2020 has been, with so many people stuck at home, it seems likely that the most recent data will be even higher. Social media provides a useful way for us to keep in c...

24 December 2020 /markets /predictions Trends in Financial Services

Online trading on the rise amid increased market volatility during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives. Setting aside the health implications, twelve months ago we could have had no idea that the way we work and socialise would change so dramatically. In the world of trading, we’ve seen further market volatility – on top of the political shifts like Brexit and talks of trade wars and prote...

22 October 2020 /markets /covid-19 Fintech

How options trading has evolved for the masses

Over the last few years, the practice of options trading has grown substantially. This growth has coincided with a series of unpredictable political and social events, which have caused high levels of volatility across currency and commodities markets. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump in the US, and now the ongoing global pandemic, have led to...

05 August 2020 Fintech

Profit and protect: how to benefit from market volatility without jeopardising your assets

Over recent years, unpredictable political and social events have given way to high levels of volatility in the foreign exchange (FX) market. From Brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, the past four years alone have seen strong and frequent market reactions. For instance, 2016 was fraught with political disruption, with both Brexit and Donald Trump’...

08 July 2020 /markets Fintech