Global Briefing

FXCM: Founded in 1999 in New York, FXCM is a leading global provider of foreign exchange trading and related services. It provides services through its own online trading platforms and through third-party platforms such as MetaTrader 4. FXCM allows retail and institutional clients to speculate on global foreign exchange markets…

KBL European Private Bankers: Founded in 1949, KBL European Private Bankers engages its clients in dialogue, provides them with independent investment advice, and strives to meet their evolving needs through a range of tailor-made services and products. It provides a range of investment solutions through its Global Investor Services, Global…

eToro is the world’s leading social investment network, enabling clients to tap into the wisdom of crowds to help them make smarter investment decisions. Founded in 2007 in Israel, it has developed flexible simple-to-use trading platforms that provide fast and easy access to the financial markets. It operates the largest…

The US dollar continues to dominate global forex markets in late summer and we would hesitate to call an end to the declines just yet. However, signs are emerging that the pound sterling could be about to put an end to what has become a rather protracted…

Nothing new on the price front for everyone’s favourite cryptocurrency. Bitcoin rallied to a high of $517.85 today but toward the close BTC/USD fell back down to the $510 figure. We are still trading well inside the $50 range mentioned in our daily roundup yesterday. Until we break…

Crude oil faced a bumpy session in US trading overnight on the back of the DOE’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report. As suggested in yesterday’s commodities report; another greater-than-anticipated drawdown in total stocks would likely prove insufficient to yield a recovery for WTI. Indeed, the benchmark seemed to take its guidance…