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What is an investment portfolio? An investment portfolio is a set of financial and real assets, which the investor selects in various proportions in order to gain maximum profit or diversify risks. The quantity and composition of assets that make up an investment portfolio depend on the investor's experience and interests. For example, a portfolio may contain high-yielding and risky instruments, or, conversely, instruments, transactions with which will bring less profit, but will be more reliable. More often than not, an investment portfolio is a tool of a manager, who works with clients' funds. Depending on the chosen strategy and the desired timing of profit, an investment portfolio will include certain instruments. What types of investment portfolios are there? There are.
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What is a pending Sell Limit order? A Sell Limit order is a pending order which allows you to place a sell order above the current price. In fact, by placing a Sell Limit order, you want to sell at a higher price than you are currently able to do so. Sell Limit order is standard for MetaTrader 4, it is executed at the Bid price and it is possible to apply protective StopLoss and TakeProfit orders to it. How does Sell Limit work? Having analyzed the situation on the currency market, the trader believes that the price of the asset will grow to a certain level, after which it will resume its decline. In order to sell the asset at the pivot point, the trader...
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The U.S. Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve) is the U.S. central bank, whose decisions may affect not only the U.S. economy, but the world as a whole. The explanation is simple: it is the Fed that issues the dollar USD, which remains the reserve currency and retains its paramount importance in the planetary scale. This is why the Federal Reserve gets a lot of criticism and advice on monetary policy and economic management from all over the world. History, Functions and Heads of the U.S. Federal Reserve One of the main differences between the U.S. Federal Reserve System and central banks from other countries is its independence from the government. In some ways, the Fed is controlled by Congress, which...
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The G20 Summit, or G20 Summit, is a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers of the world's 20 largest economies. The G20 also brings together representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The G20 was created at the initiative of the G8 in 1999 to address important economic issues. The G20 is joined by the European Union and 19 other countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the PRC, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA, Turkey, France, South Africa, and the Republic of Korea. The economies of these countries account for 90% of world gross national product and 80% of world trade. Summit countries represent 2/3 of the world's population. It should be noted that before 2008.
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What are federal loan bonds? Federal Loan Bonds (OFZ) are one of the types of securities in Russia that are issued by the Ministry of Finance. In essence, bonds have a standard format, their peculiarity only in the fact that the reliability of the securities is ensured by the state itself. What is the essence of federal loan bonds? Essentially, when you buy OFZs, you lend money to the government for a certain period of time. With OFZs, you'll receive coupon income (usually once every six months) for the entire term of the bond. At the end of the term, you'll receive a refund of the original cost of the bond itself. Types of Federal Loan Bonds Federal Loan Bonds are divided into several types based on the type of coupon payment and face value. By type of coupon payment...
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What is an option? Option (lat. optio - choice, desire, discretion) is a standardized contract related to the so-called derivatives or derivative financial instruments, under which the seller gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a specified asset within a certain time at a specified price. The writer of the option is then required to make a reciprocal opposite transaction in the asset in accordance with the terms of the sold option. What kind of options are there? There are three types of options: call option - an option which gives the right to buy the asset at a fixed price; put option - an option which gives the right to sell the asset at a fixed price; double option. Depending on the underlying asset and...
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What is the cross rate of currencies on the ? Cross rate is the ratio of the rates of two currencies, which is determined on the basis of their rate to the third. Since all currencies are quoted against the U.S. dollar, the third currency is the U.S. dollar. At the currency market the term cross rate characterizes currency pairs without the participation of the U.S. dollar. What are the cross rates at ? Currency cross rates can be divided into the following groups cross rates with Euro; cross rates with Yen cross rates with Pound Sterling; commodity cross rates (with Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars). Cross rates between the main hard currencies on the interbank Forex currency market have the largest trading volumes: EUR/JPY, EUR/CHF,...
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What is a time frame? A time frame is an interval of time for grouping price quotations of any instrument to create a minimum element of a price chart. Minimal elements, most often bars, are used to display price movement. What timeframes are available in MetaTrader 4? Standard timeframes for the MetaTrader 4 terminal include: 1 minute - M1 5 minutes - M5 15 minutes - M15 30 minutes - M30 1 hour - H1 4 hours - H4 1 day - D1 or Daily 1 week - W1 or Weekly 1 month - MN or Monthly In other terminals you may find timeframes in a different breakdown: M10, M20, H2,...
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What is the London Metal Exchange? The London Metal Exchange (LME, London Metal Exchange) is one of the most influential international exchanges of commodities, futures and options transactions. The exchange specializes in non-ferrous metals: copper, primary aluminum, lead, zinc, nickel, tin, aluminum alloy. In addition, the exchange trades an index contract LMEX, which includes some of the above metals. All transactions are guaranteed by the London Clearing House. Annual turnover on the LME amounts to 4,500 billion dollars. The London Metal Exchange was founded in 1877 in order to supply the market with considerable amounts of metals from abroad. Today the official LME prices are used when concluding long-term contracts...
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