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Shares and Indices
ASX Share CFDs: Timing Entry: “The professionals close the market”?
Traditionally, one of the long-lasting market clichés is that the “amateurs open the market the professionals close it”. Although this may be a little simplistic, there is no doubt that commonly trading volume in equity markets is at it’s highest at the beginning and the end of the day, but of course there are active market participants thr...
Share CFDs: Know Your Costs
Many traders have the prudent approach that treats trading as you would a business. A critical component of this is to have a thorough knowledge of your expenditure in relation to your trading activity. With Share CFDs these are potentially fourfold, namely: Your cost of trading (e.g. brokerage) Your cost of holding a position The...
Share CFDs: Know the costs.
Many traders have the prudent approach that treats trading as you would a business. A critical component of this is to have a thorough knowledge of your expenditure related to your trading activity. With Share CFDs these are potentially fourfold namely: a. Your cost of trading (e.g. brokerage) b. Your cost of holding a position c. T...
Dividends and ASX Share CFDs
Trading Share CFDs gives you exposure to the movement of underlying shares. There are a few issues that are specific to Share CFDs and differ from for example trading Forex or commodity CFDS. One of these issues is that of company dividends. This article aims to clarify the potential impact of dividends of the CFD trader. How do dividend...
ASX200: the Top 5
Alphates recently announced the addition of ASX (Australia Securities Exchange) Share CFDs to the product offering, increasing the number of instruments available to its clients to over 250, which also includes Forex, Commodities, Indices. The latest addition will enable clients to trade multiple assets from one single platform. In this article...
Alphates Launches ASX Share CFDs; Flags Release of US Shares CFDs
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – 27 March 2019. Alphates is pleased to add ASX shares to its CFD product range, increasing the number of instruments available to more than 250. With a previous focus towards Margin FX (Forex), CFD commodities and Indices, the move is expected to open the door to traders seeking multiple assets within a single platform. ...
Earnings Report: Brambles Limited
The Logistics Company has reported a 27% decline in net profit (after tax) for the six months ended 31 December. The drop in profit is mainly due to higher costs on: Fuel Transport Brexit-proofing costs. The company was also deprived of the one-off tax benefit of US$130 million from a year ago. Below is a summary of key metrics: Sour...
Boeing and Facebook Earnings
Boeing (BA) The Aerospace giant beat estimates and reported a record $101.1bn revenue for the year 2018. It is the first time that the company reports more than $100bn as annual revenue. Below is a summary of the fourth quarter earnings. Record revenue of $28.3 billion and record operating profit of $4.2 billion driven by higher volume Reco...
Apple’s First Quarter Results
Today, Apple reported its First Quarter Results which was largely in-line with expectations, except for the iPhone revenue, which that fell slightly short of estimates. Quarterly revenue came at $84.3bn instead of $83.97bn forecasted. Compared to the year-ago quarter, it is a 5% decline. iPhone Revenue declined by 15% from the previous ye...
‘FAANG’ Stocks and Their Role In The Markets
If you follow any form of financial market publication, news source or have ever watched 15 minutes of Bloomberg, then you will undoubtedly have heard the term ‘FAANG’ stocks. But what does ‘FAANG’ mean? In simple terms, it is the acronym for the shares of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet inc.) Coined due to...
Amazon Acquired Market-Cap Title
After a turbulent year for the technology giants, Amazon was crowned leader of the technology sector by market capitalisation on Monday. It has surpassed Microsoft to become the “New King in Town”. Technology stocks have been the primary driver of the global stock markets in the past decade. The overall performance of the tech se...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Source: Bloomberg Terminal For the traders returning from the Christmas break, the sudden surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is probably the main event of significance to monitor. Major US equity benchmarks experienced the biggest daily gain in a decade. Until recently, those benchmarks were flirting with the bear market levels. What has ...
Is Trump the Santa Stock Markets Need?
Without any doubt it was a difficult year for the stock markets. Recently nearly all equity indices have erased their 2018 gains. October has also lived up to its reputation in being the worst month for equities. The stock markets bled red, and investors were anxious and cautious. The equity markets have gone through their longest bull run, an...
October Stock Market Volatility – The Myth
The Psychological effect behind the Stock Markets’ Most Volatile Month. Generally, the volatility in October has been well-above average, and this does have a psychological effect on investors’ minds. The biggest market crashes – Black Monday/Tuesday and other turmoil had occurred in October making it the “Jinx Month”. The sharp an...
A Rise in U.S Bond Yields
Is rising bond yields bad news for the equity markets? Bond yields are an important indicator to gauge the direction of equities. They have an inverse relationship which explains why the stocks markets were in a sea of red when the US 10 -Yr Treasury yields soared to multi-year highs on Wednesday. The catalysts behind the surge in yields are mai...