Articles on Forex Markets



This article provides a basic introduction to the Forex market. It lists down the various characteristics that are unique to the Forex market and provides a brief summary regarding how they affect the trades that take place.

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This article lists down the unique features of the Forex market. It compares Forex trading with trading other financial assets in the light of these features and discusses their risk-return profile.

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This article tracks down some of the important factors which influence the determination of exchange rates. It also explains that exchange rates are relative and not absolute.

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This article explains the direct and the indirect method of giving Forex quotations. It also explains the nomenclature used for abbreviating currencies as well as conventions related to giving Forex quotations.

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This article explains the different types of orders available in the Forex market. It also explains how these different types of orders allow investors to manage the value of their holdings in a 24 by 7 environment!

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This article provides information about how Forex trading courses are conducted. It provides a list of benefits that traders would be missing on if they do not enroll in such a course. It also suggests that online courses would be more preferable if budget or time is a constraint.

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This article provides a brief introduction about the 4 major currency pairs in the world. It also provides information regarding how these currency pairs relate to other currencies.

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This article provides information about the different types of participants in the Forex market. It also explains their motives for trading currencies as well the quantum of information that they are expected to have.

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This article explains about the dollar yuan peg. It explains how this peg works and why it has been the reason for a major imbalance in the balance of trade between the United States and China.

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This article provides information about labor arbitrage and how it is affected by the Forex markets. This issue has been widely debated in the media in the recent past.

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This article explains the concept of carry trade and rollovers in great detail. It also lists down the risks that accrue as a result of carry trade and how one can mitigate such risks.

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This article provides basic information regarding Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). It also lists down the advantages and disadvantages if a Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) based system were to replace a dollar based system.

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This article explains the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. It explains how this relationship can be complex and provides an easier simplified version.

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This article explains why the dollar system provides the United States government with exorbitant privileges. The article also explains why these privileges continue despite there being a lot of resentment in the market.

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This article recaps the 1997 currency contagion that took place in Asian countries. It also lists down the causes that led to it as well as the effects that were felt as a result of the crisis.

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This article provides an introduction to the concept of currency wars. It lists down the currency wars that have happened in the past and also explains why the present situation could also be viewed as an ongoing currency war.

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This article provides a critique of the freely floating exchange rate system. It exposes the flaw that currencies are compared to each other and not to a fixed standard like gold and therefore the exchange rates provide an extremely distorted image of reality.

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This article describes the South Sea bubble. It explains how the South Sea Company had no underlying business and that it was a Ponzi scheme which was simply dependent on the share price continually rising.

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This article provides a historical account of the tulip mania. The tulip mania was the first asset bubble in recorded economic history and provides an interesting case to understand the herd mentality that prevails in the financial markets.

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This article discusses the Spanish property bubble that was created between 1990 and 2006. It explains the causes that led to rise in prices till 2006 and the fall in prices post 2008.

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This article provides a detailed account of the Madoff scandal. It attempts to explain how Madoff could have possibly pulled off a $50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme in the middle of the most regulated markets in the world!

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This article provides details about the dot com bubble of 2001. It also explains the role that the Fed i.e. the United States central bank inadvertently played in creating and bursting the bubble.

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This article discussed the Harshad Mehta scandal in detail. It discusses how Harshad Mehta could pull off such a huge scandal and what the motivations of the other parties involved were.

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This article provides information about the Ketan Parkeh scam which broke out in 2001. It compares this scam to the Harshad Mehta scam of the previous decade and draws parallels and differences.

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This article provides a brief summary of the Puerto Rican crisis which is often compared to Greece. It explains why Puerto Rico is in massive debt and also explains the severity of the current situation.

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This article describes the Israeli bank crisis of 1983. It also explains the reasons which led up to the crisis and the measures taken by the government to contain it.

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This article lists down the factors that lead to the Nordic crisis. It also explains the measures taken by the governments and central banks in the region to avert a catastrophe of this magnitude.

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This article explains the Latvian crisis. It explains the cause of the crisis and the various measures taken to overcome the crisis. It also explains how a relatively new fiscal policy called “internal devaluation” helped Latvia economy recover and even thrive after the crisis.

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This article traces the history of John Law and the Mississippi Company. It also explains how the bubble was large enough to bankrupt an entire nation and bring it to a brink of revolution.

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This article explains the concept of dollar hegemony. It explains how this hegemony benefits the United States. It also explains how this hegemony could be overthrown and the resultant effects on the economy.

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This article explains the reasons behind the price rise in Bitcoin. It also explains why most of those reasons are indicative of a bubble rather than a fundamental change.

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This article explains why Bitcoin is not a viable alternative to fiat currency. It also explains the reasons why the current rise in Bitcoin prices is nothing more than a speculative asset bubble.

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This article compares gold and Bitcoin. The suitability of both these assets as an alternative investment has been evaluated. The major differences between the asset classes have been listed down. The article ends with the conclusion that gold is still the better investment.

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The effect of manipulation of interest rates by central banks has been discussed in this article. This article explains why even a mere mention of an interest rate hike spooks the investors and causes a stock price crash. It also explains why the boom that was created by lower interest rates was unsustainable in the first place.

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This article tries to figure out whether we are in a stock market bubble as of now. The points in support of and against this argument have been mentioned in this article.

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In this article, the five most common causes of stock market crashes have been listed. The article differentiates between crashes and corrections. It also educates investors about the need to keep an eye on these important factors.

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This article introduces the readers to the concept behind the pioneering Cryptographic and Distributed Ledger based Blockchain technology. Using a mix of theory and practical uses of Blockchain, we argue that Blockchain has the potential to be a truly game changing innovation as well as lapsing into yet another tech trend that promised a lot. Further, this article also discusses how Blockchain which is the technology underpinning Bitcoin can lead to Disintermediation.

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This article explains how different tax regimes across the world tax Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It also lists the implications of these tax rules.

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This article explains the concept of Bull Run. It defines the way in which Bull Run and Bear Market are measured. It also lists the reason behind the current Bull Run and explains why they are not likely to continue.

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This article explains how investments in unlisted equity work. The advantages and disadvantages of investing in this asset class have been explained in this article. Some of the popular methods of investing in unlisted equities have also been explained.

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This article explains the concept of development impact bonds. It also explains why these bonds are beneficial to all the parties involved. Lastly, it discusses some of the problems related to development impact bonds.

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This article explains the concept of credit enhancement. It mentions the advantages of credit enhancement. Lastly, it also lists the various methods of credit enhancement which are commonly used and explains their pros and cons.

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This article explains the concept of ultra-long-term bonds. It also details the use of these bonds by different countries. The case of countries like Austria and Argentina has been discussed in detail. The implications for America have also been listed.

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This article explains why the FAANG stocks are losing value faster than the other stocks. It lists the problems being faced by each of the FAANG companies. It also enumerates the quantum of loss that has been borne by the market in the FAANG crash.

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This article explains the concept of catastrophe bonds. It also explains the different types of catastrophe bonds. Also, it provides detailed information about the risks inherent in catastrophe bonds as well as the type of investors who prefer to take that risk.

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This article describes the co-location scam that the National Stock exchange of India has been found guilty of. It explains the modus operandi used in the scam and also lists the repercussions which the NSE has faced as a result of this scam.

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This article explains the concept of blue bonds. It explains how funds are raised using blue bonds and what those funds are used for. It also lists the common challenges which are faced by organizations issuing blue bonds. The financial viability of these bonds has also been discussed.

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This article uses Economic Theory to explain how the recent market frenzy in GameStop proves that the Balance of Power between Big and Small Investors is shifting. Using the cliche, The Shoe is on the Other Foot, we argue that technology has empowered Small Investors who are paying the biggies back in the same coin. On the other hand, the Status Quoits have won the day for now.

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