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What are Commodities?
Commodities are often divided into two major categories – hard and soft commodities. Hard commodities include natural resources that must be mined or extracted—such as gold, rubber, and oil, whereas soft commodities are agricultural products or livestock—such as corn, wheat, coffee, sugar, soybeans, chicken, etc. Commodities markets allow producers and consumers of commodity products toContinue Reading
Written on April 10, 2022 at 11:41 am
Categories: Commoditiy, Knowledge Basics
What are Margin and Leverage?
When trading Forex, you need only a small amount of capital to open and maintain a position. This capital is known as margin. For example, if you want to buy $100,000 worth of EUR/USD, you don’t need the full amount, but only a small portion, like $2,000. This margin amount depends on your forex brokerContinue Reading
Written on April 10, 2022 at 11:39 am
Categories: Forex, Knowledge Basics
What are Indices?
Indices are a way to measure the performance of a group of assets. It gives you an overview of how a market is performing and helps understand investment opportunities along with market fluctuations. One of the most widely known indices in the world is the S&P 500. The S&P 500 tracks the overall performance ofContinue Reading
Written on April 10, 2022 at 11:37 am
Categories: Indices, Knowledge Basics
What are Shares?
A company’s capital is divided into small equal units of a finite number. Each unit is known as a share. In simple terms, a share is a percentage of ownership in a company or a financial asset. Investors who hold shares of any company are known as shareholders. Shares are of two basic types: common/equityContinue Reading
Written on April 10, 2022 at 11:34 am
Categories: Knowledge Basics, Shares
What determines Share Value?
Share prices are determined once a company decides to go public and its IPO (Initial Public Offering) is released. The company works with investment bankers who use intricate valuation techniques to evaluate how many shares can be offered and at what price. After that initial offering, the shares are traded on the secondary markets suchContinue Reading
Written on April 10, 2022 at 11:32 am
Categories: Knowledge Basics, Shares
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