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OTC Derivatives Products – An overview

The expression ‘over the counter – OTC’ can be used to mean financial instruments that are traded between counterparties (dealers) either directly or through broker network. This operation is different from operations in centralized exchanges...

Australian money markets – An introduction

Do you know Australian Dollar is the third most traded currency in the world in 2012?  In 2010 it was the fifth most traded currency in the world – behind US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen and Pound Sterling. Australian Dollar is the favourite...

Money Markets in United States of America

The term money market refers to the net work of corporations, financial institutions, investors and governments which deal with flow of short term capital. The money markets have expanded very vastly in the last two decades mainly on account...

Current Trends in Equity Derivatives Market Place

Equity Derivatives fall into following four categories Flow derivatives – vanilla, listed and OTC options, variance, futures and synthetic futures, convertibles Delta 1 – Single Stock, Sector Swaps, ETFs, Pnotes Exotics Convertibles An...

Current trends in FX markets

FX Markets are the backbone of international financial markets. An insight into the current trends in global FX markets reveals an interesting reading as under: Markets Global FX turnover ($4.2 Trillion daily) gone up by over 25% over April...

Stock Markets and Status of Economy

 “It is usually agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges” wrote John Maynard Keynes in 1935. Despite this dig, Keynes also recognized that stock markets...

Order Types in Market Place

For effective dealing in markets, resort to order placement is very important. For this, one should be familiar with different types of orders prevailing in different markets. This post, tries to capture some basic details of various orders...

Gold – Weights & Measures Pricing

The traditional unit of weight for Gold is the Troy Ounce of the Anglo Saxon system of weights and measures. Despite the gradual conversion to the metric system, the troy ounce remains a traditional fixture of the Gold trade and the most important...

About Gold – An Introduction

Currencies have failed, Countries have failed. Why even civilizations have failed. But GOLD has never failed. You may agree. Gold (chemical symbol Au from the Latin word – Aurum) is one of the rarest elements having unique qualities, attributes...

Best Practices Framework for Derivatives Business

 “The world of banking has changed radically as a consequence of the recent crises and it is still changing. The rise of the universal banking model seems almost unstoppable, basically driven by the desire for an accelerated consolidation....