Investing in Currencies

What Is a Private Currency? Private currencies are units of value issued by a private organization (such as a corporation...

What Is a Currency Strategist? A currency strategist is a financial professional who evaluates economic trends and geopolitical moves to...

Many first-time forex traders hit the market running. They watch various economic calendars and trade voraciously on every release of...

What Is the Foreign Exchange Market? The foreign exchange market, also known as the forex market, facilitates the buying and selling of currencies...

What Is a Denomination? A denomination refers to the units classification for the stated or face value of financial instruments such...

Fiat money is money that is backed by public faith in the issuer, in contrast to commodity money that is...

What Are Currency Regimes? A history of currency regimes, or exchange-rate regimes, is, by necessity, one of international trade and...

A money market hedge is a technique for hedging foreign exchange risk using the money market, the financial market in...

The foreign exchange or forex market is the largest financial market in the world – larger even than the stock...

What Is a Dollar Bear? A dollar bear is an investor who is pessimistic, or “bearish," about the prospects of...