Four Reasons Why Currencies Also Beat Out Stocks in My Book

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
Even some of the biggest industry players in Wall Street overlook a few simple truths that make currency trading infinitely superior to stock trading. For example…
Trading Day Lasts All Day: Currencies Trade 24 hours, nearly six days a week: That means there’s an opportunity for tradable hours no matter where you live. You can even trade after you’ve put in a full day at the office. You can’t always do that Read the rest of this entry »

Emerging Market Stocks, Currencies Sink on Recession Concerns

Emerging Market Stocks, Currencies Sink on Recession Concerns
By Laura Cochrane and Michael J. Moore
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks and currencies
tumbled as global recession concerns deepened, driving down
prices on the
that fund government spending and fuel
growth from Russia to Argentina.
Stock indexes in India and South Korea sank more than 10
percent, pushing the
down 40 percent
in the past month. Chile's peso dropped Read the rest of this entry »

SingTel Profit Falls 16% on Indonesia, Currencies

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) --
,
Southeast Asia’s largest telephone company, posted its lowest
profit in 3 1/2 years after falling phone bills and a drop in the
rupiah drove down earnings at the company’s Indonesian affiliate.
dropped 16 percent to S$799 million ($533
million), or 5.01 Singapore cents per share, in the three months
ended Dec. 31, from S$952 million, or 5.96 cents, a year earlier,
the company said today. That compares with the S$807 Read the rest of this entry »