1. Currencies and Assets Rise :
Here again, the investments considered safe investments (called “safe heaven”) by the traders:
- Swiss franc (CHF) climbs through the historic neutrality of Switzerland. Once a conflict erupts in the world and threatens to spread, repatriation of capital in the direction of Switzerland took place, for fear of confiscation. In addition, [...]
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Just as in the stock market, forex investors often use a strategy called hedging transactions to reduce a portion of the risk involved in trading. Many people think of hedging like buying an insurance policy for their money. It works in much the same way. Using investment instruments known as financial futures, forex traders can [...]
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