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Forex – EUR / USD reached after more than ext. U.S. Job Data 4 Daily high

Forex Pros - The euro extended its gains against the U.S. dollar on Thursday and rose to four daily high, because the risk appetite increased by better than expected news on the jobless claims in the U.S.. (more...)

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The four most common mistakes made by Forex traders, Part 2

The problem begins to occur when because of their greed, Which leads them to want to win more and more in each of the open market operations, after taking too many risks begin to increase the great danger that if the operations take the wrong turn, you begin to have the huge losses or even the total loss of capital.

So it is advisable to diversify the risk very well for each of the operations in order to avoid undue risk. (more...)

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Landmark: portfolio management and performance attribution: Jensen’s alpha

jensen1232448047Following our series on the measurement of portfolio performance. After Sharpe ratios and Treynor, Jensen’s Alpha.

First, some definitions!

1 The alpha of Jensen (named Michael Jensen, who has theorized) measures the outperformance of a portfolio with a share or a stock relative to its theoretical performance as given by the CAPM (see below).

It is a measure of the ability of a manager to create value for its customers by being able to detect the securities or shares which earn more than they should given their risk and for a given period. Read the rest of this entry »

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Should invest in foreign exchange?

This entry was posted on Monday 29 October 2007 at 11:35 am and is filed under Money.

No doubt where to invest your money is a question that you’ve done it many times, there are different options on the market in which it could obtain good yields and one of those investing in currencies, although some experts recommend this only for aggressive investors, Read the rest of this entry »

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