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Is anyone really surprised that the Eurozone is still facing problems? Yes, the 17 nations who use the Euro agreed last week to in essence do what they had originally agreed to do when the Euro was first created – live within their means. However, for all that they all pledged to do it before and then pledged to do it again in the most recent round of talks, it's not the least bit surprising that investors are having trouble taking them at their word. Here's what you need to need to know:
Limited Securities which is based out of Kanagawa, Japan. Though it's been available for about 2 years, we recently discovered this app and were highly impressed not only with its real-time currency rates, but with the way that it presents the information so that it's accessible to traders in a variety of ways.
Since launching this blog, I've had the pleasure to interview several fascinating Forex traders and Forex trading coaches, but rarely do I get to interview the masterminds behind an entire Forex brokerage - the pioneers creative enough not just to build up an existing brokerage, but to create their own from the ground up.
As a Forex broker, eToro has always made an effort to stand out. When its competitors were offering the ever-popular MetaTrader 4 Forex trading platform, eToro offered 3 forms of proprietary software – the WebTrader, OpenBook and Mobile Trader. When other Forex brokers offered trading rooms or signals services, eToro promoted its unique form of social Forex trading, where traders could copy the trades of other eToro traders in the hopes of finding successful points of entry and exit.
The Arab Spring has been bearing its first fruits of late, with Tunisians and Moroccans electing what are being termed "?moderate Islamists" and the Egyptians having gone to the polls as well to elect the Muslim Brotherhood while Syria slips into civil war.
On November 30, 2011 FXCM announced the unveiling of its new web-based Forex trading platform, the Trading Station Web platform. With this announcement, FXCM joins the ranks of other top Forex brokers such as Ava FX, eToro and FOREX.com.
The holiday season is just around the corner, and Ava FX is embracing the giving spirit by offering some of the best end-of-year Forex promotions we've seen yet. In their latest promotion which runs from today, December 1, 2011, through December 21, 2011, the company is offering new traders the choice of a free iPad2 or a cash bonus.