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Backwardation indicates the futures curve is falling, with spot markets and short-term futures contracts priced higher than longer-dated contracts.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in March revealed in his testimony before a Congressional sub-committee that he expects some inflationary pressures in the time ahead but they won’t be enough to spur the central bank to hike interest rates.

NFTs are non-fungible tokens. Unlike cryptocurrencies that have finite or infinite numbers, NFTs are individual and unique.

Cryptos are back in the mainstream media once more. A renewed interest in the crypto space has driven a new wave of protocols and coins.

The DeFi space is in boomtown at present and is likened to what 2017 was for the Initial Coin Offering market.

Decentralized Finance, more commonly known as DeFi has started to draw much more interest as a wave of new protocols hit the crypto market.

In recent months, DeFi has become the new buzzword in the world of crypto, and the crypto news wires are full of DeFi.

In this post, we will take a look at the forex regulatory framework across Africa. Foreign Exchange (Forex or FX) market is one of the most popular market’s in the world today and it has been growing exponentially in Africa.

It is a challenge for most market participants to wrap their heads around negative values for assets. In Europe and Japan, short-term interest rates in negative territory have become the norm. Banks charge depositors for storing their cash balances.

Countries with substantial natural resources that account for revenue and tax receipts have an implicit backing for their legal tender.

Fears of recessions and economic downturns are cropping up around the world with considerable regularity following the harrowing effects of 2008’s financial crash.

The crypto world has been expanding at a rapid pace in recent years, defying the often mixed sentiments toward an asset class that has adversely impacted the cryptomarkets through much of 2018.

Evaluating leading indicators keeps you ahead of the curve.

Momentum is one of the most important concepts use to generate strategies by professional traders. As momentum accelerates the price of an asset can break out or break down, signally to traders that a trend is beginning.

The U.S. Non-Farms Payroll Report, officially the Employment Situation Report, is the most eagerly anticipated economic report of the month. It is released once each month on the first Friday and is an in-depth look at employment trends in the U.S.

There have been a lot of questions concerning defensive assets and mechanisms. I would like to highlight a couple of important aspects for a more comprehensive understanding of the topic.

The yield curve is one of the most talked about market indicators there is but what is it, and what is it doing now.

The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid markets with nearly 5-trillion dollars a day trading hands. There are many drivers of specific currency pairs. The most compelling is interest rates differentials.

Some traders love to focus on a high win rate. The problem is that a few losses (or even just one loss) can fully wipe out the gains made in weeks or months from winning trades, causing huge frustration.

Over the last few years, many FX brokers started offering cryptocurrency trading. Most leading brokers have already enabled this feature, so the traders can choose from the best.