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Overview

The foreign exchange market is the largest in the world, with an estimated $1.6 trillion average daily turnover. This book sets out to introduce the novice to the practical skills necessary to understand the foreign exchange market today.

A Foreign Exchange Primer provides a clear understanding of how this market functions, from the main products through to the techniques used, coverage of the main participants, details of the various 'players' and an understanding of the 'jargon' used in everyday dealings.

This concise, highly accessible primer is ideal for anyone new to or wanting to become involved in the foreign exchange market, from a dealing room or sales perspective through to the novice investor. 

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470851623
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 4/18/2003
  • Series: Wiley Finance Series , #8
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 196
  • Product dimensions: 6.89 (w) x 9.76 (h) x 0.87 (d)

Meet the Author

SHANI SHAMAH has spent over twenty years working in the financial markets in a variety of treasury, sales and marketing positions.  She currently works for IFX Markets Ltd in London as Global Head of Sales.  The company specializes in foreign exchange, contracts for difference, base and precious metals, managed investment and financial spread trading.

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Table of Contents

Disclaimer
1 Introduction 1
Pt. I Market Overview 5
2 A Brief History of the Market 7
3 Market Overview 19
4 Major Participants 25
5 Roles Played 33
6 Purposes 35
Pt. II Foreign Exchange Products 39
7 Spot Foreign Exchange 41
8 Forward Contracts 47
9 Short- and Long-Dated Contracts 55
10 Broken-Dated Contracts 59
11 Non-Deliverable Forwards 63
12 Foreign Exchange Swaps 71
13 Currency Swaps 75
14 Foreign Exchange Options 79
15 Picturing Profit and Loss of Options 95
16 Foreign Exchange Futures 113
17 Exchange for Physical 117
Pt. III Essential Knowledge 119
18 Foreign Exchange Dealing Rooms 121
19 Managing the Relationship with an Institution 125
20 Foreign Exchange Dealings 129
21 Foreign Exchange Market Orders 133
22 Electronic Foreign Exchange Trading 137
23 Margin Trading 141
Pt. IV Fundamentals and Technical Analysis 145
24 Fundamental versus Technical Approaches 147
25 Fundamental Analysis 151
26 Key Factors Impacting Currencies 155
27 Technical Analysis 163
28 Final Remarks 177
Index 179
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