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Currencies & FX

The foreign-exchange market: pairs and pips, central banks, pegs and regimes, and what moves exchange rates.

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Foundations

The Forex Market: The Complete Guide

The foreign exchange (forex) market is the largest financial market in the world, where currencies are bought and sold in pairs around the clock… · 7 分钟阅读

Currency Pairs: Base, Quote and What EURUSD Means

A currency pair shows how much of one currency it takes to buy another. In any pair, the currency listed first is the base currency and the currency… · 5 分钟阅读

Pips, Spreads and Reading an FX Quote

An FX quote shows two prices — the bid (what a dealer buys at) and the ask (what they sell at) — and the tiny gap between them, called the spread, is… · 6 分钟阅读

Drivers

What Moves Exchange Rates?

Exchange rates move because of five main forces: interest-rate differences between countries, inflation gaps, trade and current-account balances… · 5 分钟阅读

Central Banks and Currencies

Central banks move currency values through three main tools: interest-rate decisions, quantitative easing or tightening, and direct intervention in… · 6 分钟阅读

The US Dollar Index (DXY)

The US Dollar Index, known by its ticker DXY, measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of six major currencies, with the euro making up… · 6 分钟阅读

Safe-Haven Currencies: Dollar, Yen and Franc

Safe-haven currencies are currencies that traders historically seek out during periods of global stress because they are seen as reliable stores of… · 6 分钟阅读