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December 29, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

China: risks and opportunities

This article is written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Anyone who has taken a train from Beijing to Shanghai must have noticed the jungle of brand new, yet inhabited towers. They are famous in the region because they are mostly empty, left by themselves…

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December 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

François Fillon flourishes hope among French Republicans

This article is written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). François Fillon has been nominated as the French Republican’s candidate for 2017 presidential election and he has been backed by his rival, Alain Juppé, who, according to many, lost his chance to run for the…

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December 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Turkish Lira’s Big Fall

This article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Turkish lira has depreciated significantly against all of the G10 currencies, except the pound over the last 12 months. The euro has gained 13% against the Turkish lira since December 11th 2015, with the…

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December 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Italy’s 'no vote’: a rising challenge for the ECB?

This article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Italian populists said the last word on Sunday. Italy’s constitutional referendum, which was also a confidence vote for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, has been rejected with 59%. Renzi resigned amid a heavy defeat. The euro…

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November 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Why do traders use the Fibonacci retracement?

This article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers that seem to consistently occur in nature. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... The next number is found by adding up the…

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