Trading Basics
Carry Trade
A forex trading strategy of borrowing funds in a low-interest rate currency and buying assets in higher yielding currency.
For years this was selling Yen to buy Dollars.
Other Trading Basics
Balance of Payments
Also BoP. This is the difference between payments into or out of a country. It can be negative or positive and is used by traders in fundamental analysis.
Capital Gains Tax
Also, CGT.
A tax on the profits obtained from a capital investment or transaction.
Bulls
Bulls are market participants and commentators that believe the price of a security will rise.
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