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Indexes
Indexes represent the average performance of a group of shares, usually the largest shares in a market ranked by total value. Here’s a list of the most popular indexes.
Crude oil is the world’s most heavily traded commodity by investors, funds and oil producers and refiners
Silver
Silver is recognised as an efficient weapon against fluctuating share prices and, like gold, a safe haven investment
Copper
As an excellent conductor of electricity and electrical equipment, electronics, contruction and transport account for most of copper’s overall usage
Platinum
Platinum is a pale-coloured precious metal typically traded together with gold, silver and palladium
Coffee
The aromatic coffee bean is bought and sold by roasters, investors and speculators on commodities exchanges across the globe
Wheat
Wheat is the one of the most widely grown grains and the staple food of many countries.
Cocoa
Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia produce two thirds of the world’s cocoa and of the three countries, Ivory Coast is by far the most significant producer
Sugar
About two thirds of the world’s sugar production is grown from sugar cane, a plant which loves the warm weather and is grown abundantly in Brazil, India, China and the Southern US
Gold
For hundreds of years, investing in gold has been the preferred market choice in times of uncertainty, a substitute way of keeping money
Commodities
A commodities futures contract is traded on major derivatives exchanges, and enables the buyer to theoretically take delivery of that commodity from one of the exchange’s warehouses.
Currencies
Currency Trading is the act of buying and selling the different currencies of the world. The Foreign Exchange (FX) market allows you to trade currencies in volume.
Bitcoin is one of the first and most widely recognised of the so-called ‘cryptocurrencies’
Hong Kong Dollar
The Hong Kong Dollar has survived the territory’s return to China in 1997 and remains one of the top 10 most traded currencies in the world
Canadian Dollar
The Canadian Dollar (CAD), also known by veteran traders as the Loonie because of the aquatic bird on the one dollar coin, is one of the two main resource-driven currencies
Swiss Franc
The Swiss Franc has long been considered a currency for institutional investors to buy when they need to get out of riskier assets, particularly during times of financial crisis
Euro
After the US dollar, the euro is the most widely traded foreign currency, and the EUR/USD currency pair is arguably the most traded on any given day
New Zealand Dollar
Often referred to as the Kiwi by currency traders, it has been a popular currency to trade in recent years on account of the strength of the New Zealand economy
Japanese Yen
The Japanese yen is one of the most popular trades in the global currency markets, and considered one of the currency ‘majors’
Currencies
The most traded currencies in the world account for US$1.5 trillion changing hands every day
US Dollar
The US dollar or ‘greenback’ remains the de facto reserve currency of the world, despite the trials and tribulations of the American economy in 2007-2009
British Pound
The British Pound or GBP, also widely known as sterling, is the fourth most traded currency in the FX markets
Bonds
A bond is a debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity which borrows the funds for a defined period of time.
