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Daire Ferguson

Daire Ferguson

CEO at AvaTrade
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How can traders beat inflation?

22 Jun 2022

Around the world, inflation rates are surging, rising to near unprecedented levels. Last month, it was revealed that inflation in the UK had surged, hitting a 40-year high of nine per cent. What’s more, inflation in the Eurozone hit a new record high of over eight per cent, while the Federal Reserve recently raised its benchmark policy rate by 0.7...

Personal Finance

How can traders manage risk?

19 Apr 2022

Trading has the potential to be incredibly lucrative. Whether you’re trading stocks, commodities, forex, or cryptocurrencies, all these financial markets offer the potential for explosive growth. However, it can be challenging to assess which direction the market will move in, especially when it comes to executing short-term trades where unknown f...

Personal Finance

How online trading changed in 2020 and what’s in store for 2021

17 Feb 2021

It is fair to say that although recent years have seen a series of unpredictable social and political events triggering market volatility, the dramatic price swings we have experienced since the start of 2020 have been unlike anything seen before in our generation. The outbreak of COVID-19, the enforced national lockdowns followed by the global ec...

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Social trading: the latest way to trade?

24 Dec 2020

As of 2019, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 144 minutes per day, up from 142 minutes in the previous year. Given the whirlwind year that 2020 has been, with so many people stuck at home, it seems likely that the most recent data will be even higher. Social media provides a useful way for us to keep in c...