4 Results from 2020
Daire Ferguson CEO at AvaTrade
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...
24 December 2020 /markets /predictions Trends in Financial Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives. Setting aside the health implications, twelve months ago we could have had no idea that the way we work and socialise would change so dramatically. In the world of trading, we’ve seen further market volatility – on top of the political shifts like Brexit and talks of trade wars and prote...
22 October 2020 /markets /covid-19 Fintech
Over the last few years, the practice of options trading has grown substantially. This growth has coincided with a series of unpredictable political and social events, which have caused high levels of volatility across currency and commodities markets. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump in the US, and now the ongoing global pandemic, have led to...
05 August 2020 Fintech
Over recent years, unpredictable political and social events have given way to high levels of volatility in the foreign exchange (FX) market. From Brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, the past four years alone have seen strong and frequent market reactions. For instance, 2016 was fraught with political disruption, with both Brexit and Donald Trump’...
08 July 2020 /markets Fintech
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