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Forex news: The Eurogroup, the heads of the eurozone member states defined the size of its agreed financing package for Greece, committing to provide up to €30 billion in loans over the next year if requested by Greek authorities, with the IMF expected to contribute a further €15 billion for a total of about 20% of GDP in the first year.

As you all probably remember, at the end of March,  the Euro fell to a ten month low against the US Dollar, beacuse fears that a deal would not be reached were spreaded, after Germany indicated that Greece did not need assistance and a credit downgrade for Portugal. However a compromise was reached, with the International Monetary Fund contributing to the aid package.

The move followed Fitch’s downgrade of Greece’s sovereign rating to BBB- from BBB+ two days before, amid uncertain financing conditions and concerns of a rapidly weakening Greek banking system.

RGE views it likely the size of the package will calm rollover fears this year, although the medium-term outlook remains uncertain. Indeed, the Greek debt maturity profile foresees further large issuance in 2011 and beyond amid a deepening recession, which makes it imperative for Greece to meet the 2010 fiscal target with the help of the financial backstop and regain investors’ confidence.

Meanwhile, solvency concerns continue to simmer, and on the political front, the required unanimous vote by the Eurogroup to disburse the funds upon request might still pose some headaches

What is Better for a Trader: Fundamental or Technical Approach?

Forex analysis is thought to be just one big, encompassing study. But, there are actually two major types of forex analysis: the fundamental and technical approaches. Both of them make use of particular factors that could affect the forex market. Those factors, however, differ in both forex analysis approaches.

Forex analysis: technical style

The technical style of forex analysis could be thought of as the traditional type. This has not been particularly dubbed as such. However, when investors think of analysis, they initially think of trends.

In technical forex analysis, the investor takes a look at past and current trends, differences between two currencies in a pair, forex charts, and other available information that directly relate to foreign exchange.
Forex analysis: fundamental style

The fundamental style of forex analysis goes further by looking at outside factors that could affect foreign exchange. In the fundamental approach, the investors takes a look at current conditions such as interest rates, political and economic statuses of involved countries, and bank interest rates.

The verdict on forex analysis

Forex analysis should not be limited. Instead, the investor should be free to combine the two approaches if needed. There are times when fundamental factors matter a lot.

For example, times of political instability and recession will affect foreign exchange decisions. Still, past trends can provide enlightenment to the foreign exchange market.

To understand what a margin account is, you should focus on the word “margin”.

In finance, margin refers to an arrangement that enables you to borrow money from your broker to fund your investment.

That is one way to look at it. In general though, a margin account provides flexible trading with your broker. This means that you can immediately buy shares that you normally could not afford.

A margin account is therefore an investment account with total shares that cost more than your actual investment.

The benefits of a margin account

One obvious benefit of a margin account is the provision of being able to buy more shares. This is because you can easily borrow money from your brokerage with the margin account. 

The margin account also beats a regular account in terms of the settling period of a day trade. You need to wait three days to spend the money you earn from a sale. With the margin account, there is no such settling period.

Also, because it is easy for you to borrow money from your broker, you can use that money to invest in shares that are selling for low prices. You can eventually sell those shares at higher prices.

The problem with a margin account

Even if a margin account has many benefits, it does not come without a disadvantage.

Be careful about your investments or you could end up losing more than the cash you have shelled out.