Currencies are one of the biggest and most active markets in the World. The Currency Market (also known as Foreign Exchange, Forex or FX) is popular amongst traders because of its frequent and rapid movements.
Precious metals are used as safe havens by traders when markets are volatile as they generally move inversely to the currency, stock and bond markets. Metals are also affected by supply and demand as some have industrial uses such as catalytic converters and electronics.
We use commodities daily – oil, gas, corn, sugar and coffee. This very active asset class is affected by multiple factors, meaning there is a lot of information regarding the price movements of these instruments.
Indices are a collections of the world’s most popular stocks. Generally, indices are considered an economy’s barometer, showing the health of the world’s or a specific country’s economy.
Cryptocurrencies is the latest market offered by easyMarkets. Unlike any other asset class, cryptocurrencies experience huge fluctuations in price, in relatively small periods of time.
Shares are favoured by investment professionals due to the sheer amount of information available through earning reports and news outlets. With shares, you can trade your favourite brands and companies’.