The Markets | - Part 259

Nigerian Bourse: Foreign transactions rose by 47.68% in 2014

The Nigerian Stock Exchange released its December 2014 Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Participation in Equity trading. Total transactions at the nation’s bourse increased by 41.83% from N181.97 billion recorded in January to N258.08 billion (about $1.54 billion) in December 2014. This represents an increase of 28.53% from N200.8 billion recorded in November. Total foreign transactions increased by 47.68% from N1,042.04 billion recorded at the end of 2013 to N1,538.92 billion at the end of 2014 while total…

Nigeria to borrow N90billion in bonds

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Nigeria plans to raise 90 billion naira ($475 mln) in sovereign bonds with maturities ranging between five and 20 years at its next regular auction on Feb. 11, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Tuesday.The debt office said it will auction 35 billion naira worth of the 5-year bond, 30 billion naira of the 10-year paper and 25 billion of the 20-year debt note, using the Dutch Auction System. The 5-year debt note is…

Positive outlook for African Equity Capital Markets in 2015

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JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, February 2, 2015/ — 2014 saw the highest level of activity in African equity capital markets (ECM) over the previous five years, and a significant increase in both transaction volume and capital raised during 2014 compared to the prior year, according to a report issued by PwC today (http://www.pwc.com). PwC’s inaugural publication entitled, IPO Watch Africa 2014, has found that US$11bn was raised in 2014 in the African equity markets across the continent,…

Surge in dollar-debt leaves some African nations exposed

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A surge in foreign debt issuance by African nations has left some fragile economies exposed to the risk of billions of dollars in foreign exchange related losses if the U.S. currency strengthens abruptly, a think-tank said on Wednesday. Judith Tyson, senior researcher at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), said the notional losses in terms of higher interest and capital repayments could total $11 billion (£7 billion) in the event of a slump of 35 percent…

Why less leverage can mean more trading profits

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TRADING financial markets is exciting for most people, particularly since most brokers offer high leverage and, with this leverage, even a small trader can generate a substantial gain. Yet this leverage can sometimes work to your disadvantage, leading to big losses very quickly. This is because markets are often random in the very short term. Sterling-dollar, for example, can rise or fall a great deal in just a week. The current average weekly change for…

How Fibonacci can help improve your forex trading

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FIBONACCI is one of the most famous names in mathematics, and his eponymous sequence of numbers can be observed in almost all areas of nature. But these same numbers can also be applied to FX trading, using the technical Fibonacci retracement tool. The tool’s major benefit is in identifying where potential entries and exits may arise. This is only logical as Fibonacci is a leading indicator. Leading indicators, unlike lagging indicators, can predict the inflection…

Financial Reforms: South Africa’s Twin-Peaks Regulation

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The South African banking sector is a very well regulated sector. This factor is a key contributor to the ability of the sector to withstand the financial crisis precipitated in the USA and spreading to Europe in 2008. Other factors contributing to this are the responsible and conservative business models adopted by SA banks and their relatively risk-averse nature. The Global Competitive Report rates the SA banking sector as the second most stable banking sector…

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