Banks in Nepal

Commercial banks plays vital roles to collect money in the state. Generally, commercial banks are required by the central bank to earmark a portion of their loan portfolio to priority lending for agriculture, cottage industry, services etc., which includes 0.25% to 3% to the deprived sector (poor population). Under this obligation, commercial banks can lend directly to individuals or self-help groups, charging a 6-7% interest rate, or provide wholesale funds or equity to microfinance providers serving the poor in Nepal.
Two thirds of the priority and deprived sector lending and investment are provided by the two public commercial banks, Nepal Bank Limited and Rastriya Banijya Bank. Until recently the priority lending was set at 12% of the loan portfolio. It is now being phased out, ending completely in 2010, while the 3% deprived sector requirement will stay in place, and therefore loan and investment in microfinance with it. As of mid July 2003, Rs.22,605 million were affected to the priority sector, while Rs. 3,563 million allocated to deprived sector lending, from which 132.6 million was in the form of equity. Under this requirement, investments made by commercial banks in the Rural Microfinance Development Center, an apex organization providing wholesale fund to microfinance, can be seen as a new link between the formal finance sector and microfinance.

Business: The Economy Trillions in currency trading

Monday, October 19, 1998 Published at 15:46 GMT 16:46 UK Business: The EconomyTrillions in currency trading Currency traders doing $1.5 trillion in daily business Average turnover on the world's foreign exchange (forex) markets reached almost $1,500bn a day in April this year, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
The volume of forex trading is far greater than the size of foreign currency reserves held by any country.
The size of forex trade has played its part in the currency crises of emerging nations over the past year.
The exact figure, $1,490bn, or $1.49 trillion, is 26% higher than when the BIS, which represents central banks, last measured flows in 43 different countries three years ago.
Centred in London
Almost a third of all forex trading occurs in London, by far the world's largest centre, with New York and Tokyo second and third.
US dollar and yen most tradedAt current values, transactions involving US dollars on side of the trade accounted for 87% of forex business. The Japanese Yen was the second-most traded currency.
However, less than half the transactions were simple 'spot' deals, the immediate purchase of currency for commercial transactions.
Most forex trading is on the futures market where currency buyers undertake to buy at a set price at a specified date in the future.
Futures gambling
Foreign exchange futures allow companies to plan their import, export and foreign investment operations with the certainty of knowing what will be the value of the currencies they trade in.
George Soros: forex speculatorHowever, increasingly the forex futures market is home to rich individuals and 'hedge funds' who speculate against currency movements attempting reap windfall gains.
George Soros is the most high-profile example of such currency speculators.
The advent of the euro next year is expected start to stem the sharp increases in forex dealings as eleven European currencies consolidate into one over the next three years.
Global crises
The figures shed some light on how financial crises began in emerging economies over the last year.
The ability for massive daily foreign currency flows to take place made possible the almost overnight collapses of the currencies of countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Russia.
As confidence in the economies of these countries fell away, demand for their currencies fell as investors took their capital out or stopped bringing it in.
Governments had tried to buy their own currencies to underpin their value but couldn't keep up with the sellers.
When they stopped their own forex activity, the forces of demand and supply saw the baht, rupiah and rouble in turn crash in value deepening the crisis of confidence and economic slowdown.
Speculators constantly watching for these market developments hastened the process.

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Forex Trading Systems

Forex trading systems are very popular as a method of investing money to make more money. Forex trading is all about putting your money into another currency for long or short term to earn more money. Many forex trading systems are based on how a stock exchange works. What you will find is that a forex trading system will permit you to invest at your currency rate, have your currency changed to another currency and then invest in a company that is foreign to your own country. A forex trading system is built upon worldwide investors, and worldwide companies, as well as world wide currencies. A forex trading system online A forex trading system online will give you the same results as a forex trading system offline, but you can access and see your money faster. You can invest, move, trade, and remove your money faster online with a forex trading system than you can offline, while you wait for paperwork to be completed. Forex systems are going to build wealth for investors who are willing to take the time to learn about their investments, and who are going to trust their brokers to make additional decisions. What type of forex trading system or broker should you trust? As with any investment company or trading system, you want to be able to trust who you are dealing with. If you can’t reach the forex trading system representative when you want by phone, by fax, in person, or even by email you are working with the wrong company. A company that uses forex trading systems and gives you opportunities to world wide investments should be able to communicate with you during various times of the business day. In addition, you want to work and invest with a forex trading system company that will put your money first, that will listen to what you want to do, and how you want to do it. Forex trading companies that are calling you all the time, that give you very little room to make decisions and that are considered to be pushy in your mind, is the forex trading systems company you should avoid doing further business with. Any investment company should realize you, as the consumer and end user for any trading system, should be able to take your time and learn about any investment before making that investment. If a forex trading system representative calls you and asks for large sums of money, that you need to get involved in this action right now, you should be suspicious. Any broker or forex trading consultant should give you time, and their best information, not demands on your time and money. Search for a forex trading system you are comfortable with before investing money.

About Brokers

Most clients eventually spend more cash on the market than they gain. Major causes of this phenomenon are the clients' low level of training, their emotional volatility, and lack of familiarity with foreign languages. The clients tend to not pay attention to the global events. Based on this fact, the "kitchen" method was born. Under this technique, the forex brokers take for granted that the client will lose money.
The forex broker acts as a liaison of the client to the forex market. The broker guides the client on the methods of trade. Just like a stock broker, a foreign exchange broker will provide technical analysis and research of the market situation. The information is supposed to increase the client's profit.
Financial companies are able to affect the forex market the most due to high number of large transactions they do. Before the emergence of the Internet, banks were the only organizations with access to forex. Now, however, practically anyone can enter the market at any time through a broker.
A client picks a forex broker based on his own particular needs. For novices, one type of online firms, or houses, exists, which gives them comprehensive instructions on the use of the trading tools, as well as market studies. A new user can also trade using virtual money so as to not risk their actual capital. Other houses service practiced traders by giving them deeper research as opposed to trading directions. A trader tends to try a number of houses before making a decision.
"Setting the spread" is one of the ways how Forex dealers gain profit. The spread is the distinction between the price of bought and sold currency. Forex deals are performed with high leverage, at about 100, different from stocks. So if the dealer invests $1000 he or she controls $100,000, and can raise his benefit according to the sum. The so-called mini-Forex, used by many brokers makes possible for individuals to enter this market easily. The minimum deposit of mini-Forex is $100.
Three main orders are widely spread for entries. They are: Market orders, Stop orders, and Limit orders. You should check the dealer you will be working with for a list of the possible order types as not all of the orders are always easily available. Entering Forex market you usually try to entrust your capital to a professional, diligent and responsible Forex brokers, who will be your mediators. Using their broad experience and good knowledge these mediators do everything for making your capital grow - but surely not for free.

What is Forex

Foreign Exchange (FOREX) is the arena where a nation's currency is exchanged for that of another. The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world, with the equivalent of over $1.9 trillion changing hands daily; more than three times the aggregate amount of the US Equity and Treasury markets combined. Unlike other financial markets, the Forex market has no physical location and no central exchange (off-exchange). It operates through a global network of banks, corporations and individuals trading one currency for another. The lack of a physical exchange enables the Forex market to operate on a 24-hour basis, spanning from one zone to another in all the major financial centers. Traditionally, retail investors' only means of gaining access to the foreign exchange market was through banks that transacted large amounts of currencies for commercial and investment purposes. Trading volume has increased rapidly over time, especially after exchange rates were allowed to float freely in 1971. Today, importers and exporters, international portfolio managers, multinational corporations, speculators, day traders, long-term holders and hedge funds all use the FOREX market to pay for goods and services, transact in financial assets or to reduce the risk of currency movements by hedging their exposure in other markets. MG Financial, now operating in over 100 countries, serves all manner of clients, comprising speculators and strategic traders. Whether it’s day-traders looking for short-term gains, or fund managers wanting to hedge their non-US assets, MG's DealStation™ allows them to participate in FOREX trading by providing a combination of live quotes, Real-Time charts, and news and analysis that attracts traders with an orientation towards fundamental and/or technical analysis.

Dollar Reverses Course

A recent WSJ headline reads, Good Economic News Threatens the Dollar, and summarizes the Dollar’s trading pattern as follows: “Demand for the U.S. currency continues to erode amid a tide of more encouraging economic data and corporate earnings that have fed a thirst for riskier assets such as stocks, commodities, and growth-sensitive currencies.”
Less than two weeks after that article was published, the Dollar rose by a healthy 2% against the Euro in only one trading session, as US labor market conditions improved slightly: “The U.S. unemployment rate fell in July for the first time in 15 months as employers cut far fewer jobs than expected, giving the clearest indication yet that the economy was turning around from a deep recession.” While technically another 250,000 jobs were lost and economists forecast that the employment rate will rise past 10% before peaking, investor sentiment is still at a high.Unsurprisingly, the news triggered a stock market rally. More noteworthy, though, is that the Dollar also rallied. Since the beginning of 2009 and especially since the beginning of March, there has been a clear negative correlation between stocks and the Dollar, as a result of risk appetite. “At one point this year, the correlation between the euro-dollar rate and the S&P 500 index hit 50 percent, according to BNP Paribas calculations. That is, the euro and S&P 500 rose or fell in tandem half the time.”
This latest development suggests that this relationship has broken down, at least temporarily. Argues one analyst, “The dollar’s going to turn. The U.S. economy is more able to withstand shocks than other economies, especially Europe.” Perhaps going forward, the markets will be driven less by risk appetite and more by comparative growth trajectories and economic fundamentals.
Not so fast, though. Much of the Dollar’s recent slide has been a product carry trading patterns, as investors borrow in low-yielding Dollars and invest in higher-yielding alternatives. An improvement in economic conditions could compel the Fed to hike rates, which would seriously dent the attractiveness of the carry trade. “Indeed, long-dated U.S. interest rates have been quietly moving in the dollar’s favor while U.S. interest rate futures on Friday started pricing in a federal funds rate of 1.25 percent by the mid-2010, the highest since June.” Based on this paradigm, then, it’s still risk appetite that’s driving the Dollar, whether up or down.