NetSol, Chinese bank sign contract

LAHORE: NetSol Technologies Ltd and China Minsheng Bank Corp Ltd have signed a contract for NetSol Technologies Financial Suite of leasing and finance products. The implementation will include NetSol Financial Suite s (NFS) Credit Application Processing (CAP) and Contract Management System (CMS) for retail business operations. The NetSol implementation with MSFL incorporates product licenses as well as customization, implementation, and data migration services. According to a statement issued here, Executive Vice President of Minsheng Financial Leasing, Ms Wong said they made the choice after careful evaluation of globally leading IT services vendors providing software in the finance and leasing space. We selected NetSol based on their impressive product strength and presence in the Chinese market. As we embark on this long-term partnership, MSFL is advancing its objective of becoming the largest finance and leasing company in China, she said, adding that NetSol s Financial Suite of products stand as a critical supporting factor in reaching this goal.

United Bank celebrates golden jubilee

KARACHI: United Bank Limited (UBL) has produced an audio CD, comprising songs and narratives, based on selected works of Pakistan s revered national poet-philosopher Dr Mohammad Iqbal, to mark the bank s Golden Jubilee this year, it said in a press release. Incorporated on July 27, 1959, UBL started operations in November the same year. Its operations now extend to 11 countries outside Pakistan, through 17 branches, representative offices, subsidiaries and joint ventures apart from over 1100 domestic branches. Emphasizing the relationship between UBL s vision and Iqbal s ideals, President and CEO of UBL, Atif R Bokhari states: As fa progressive banking organization, UBL is aptly suited to embrace a national icon such as Iqbal, whose ideals embody the spirit of this institution. The CD contains original compositions of songs and narrations by some of the most outstanding composers, singers and artistes in the country. Introduced in UBL s Golden Jubilee year, this audio CD is a humble contribution towards propagating the message of Iqbal, particularly at a time when the nation needs his inspiration the most, and may be seen as a fitting tribute to the spirit of progressiveness, it added.

Yen Drops as Asian Stocks Rally

The yen entered its eleventh day of losses versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as a rally in Asian stocks suggests that evidences indicating the end of the global slump are pushing investors to riskier assets, damping demand regionally for the Japanese currency.

Canadian Dollar Hits 10-Month High on Improved Confidence

The loonie reached the highest level since October as stocks and commodities rose, improving attractiveness for the Canadian currency.

U.S. Dollar Down Before Home Sales Report

The U.S. dollar started another week losing against currencies like the euro, as a report today is expected to show that home sales in the United States rose significantly, suggesting that the global slump is facing its final days, consequently attracting investors to riskier assets in stocks.

Australian Dollar Hits Year-High after Central Bank Statement

The Australian dollar reached the highest level versus its U.S. counterpart today after the national central bank Governor affirmed that the current crisis in the country may not be as serious as considered previously.

Brazilian Real Continues Rally on Trade Surplus

The Brazilian real continued to gain versus the greenback today as renewed demand for Brazilian products helped the national stocks to gain, adding confidence to the real’s outlook.

Dollar Remains Bearish as Stocks Rally

The U.S. dollar entered another day of losses versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as stocks worldwide continued to rally, raising investors’ confidence to purchase assets in emergent-markets and other higher-yielding options.

Crude Oil Decline Interrupts Canadian Dollar’s Rally

The Canadian dollar lost today for the first time in more than a week as stocks and the crude oil had their first decline as risk aversion reappeared in financial markets worldwide.

Yen Rebound After U.S. Confidence Report

The yen post the first significant gains in more than a week versus currencies like the pound and the euro after risk aversion returned to markets today, pushing investors towards the safety of the Japanese currency.

Starting Out With Forex Trading

If you are looking for an exciting and potentially profitable opportunity, starting out with forex trading may be solution for you. Forex trading, Foreign exchange and FX are all terms used to describe the trading of currencies all over the world. Most forex trading is speculative, or bought and sold in hopes of making a profit.

Some Facts about Forex Trading

Trading Forex has a great many advantages that you won't find on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Industrial, or the S&P 500. But you have to know the facts of Forex trading before you take advantage of them!

The Top Four Forex Brokers

This article contends that the best forex brokers are: Saxo Bank, GAIN Capital, GCI Financial Ltd., and CMS Forex. CMS Forex accepts no commission, demands a small amount of only $200 to establish a mini account, provides users with a Free Demo account, provides leverage as high as 400:1, and has a 3 to 4 pip spread on major currencies.

Choose Your Online Forex Broker

Online Forex brokers are known to be a required evil if you are going to trade in currency. There are also those people who are eligible to trade without outside assistance, but for the normal trader, enforcing to trade on the Online Forex market with no broker is like trying to chase a grizzly bear with a soup spoon. Your chances of achievement are actually very low, and there is a distinct option you would get hurt quite badly. Of course choosing the incorrect forex broker might return results same as to the sick fated bear hunt. That is why it is significant that you select a broker in the right way.

Forex Rate

In investing stock and forex, the value of two currencies and the way they relate to each other is what we call Forex rate. Typically, the Forex rate is the value of one currency that is needed to purchase a unit of another. Learning and understanding the basics of the Forex exchange can and will help you to start understanding even better.

Forex Trading - Market, Limit and Stop Orders

To understand limit and stop orders it's best to contrast these with the ordinary (and still extremely common) market order. A market order is one that is placed by the investor to execute at the current market price whatever that is at the time it's filled. It's very important to keep in mind that in Forex, 'current' changes even faster than in the stock market.

Currency Trading vs Stock Investments

When buying stocks you're making an investment in a company. Buying shares is short for 'purchasing a share of ownership'. By contrast, no one is making an investment in Japan by buying yen. We leave aside politically motivated actions by large central governments. Currency is exchanged in order to facilitate the movement of goods and the payment of services between multiple countries, but that's a relatively small percentage of the total $2 trillion daily volume. The largest amount is simple speculation.

Understanding Currency Prices

Forex trading is always about buying one currency and selling another one simultaneously. The world of currency exchange, Forex (Foreign Exchange), employs terminology not used elsewhere in the investment world. Defining those terms, and providing a sample trade, will go a long way toward taking the 'foreign' element out of foreign exchange.

Sample Trade

Currency trades are always done in pairs between the currencies of two different countries. Below are listed two sample currency pairs.