Francesc Riverola's Blog – May 2011 Archive (90)
FXstreet.com Launches "Do You love FOREX?" Fan Campaign on Facebook
Do You Love FOREX? Added by Francesc Riverola on May 31, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Next Barcelona International Traders Conference (ITC) in June 2012
Hi everyone
We are moving our yearly International Traders Conference (ITC) from October to June, so this October 2011 there will be NO ITC and the fifth edition of such successful event will take place in Barcelona in June 2012.
How come?
Well.. for several reasons: we thought the weather will be nicer, better flight connections for those coming from abroad as in summer…
ContinueAdded by Francesc Riverola on May 31, 2011 at 10:30am — 8 Comments
Gurufocus.com - Ken Griffin Follows Steve Eisman into FXCM
By Gurufocus.com
Ken Griffin of Citadel has followed revealed a large stake in forex broker FXCM Inc.
Previously, FXCM was touted by Steve Eisman as his only stock pick at the Grant's Interest Rate Conference. However, Eisman did not mention FXCM during his presentation at the Ira Sohn… Continue
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 31, 2011 at 10:04am — No Comments
OANDA Gets UK FSA License
by Michael Greenberg at Forex Magnates
OANDA, the largest North American broker in terms of accounts, has recently achieved an FSA license.
FSA licensing process is a very lenghty and costly procedure and OANDA probably initiated it well over a year ago – prior to leverage restriction rules and Dodd-Frank reform which required all US… Continue
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 31, 2011 at 9:57am — No Comments
Forexstreet.net Scraps 50,000 Page Views In a Week After Gaining 20 Percent From Previous Week
New highs again! :)
Seems that consolidation in unique visitors is not far... but the growth so far is espectacular!
Francesc
Traffic data from May 22, 2011 - May 28, 2011 vs. May 15, 2011 - May 21, 2011
* 14,945 Visits
Previous: 13,498 (+10.72%)
* 5,870 Absolute Unique Visitors
Previous: 5,606 (+4.71%)
* 49,745 Pageviews
Previous: 41,345 (+20.32%)
*…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 30, 2011 at 9:47am — No Comments
FXstreet.es (Spanish) Launches Metatrader Section
FXstreet.es lanza su sección de Metatrader en castellano. La nueva sección centrada en el software gratuito de forex más usado del mundo incluye revisiones y consejos de expertos en la…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 30, 2011 at 9:28am — No Comments
MIG BANK Increases its Share Capital to CHF 45 Mio
The current capital increase to CHF 45 Mio followed the solid results and business growth experienced in 2010, which was a year of success in all aspects for the bank.
MIG has entered 2010 with a banking status, which strengthened the confidence of clients… Continue
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 30, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
And Barça Wins Its 4th Champions League... They Are Simply The Best
As Tina Turner's hit says "You Are Simply the Best"... FC Barcelona played wonders Saturday night to beat a great team like Manchester United... I think Manchester United players did what they could trying to chase ghosts, but Barça was once again a terrific team.
The best of everything is that there will be more to come :)
We Barça fans are extremely happy today :)
Francesc
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ContinueAdded by Francesc Riverola on May 30, 2011 at 8:43am — 6 Comments
Shipkevich Law Firm Redesignes Its Regulatory News Site www.cftclaw.com. Worth To Follow
Hi everyone
Wanted to let you know that Shipkevich Law Firm, PLLC has recently redesigned its regulatory news sites www.cftclaw.com.
Since 2007, CFTClaw.com has been providing readers about regulatory news and analysis covering the futures, commodities and FX industries in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and…
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BNP Paribas Now Publishing Economic Research On FXstreet.com
Hi everyone
I'm very honored today to announce that French Bank BNP Paribas is going to be publishing their economic research on FXstreet.com.
As it states in Wiki: "BNP Paribas S.A. is the largest global banking group in the world, headquartered in…
ContinueAdded by Francesc Riverola on May 27, 2011 at 3:41pm — 1 Comment
Forexstreet.net Breaks 10,000 Page Views First Time Ever
Hi everyone
New all time highs for Forexstreet.net were touched yesterday Thursday May 26th 2011.
* 2,895 Visits
* 1,610 Absolute Unique Visitors
* 10,049 Pageviews
* 3.47 Average Pageviews
* 00:06:08 Time on Site
I must highlight that we broke 10,000 page views for the first time ever
THANKS GUYS!
Francesc…
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BBC: Spirit of Catalonia at the heart of Barcelona FC
BBC tries to explain what FC Barcelona means for us Catalans... nice!!!
Francesc
Spirit of Catalonia at the heart of Barcelona FC
By Pascale Harter at BBC News, Spain…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 27, 2011 at 8:00am — 1 Comment
One Year Without Any News About Crown Forex S.A Liquidation - Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary everyone :(One entire year without any feed-back from Crown Forex S.A bankruptcy liquidators Mr. Laurent WINKELMANN and Philippe von BREDOW on what was a site to keep the victims updated about the…
ContinueAdded by Francesc Riverola on May 27, 2011 at 7:55am — No Comments
Study: Online Video Ads Get 18.3% More Viewer Attention than Televised
Study: Online Video Ads Get 18.3% More Viewer Attention than Televised
Ad recall online and televisedViewers pay more attention to online video ads than to broadcast/cable TV commercials and are then able to recall them better, according to research from video ad network YuMe and IPG Media Lab, “Advertising Attention in the…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 26, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Saxo Bank Appoints New CEO In Recently Acquired Euroinvestor.com
In a Board meeting today the Board of Directors of Euroinvestor decided to strengthen the management of the company by appointing Jeff Saul as new CEO in Euroinvestor.com A/S. Jeff Saul will take up this new position on 15 June 2011.
Since February 2009, Jeff Saul has been Head of Group Equities… Continue
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 26, 2011 at 8:32am — No Comments
FSA bares teeth with £1m fine
Two thumbs up for the FSA
Francesc
FSA bares teeth with £1m fine
By Financial News
The £1m-plus fine that the Financial Services Authority has handed down to illicit trader Samuel Kahn for market abuse shows that the regulator means business, but lawyers caution that more action is needed if the City is to take the message…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 25, 2011 at 10:47am — No Comments
Reuters- UBS scrambles to recover lost forex ground
By Martin de Sa'Pinto and Sarah White
ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS (UBS.N) (UBSN.VX) has lost ground to rivals in the $4 trillion a day forex market after technology spending cuts during the financial crisis left the bank's trading systems trailing those of competitors.
This has left UBS… Continue
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 24, 2011 at 2:20pm — No Comments
Crown Forex S.A Bankruptcy - One Year Without News From FINMA's Liquidators
Hi everyone
In just three days we will celebrate the first anniversary of the last communication we got from FINMA's liquidators Mr. Laurent WINKELMANN and Mr. Philippe von BREDOW at the site launched to keep us all informed http://www.crownforex.info/
I know you guys are extremely busy protecting us bankruptcy victims but ONE YEAR without a single piece of news!!!.... come on guys!!!
You still have three days to…
ContinueAdded by Francesc Riverola on May 24, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
Institutional Demand for ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) Continues to Climb
Institutional Demand for Exchange-Traded Funds Continues to Climb
iShares is Top ETF Provider to U.S. Institutions for Second Year
Monday, May 23, 2011 Stamford, CT USA — Institutional investors are increasingly bullish on using Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in their…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 24, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments
Francesc Blog Reaches 2,000 Followers at Twitter
A BIG thanks to all of you suffering me day in day out and that made possible that today this blog reached 2,000 followers at Twitter.
THANKS!
Francesc…
Added by Francesc Riverola on May 24, 2011 at 7:43am — No Comments
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