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Before you start trading FOREX make sure you know exactly what market you are in. Very likely the best definition of FOREX can be found at the INVESTOPEDIA website (quality information source for investors): "The foreign exchange (also known as "FOREX" or "FX") market is the place where currencies are traded. The overall forex market is the largest, most liquid market in the world with an average traded value that exceeds $1.9 trillion per day and includes all of the currencies in the world." To add another view, here is how authors of the well known INVESTORWORDS lexicon define FOREX: "An over-the-counter market where buyers and sellers conduct foreign exchange transactions, also called foreign exchange market.

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10. More Alternatives to Banking
True, we've been dancing around this idea for several paragraphs now, mentioning Walmart earlier, and how angry customers have been at banks. If you're one of those who are fed up with your bank, you can definitely be happy that there are more ways than ever to leave your bank and find a way to bank without an actual bank. For instance, there's been a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about BankSimple, which is launching in 2011. It's a debit card that's meant to replace your brick-and-mortar and online personal bank. While we've no idea how effective or popular it'll be -- and I'm not recommending ditching your favorite or even unfavorite financial institution -- I'm sure some people will want to check out BankSimple.

Why? Their marketing campaign seems to be largely predicated on the idea that, "Hey, we're not a bank."



Forex fraud is a growing problem. It can be found everywhere from boiler room scam artist's, to some guy you met at the coffee shop the other day, even past trusted brokers and executives have been involved in forex scams. The most common victims are the one's who think it will never happen to them. Though there is no guaranteed way to avoid forex fraud, it is possible to trade, minimize the chance of becoming a victim of a forex scam, and prosper in the market providing you remain diligent and alert in every decision you make. Don't let your hard earned dollars become an easy profit for some forex scam artist, make sure any person you choose to do business with is duly regulated in the country they operate from.