Beginner's guide to the currency markets

In this video tutorial, Tim Bennett explains the key features of one of the biggest markets in the world - foreign exchange.

Tim Bennett explainsthe key features of thecurrency markets: the influences affecting an exchange rate, what currency 'pairs' are, and how to trade them.So in this video we take a look at one of the biggest markets in the world, the foreign exchange market. Lots of talk around possible crises in the Eurozone, quantitative easing in the UK and UK, lots of focus on the currency markets in general.

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.