Theo Walcott Sedia Untuk Dipinjamkan Bagi Cerahkan Peluang Terpilih Ke Piala Dunia
Pemain Arsenal, Theo Walcott rela untuk dipinjamkan ke kelab lain bagi mencerahkan peluangnya untuk mendapatkan tempat dalam skuad England bagi menghadapi saingan Piala Dunia 2018 di Russia nanti.
Pemain yang telah berkhidmat bersama Arsenal sejak Januari 2006 itu mahukan lebih banyak masa permainan sekaligus dapat mencuri perhatian pengurus England, Gareth Southgate untuk menyenaraikan beliau.
Ketika ini dua pasukan Liga Perdana Inggeris (EPL) iaitu Southampton dan Everton dilihat berminat untuk mendapatkan khidmat pemain sayap berusia 28 tahun ini.
Musim ini Walcott hanya beraksi dalam 15 perlawanan dan 9 daripadanya adalah dalam saingan piala termasuk ketika Arsenal tewas mengejut kepada Nottingham Forest 4-2 dalam saingan Pusingan Ketiga Piala FA tempohari.
Namun bagi pengurus Arsenal, Arsene Wenger keputusan tersebut bukanlah langkah yang dimahukannya kerana beliau inginkan supaya Walcott kekal di Stadium Emirates.
”Saya mahu dia (Theo Walcott) kekal di Arsenal,” kata Wenger pada sidang media sebelum perlawanan pada Jumaat lalu.
”Saya dengar Southampton menyatakan minat mereka terhadap Walcott tetapi saya mahu dia kekal.”
Dalam perkembangan tersebut, pengurus Southampton, Mauricio Pellegrino mengakui mengenai minatnya terhadap Walcott.
”Saya telah bercakap mengenainya,” kata Pellegrino. ”
”Dia merupakan seorang pemain yang baik tetapi saya tidak tahu tentang rundingan tersebut. Dengan keadaan pasaran pemain ketika ini, saya membayangkan bahawa pemain jenis ini akan mempunyai pelbagai kemungkinan. Bagi kami ianya tidak mudah untuk mendapatkannya.”
”Mudah-mudahan kami dapat membawa seseorang yang dapat membantu pasukan menjadi lebih kuat. Ini adalah sasaran kami sekarang. Kami tahu pasaran kini sangat sukar tetapi kami sedang berusaha untuk melakukannya.”
Southampton bukanlah asing bagi The Walcott kerana perkembangan karier bola sepak beliau bermula disana sebelum menyertai Arsenal pada tahun 2006 ketika berusia 17 tahun.
What Is Forex?
The foreign exchange market is the "place" where currencies are traded. Currencies are important to most people around the world, whether they realize it or not, because currencies need to be exchanged in order to conduct foreign trade and business. If you are living in the U.S. and want to buy cheese from France, either you or the company that you buy the cheese from has to pay the French for the cheese in euros (EUR). This means that the U.S. importer would have to exchange the equivalent value of U.S. dollars (USD) into euros. The same goes for traveling. A French tourist in Egypt can't pay in euros to see the pyramids because it's not the locally accepted currency. As such, the tourist has to exchange the euros for the local currency, in this case the Egyptian pound, at the current exchange rate.
The need to exchange currencies is the primary reason why the forex market is the largest, most liquid financial market in the world. It dwarfs other markets in size, even the stock market, with an average traded value of around U.S. $2,000 billion per day. (The total volume changes all the time, but as of August 2012, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reported that the forex market traded in excess of U.S. $4.9 trillion per day.)
One unique aspect of this international market is that there is no central marketplace for foreign exchange. Rather, currency trading is conducted electronically over-the-counter (OTC), which means that all transactions occur via computer networks between traders around the world, rather than on one centralized exchange. The market is open 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week, and currencies are traded worldwide in the major financial centers of London, New York, Tokyo, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris and Sydney - across almost every time zone. This means that when the trading day in the U.S. ends, the forex market begins anew in Tokyo and Hong Kong. As such, the forex market can be extremely active any time of the day, with price quotes changing constantly.
Spot Market and the Forwards and Futures Markets
There are actually three ways that institutions, corporations and individuals trade forex: the spot market, the forwards market and the futures market. The forex trading in the spot market always has been the largest market because it is the "underlying" real asset that the forwards and futures markets are based on. In the past, the futures market was the most popular venue for traders because it was available to individual investors for a longer period of time. However, with the advent of electronic trading, the spot market has witnessed a huge surge in activity and now surpasses the futures market as the preferred trading market for individual investors and speculators. When people refer to the forex market, they usually are referring to the spot market. The forwards and futures markets tend to be more popular with companies that need to hedge their foreign exchange risks out to a specific date in the future.
What is the spot market?
More specifically, the spot market is where currencies are bought and sold according to the current price. That price, determined by supply and demand, is a reflection of many things, including current interest rates, economic performance, sentiment towards ongoing political situations (both locally and internationally), as well as the perception of the future performance of one currency against another. When a deal is finalized, this is known as a "spot deal". It is a bilateral transaction by which one party delivers an agreed-upon currency amount to the counter party and receives a specified amount of another currency at the agreed-upon exchange rate value. After a position is closed, the settlement is in cash. Although the spot market is commonly known as one that deals with transactions in the present (rather than the future), these trades actually take two days for settlement.
What are the forwards and futures markets?
Unlike the spot market, the forwards and futures markets do not trade actual currencies. Instead they deal in contracts that represent claims to a certain currency type, a specific price per unit and a future date for settlement.
In the forwards market, contracts are bought and sold OTC between two parties, who determine the terms of the agreement between themselves.
In the futures market, futures contracts are bought and sold based upon a standard size and settlement date on public commodities markets, such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In the U.S., the National Futures Association regulates the futures market. Futures contracts have specific details, including the number of units being traded, delivery and settlement dates, and minimum price increments that cannot be customized. The exchange acts as a counterpart to the trader, providing clearance and settlement.
Both types of contracts are binding and are typically settled for cash for the exchange in question upon expiry, although contracts can also be bought and sold before they expire. The forwards and futures markets can offer protection against risk when trading currencies. Usually, big international corporations use these markets in order to hedge against future exchange rate fluctuations, but speculators take part in these markets as well. (For a more in-depth introduction to futures, see Futures Fundamentals.)
Note that you'll see the terms: FX, forex, foreign-exchange market and currency market. These terms are synonymous and all refer to the forex market.
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