 The Traditional Brokers: What are their Chances in the Forex?Journal of Applied Economics, 2003, vol. 6, 205-220 Abstract: The electronic brokers compete with the traditional brokers. The electronic brokers offer lower costs, increased speed and a better guarantee of transparency and of anonymity. The : only real advantage of the traditional brokers is the gathering of information. We investigate : whether the traders in the foreign exchange market consider that to be crucial, which is : equivalent to asking “Do traditional brokers have any chance in the forex?” We build a : simple model and use the results of a questionnaire that we elaborated and that was sent to : the users of the brokersÂ’ services in the Portuguese foreign exchange market. We also use : transaction data from the most important dealer in the Portuguese market. Considering this : dealer to be representative, we conclude that the main advantage of the traditional broker : is not much valued by the dealers. This does not leave a promising future for the traditional : broker. : Keywords: brokers; foreign exchange market; information (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cem:jaecon:v:6:y:2003:n:2:p:205-220 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Applied Economics is currently edited by Germán Coloma and Mariana Conte Grand and Jorge M. Streb More articles in Journal of Applied Economics from Universidad del CEMA Contact information at EDIRC. |
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