LONDON, February 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Global market analysis team voted by readers as the best in providing real-time coverage and analysis of forex, commodities, and stock market indices

MarketPulse, a global macroeconomic analysis news site that provides timely information on economic trends, technical analysis, and worldwide events impacting multiple financial asset classes announces today that it has been named 'Best Sell Side Analysis Contributor' by the readers of FXStreet in the outlet's Forex Best Awards 2014.

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"The MarketPulse team is honoured to have won the Best Sell-Side Analysis Contributor for FXStreets' Forex Best Awards 2014. We'd like to give a big thanks to all who voted, including our devoted readership," said Dean Popplewell, Director of Currency Analysis and Research, OANDA. "We will continue to offer full-time coverage of the world's largest financial markets, including major macroeconomic trends, technical analysis, and global events to support investors in their trading decisions."

MarketPulse.com features a global team of securities analysts and strategists at OANDA, who publish insightful research and commentary that features extensive coverage of forex, commodities, and stock market indices. In addition to providing up-to-the-moment global currency, securities, and commodities news, the paywall-free site also serves up insight into short- and long-term financial market trends.

"OANDA's MarketPulse team have been contributors on FXStreet for many years now. The popular vote and professional jury both agreed that the team provided the best analysis in the Sell-Side type of company in 2013," said Carolina May, CEO of FXStreet. "I want to congratulate them for this audience recognition and encourage them to keep up the good work!"

FXStreet is the leading Forex information website and these are the fourth edition of the Forex Best Awards that honor the best analysis, educational content and contributors on its website. The nominees of the ten categories - a total of over 40 different contributors - were selected by the FXStreet Content team for their quality and popularity on the website. The jury is made of members of the FXStreet Experts team and of professionals from other companies, with different backgrounds.

To subscribe to the award-winning analysis site, please visit http://www.marketpulse.com, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

About MarketPulse

Established in 2006, MarketPulse is a free news site that provides coverage of the world's largest financial markets. Our team of securities analysts and strategists provides informative research and commentary on major macroeconomic trends, technical analysis, and worldwide events that impact different asset classes and investors. http://www.marketpulse.com.

About OANDA

OANDA Corporation transformed the business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to forex trading. The company's industry leading online trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a number of firsts to the marketplace, including immediate execution; instant settlement on trades; trades of any size between one unit and 10 million units; and interest calculated by the second. The company's many awards attest to the power and flexibility of its trading platform. In 2013, OANDA was honored with nearly a dozen awards, including Best Trade Execution Provider, Best Retail Trading Platform and Best Mobile Trading Platform by International Finance Magazine; as well as Best Value for Money by Investment Trends in each the U.S., UK, and Singapore markets.

OANDA was the first online provider of comprehensive currency exchange information, and today the company's OANDA Rate® data provides benchmark rates for corporations, auditing firms, and global banks.

OANDA has five offices worldwide, in Chicago, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Toronto. OANDA is regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. National Futures Association (NFA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

OANDA Europe Limited is a company registered in England number 7110087 limited by shares with its registered office at 25 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BR and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, No: 542574.

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SOURCE MarketPulse and OANDA