Futures signal dip on Wall Street before Bernanke (Reuters)
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Futures signal dip on Wall Street before Bernanke (Reuters)
Reuters - Stock futures eased on Thursday, suggesting Wall Street shares may pare some of the previous day’s gains as investors await word on the outlook for monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Source: news.yahoo.com
ZCI - Zambia Copper Investments - Further Cautionary Announcement
January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ZCI - Zambia Copper Investments - Further Cautionary Announcement
Code(s): ZCI Zambia Copper Investments Limited (Registered in Bermuda) JSE code: ZCI ISIN: BMG988431240 (’ZCI’) FURTHER CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT Further to the cautionary announcements released on SENS between 2 September 2005 and 28 November 2007, the
Source: c.moreover.com
FTSE 100 – Bull or Bear?
January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A question that vexes nearly all traders is what defines a bull or bear market? You can choose from a myriad of methods and analysis, both technical and fundamental. There are the old favourites, P/E ratios vs Bonds, Elliott Wave theory, Dow Theory, Cycles, Trends, 50 and 200 daily moving average crosses, the list grows almost daily. You could spend a lifetime reading all these methods and probably still not answer the question. Read more
A gloomy day for the housing and mortgage outlook
January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tuesday started promising on Wall Street, as the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced a potential for an upswing in the US housing market, possibly in late 2008. They expressed the possibility of market stabilization. However, they also said pending home sales dropped 2.6% in November. Read more
Jawboning
January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
During the mid- to late 1960s, the Lyndon B Johnson Administration tried to deal with the mounting inflationary pressures by direct government influence. Wage-price guideposts were set up, and the power of the presidency was used to coerce big businesses and labor into going along with these guideposts. Read more
Oil breaks $100 while dollar turns sour again to start New Year
January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Oil prices did not take too long to ring in the New Year with a new record just above $100 per barrel today, before falling back just below the century mark. As oil prices soar and Wall Street remains uncertain about its next move, the dollar has slipped back against European, Asian, and other world currencies. Gold also reached a 28-year high at $860 per ounce Wednesday. Read more
An early warning?
January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Having traded through 2007 in very volatile conditions most market participants have taken on board the need to ensure that risk management is at the forefront of their plan. Even with risk management it has been a very frustrating experience for many attempting to trade over the longer term. Read more
2008: Dollars, Gold & the Tasty New Whopper Sauce
January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
WHO CAN REALLY SAY what 2008 will bring? A post-Olympics slump in China, perhaps, tipping its near-10% annual rate of expansion into an historic depression…The first annual fall since 1995 might also hit UK real estate too, unwinding a chunk of the near-quadrupling of London house prices… Read more
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