US Dollar And ETFs Doing So Well, It Brings Out Cynics The dollar is regaining its health, as the rally goes on to another day, raising up the commodities markets and all focused exchange traded funds (ETFs). But despite all the recent performance, today the dollar has taken a step back ... ...

American Oriental A Play On China American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc’s (AOB) second-quarter financials were strong and exceeded our expectations. We expect the company to continue to deliver strong performance in the coming quarters due to relatively high growth in ... Go to Full...

JC Penney: Good Exit Point JC Penney Co. (JCP) reported second-quarter EPS of $0.52, which was $0.02 ahead of consensus. For the third quarter, the management expects to earn $0.70-$0.75 per share compared to the previous consensus of $0.76. ... Go to Full Article

Hong Kong Economy And ETFs Are Dampened Asia and its exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been going through a cooling trend, and economists now say that Hong Kong has cooled to its slowest pace since the third quarter of 2003. That was just after the economy began to recover ... Go to...

Just Because Agriculture Prices Are Lower Doesn’t Mean Demand Is Gone Grain prices have been falling along with exchange traded funds (ETFs), but that could soon change if demand keeps ticking up. There has been a commodities selloff in recent weeks, but analysts say that this may not be...

Monday: US Stock Market Summary Renewed fears over financial institutional health weighed on the markets today and the XLF failed to hold $21.00. Lehman’s may have bigger losses than anticipated; auction rate security messes are not cleared up; Fannie Mae and Freddie ... Go to Full...

Should ETFs Steel Themselves For Continued Commodities Demand? Exchange traded funds (ETFs) for Australia and steel could benefit from BHP Billiton’s banner year of record profits. The world’s largest mining company said that its net profit for the year ending June 30 rose 14.7% to...

Lowe’s—Weathering A Tough Retail Market Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (LOW) reported second quarter 2008 earnings this morning that were off 7.9% from the prior year quarter, but still beat Wall Street’s muted expectations. As with other retailers, ... Go to Full...

Forex Trading - Aussie Kiwi Approaching 50% Retracement The release of highly inflationary data out of New Zealand to the start the trading day, coupled with Australian Reserve Bank minutes, which suggested aggressive easing, has had little affect on the pair as it is trading at the top of ......

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Monday: Daily Forex Market Wrapup EURO. The euro appreciated vis-Ã*-vis the US dollar today as the single currency tested offers around the US$ 1.4765 level and was supported around the $1.4665 level. The common currency consolidated some of last week’s losses. ... Go to Full Article

Forex Trading - Australian Reserve Banks Board Minutes for August The Reserve Bank of Australia released the minutes of its August Board meeting, the highlights of the release included the following:. Case could be made for early rate cut. Rate cut made be needed to prevent deeper slowdown....

August 19th 2008 Daily Forex Market Outlook Daily FX August 19th 2008 Daily Forex Market Outlook Daily FX. Go to Full Article

Forex Trading - New Zealand Producer Prices Index The New Zealand Producer Prices Index came in significantly higher than the prior quarters reading. Producer Prices Inputs were 5.6% vs. last quarters reading of 2.3% and the Outputs were also higher at 3.5% vs. 1.8%. ... Go to Full Article

US Dollar: Is the Rally Over? - US Dollar: Is the Rally Over? - British Pound Speculative Positioning Points Toward Rebound - Euro Remains Heavy As Trade Balance Falls To Worst Deficit... Go to Full Article