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Forex News: ECB Trichet on the Wires
ECB Trichet says base scenario is a growth decline during q2, q3; Risk for growth is on the downside. Risks include "very significant financial market correction."
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Forex News:BOJ Minutes
A few thoughts from the BOJ:. --A Few members saying they should be watching consumer inflation expectations and prices at most Japanese firms. --Saying that oil and food prices are not causing price effect. ...
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Bush Should Get Credit for Oil Drop and Dollar Gains!
Somebody Showed Him The Memo - Leadership at Last? On Monday July 14, US President George Bush announced that he would lift the Executive Prohibition banning offshore oil drilling as soon as Congress agrees. ...
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Forex in 60 Seconds - US Dollar, Equities Rally On JP Morgan Earnings, But Disappointing Google, Merrill Lynch News May Reverse The Moves On Friday
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More On Short-Selling Of Stocks
This is some interesting stuff against the backdrop of recent actions by the SEC to curb short selling:. From the Financial Times:. “The cost of borrowing shares for short sales on Wall Street has been rising steeply in recent weeks, ...
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Is The US Economy Just Going Through “A Bit Of A Rough Patch”?
When I first read today's post, "Mental Recession? Maybe. Economic Recession? No," by James Pethokoukis, "money and politics blogger" for US News & World Report's Capital Commerce blog and the assistant managing editor of the...
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Financials Lead “False” Rally In Stock Markets
NEWS: The Dow closed the session with its best one-day point gain since 4/1. The closing numbers showed a gain of 276 points or 2.5%. The S&P rallied 30 points or 2.5% and the NASDAQ exploded for a gain of 69 points or 3.1%. ...
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Could This Be The Start Of A Bear Market Rally?
All of the news will be good, anything bad will be buried (or dismissed) as much as possible. Maybe. This could be the start of the next bear market rally, or not. Don’t you just love that decisiveness! Financials certainly got a boost ...
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New-Found Financial Sector Optimism On Wells Fargo’s Raised Dividend
The see-saw affair that is today’s markets went there and back again earlier this week and Wednesday, based on some encouraging news from Wells Fargo (WFC), saw the scales tip towards the Bulls. Wells Fargo, the...
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The Story Of Fannie And Freddie
Well it happened. The big question that loomed in the air on Wall Street last week, as sinking shares of Fannie Mae (fnm) and Freddie Mac (fre) stole headlines from rising oil, was answered over the weekend. ...
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The Burgeoning US Pension Fund Crisis
By Martin Hutchinson. Welcome to the latest offshoot of the subprime-mortgage debacle: A burgeoning US pension-fund crisis. Since the global financial crisis struck last fall, the largest 1500 US public companies have lost a combined ...
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Stock Picks And Trade Ideas For Thursday - BRCM, CSCO, RMBS, FSLR
Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge ). First Solar (FSLR) has had a hard time with resistance here, but may be ready to move higher. The level which the stock may have trouble moving above, is today at $292.88. ... ...
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What The SEC Thinks About Naked Short Selling
Apparently, naked shorting isn’t “illegal”. The SEC even thinks it helps market liquidity, at certain times. The SEC’s website has this, in part, to say about naked short selling:. Naked short selling is not necessarily a violation of ... ...
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‘Magic Numbers’ And Relative Valuations
Many people seem to believe that there are some magic numbers out there that equate to stock-picking success. I hear two things in particular when I’m helping people with their screening strategies: P/E Ratios and Price/Book Values. ...
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Keeping Your Money Safe
After the collapse of IndyMac and Bear Stearns, everyone is wondering if their money is safe. I have been hearing alot of people warning each other that they should keep no more than $100000, the limit of FDIC insurance, at any one bank ...
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