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The Politics of a Pump and Dump
mPhase Technologies, a developmental stage hi-tech company has some exciting products they claim to be working on. One of the featured technologies they proudly mention on their website is the magnetometer. The magnetometer is similar ...
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Options for Gold ETF Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) determined that exchange traded fund (ETF) investors will now be able to trade futures and options contracts on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD: ...
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Does Fed Live In A Fantasy World?
FT is reporting the following:. THAT LEHMAN SHORT SELLERS HAVE REACHED A RECORD. SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA DID NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN WACHOVIA’S CAPITAL RAISE - FT. Ambac (ABK: 2.49 -0.51 -17.00%) registers ...
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Daily Forex Commentary
EURO. The euro gained marginal ground vis-*-vis the US dollar today as the single currency tested offers around the US$ 1.5480 level and was supported around the $1.5420 level. Technically, today’s intraday high and low were right ...
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MBIA Responds
You knew it was coming. Be sure to read the last line about the housing market:. MBIA COMMENTS ON MOODY’S DECISION: THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO COVER ALL POLICYHOLDER CLAIMS, FROM A REGULATORY OR ANY OTHER STANDPOINT. ...
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Are Credit Cards The Next Subprime?
Last week the Fed said that credit card delinquencies hit 4.86% and credit debt increased by 7.9% to $957.2 in March. American Express (AXP: 46.875 +2.565 +5.79%) is experiencing mounting credit losses but today reassured investors that ...
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Why Mark-to-Market is Bad News for Shareholders
By Martin Hutchinson. “When I use a word” said Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass,” “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.” It has always been the ambition of Wall Street to bring...
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Why We Should Welcome the Private Equity Shakeout
So, the Street-wide forward pipeline of LBO related debt issuance has shrunk to around $70bn and in some weeks has actually increased. Prices for LBO related bank loans and HY debt have slowly recovered. ...
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New Energy Finance - NEX - Weekly Review
Each Tuesday (usually) I post about the previous week’s results for the WilderHill Global New Energy Innovation Index symbol: NEX. The NEX is the bogey index for the PowerShares Global Clean Energy Fund (PBD: 29.45 +0.18 +0.61%) ETF. ...
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Year-Over-Year Change in Gas Prices
Speaking of gas prices, here is a graph depicting the year-over-year change in retail gas prices, wholesale gas prices and oil. From the looks of things, it looks there is a bit of a margin squeeze happening as retail gas prices look to ...
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Looking Up Down Under - Euro In the Box
100 Pip Run - AUD-USD 30 Min June 3, 2008 -- 22:30. 2008-June-3--AUD-USD-30 Min -GDP-. Australia GDP numbers surprised to the upside and the Aussie took off over 100 pips as shown by the chart above. GDP came in at +0.6%, twice the 0.3% ...
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Currency charts continued - technical analysis - getting to grips…
This forex blog is different to others out there in that I actually trade. Therefore I’m not interested in the theory so much as being able to put it in to practise. That is the real test. Hindsight is only useful if you...
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NASDAQ vs DJIA vs S&P500
Commodity Futures Charts.
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US Dollar Advance Furthered By Data Supporting Boosting NFP, Growth Speculation
- British Pound Slumps As UK Services Sector Contracts, BOE Expected To Leave Rates Steady - Commodity Dollars: Aussie Jumps On GDP, Kiwi Plummets As Rate...
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New Zealand Signals First Rate Cuts Since 2003
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) validated market expectations today, confirming interest rates would remain at the record 8.25% level. Bank Governor...
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