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Politicians Create Investor Panic

Traditional Safe-haven assets like the Swiss franc, the yen and gold have hit highs this week on investor fears that governments around the world are planning spending cuts as debt spirals at a time of slowing global economic growth. Today there is now safe-haven it seems, investors are selling assets across the board, bargain hunters [...]

ASX and AUD Take a Beating

Retail sales dived in Australia and there is the strong likelihood of Rate Cuts this year. The S&P/ASX 200 sharemarket index fell 2.3 per cent, wiping about $30 billion from the value of listed companies. This took losses over two days to almost $50 billion, with the market at its lowest point since last August. [...]

Is RIMM a Buy?

RIM revamps BlackBerry for IPhone challenge RIM is introducing its 1st touch-screen version BB Bold, plus an up-dated Torch slider phone, and a new touch- screen-only BlackBerry, all based on RIM’s new BlackBerry 7.0 platform. The 3 devices will be available from 225 carriers, with some operators starting next week, in the biggest launch in [...]

What’s Hot CGFIA, RBY, GOLD, GBGI

Colorado Goldfields inc Pink:CGFIA, Rubicon Minerals Corp. (USA) AMEX:RBY, Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR), NASDAQ:GOLD, Gold Bag, Inc. (OTC:GBGI) Colorado Goldfields inc Pink:CGFIA Colorado was home to one of the greatest gold rushes the world has ever seen where millions of ounces of gold have been mined continuously for the past 148 years. To this day, [...]

London Copper Hits Record High

In London today copper rallied to a new record high of $10,117.50, supported by a “strong technical forecast, a weaker dollar and a positive fundamental outlook” according to Shayne Heffernan of Ebeling Heffernan. Behind the price rise are a variety of factors, but by far and away the leading driver is China’s economic boom. In [...]

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Indonesian Banks a Strong Buy, Rakyat, Mandiri, BCA

5 Indonesian Banks now rank among the world’s 500 most valuable banking brands, according to consultancy company Brand Finance. The Indonesian banks on the list are Bank Rakyat Indonesia, which came in 195th, followed by Bank Mandiri (208), Bank Central Asia (225), Bank Negara Indonesia (256) and Bank Danamon (311). BRI, the second-largest bank in [...]

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Deer Consumer Products NASDAQ:DEER Analysts Research

Chutinush Taksinapinunt of Heffernan capital management has issued a strong buy on Deer Consumer Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEER) with a Price Target of $22. A Market Leader in the Small Household and Kitchen Appliances Industry: Deer Consumer Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEER) is a U.S. company with its primary operations in China. Founded by the same [...]

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ASEAN Trading Oultook, Tiger Airlines, PTT, Genting, Aboitiz, KTB

ASEAN Markets will post gains today. Shayne Heffernan’s Best Buys are Tiger Airlines, PTT, Genting, Aboitiz, KTB Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines are all trading lower of late but that trend will now flatten off and the ASEAN markets will begin a recovery above and beyond the recent highs. The Dow Jones industrial average [...]

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Jakarta Outlook, Bank Rakyat, Multistrada, Tambang Batubara

Yesterday in Jakarta the JCI shed 78.44 points, or 2.3 percent, to close at 3,409.17. About three billion shares worth Rp 5 trillion ($555 million) changed hands, with decliners leading gainers 205 to 31. This should reverse today after better leads overnight from Wall St. Bank Rakyat Indonesia, the nation’s second-biggest lender by assets, dropped [...]

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Aboitiz a Buy as Philippines Falls

In Manila the Philippine Stock Exchange index lost 88.87 points or 2.24 percent to 3,881.47. The financial, industrial, and property companies led the day’s decline, respectively falling by 3.06 percent, 3.02 percent, and 2.25 percent. On such a steep fall bargain hunters will be active and Shayne Heffernan has selected Aboitiz as one to be [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …