Live Trading News » Interest Rates http://www.livetradingnews.com Live Trading News and Research Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Forex, EUR/USD Broke Down Consolidation Support, and Rising Trendline http://www.livetradingnews.com/forex-eurusd-broke-down-consolidation-support-and-rising-trendline-114723.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/forex-eurusd-broke-down-consolidation-support-and-rising-trendline-114723.htm#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 10:50:07 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=114723 Forex, EUR/USD Broke Down Consolidation Support, and Rising Trendline EUR/USD: 1.2796 Let’s look at the falling trendline that held after a relief rally retreated from 1.2930. The 16 May session saw EUR/USD stuck in consolidation, but the 17 May Friday US session saw some action as EUR/USD broke below the previous 1.2842 low. This broke [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/forex-eurusd-broke-down-consolidation-support-and-rising-trendline-114723.htm/feed 0 Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013 http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-how-to-develop-an-inflation-hedge-2013-95437.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-how-to-develop-an-inflation-hedge-2013-95437.htm#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:01:23 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=95437 Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013 QE1, QE2, QE3, the Bernanke “Twist” and QE4 are pumping out money at a rate never before seen in history. The Fed will not only generate US inflation but it will be exporting that inflation to the rest of the World, especially emerging markets. It is [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/dividend-focused-cfd-fund-111198.htm/feed 0 Singapore Dollar Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-outlook-3-107896.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-outlook-3-107896.htm#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:35:42 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=107896 Singapore Dollar Outlook Technical Outlook for Singapore Dollar Short Term: Bearish Intermediate Term: Neutral Long Term: Bullish SGD is currently 0.7% above its 200-period moving average and is in an upward trend. Volatility is high as compared to the average volatility over the last 10 periods. Our volume indicators reflect volume flowing into and out [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-outlook-3-107896.htm/feed 0 EUR/USD Heads to $1.29 http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-heads-to-1-29-107149.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-heads-to-1-29-107149.htm#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:06:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=107149 MARKETS USD near a 3-1/2-year high against the JPY. USD at 96.13 JPY, about 0.15% above its late U.S. levels and not far from Friday’s high of 96.60 yen, which was its highest level since Aug. 12th, 2009. FACTORS The $639 trillion OTC derivatives market are now required under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to have [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-heads-to-1-29-107149.htm/feed 0 Foreign Exchange Update http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-update-2-106122.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-update-2-106122.htm#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:18:29 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=106122 Foreign Exchange Update MARKETS The euro was firm on Thursday, EUR at $1.3134, having bounced from an eight-week trough of $1.3018 earlier in the week. Against the yen, the euro fetched 121.14, up from a five-week low of 120.20. FACTORS Smooth auction of Italian government bonds helped ease worriesabout the election Yen Falls for Third [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-update-2-106122.htm/feed 0 Did Interest Rates Bottom in July 2012? http://www.livetradingnews.com/did-interest-rates-bottom-in-july-2012-105390.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/did-interest-rates-bottom-in-july-2012-105390.htm#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:39:56 +0000 LiveTradingNews.com wire staff http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=105390 Did Interest Rates Bottom in July 2012? 15 February 2013 What is going on with the Dow Jones? See in the BEV chart below how currently the Dow Jones has yet to rise up to the red line for a new all-time high. It’s been 1,350 trading days since the October 2007′s all-time high. The [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-testing-80-00-102177.htm/feed 0 Return of the Euro Crisis http://www.livetradingnews.com/return-of-the-euro-crisis-101104.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/return-of-the-euro-crisis-101104.htm#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:35:34 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=101104 Return of the Euro Crisis European futures are pointed lower across the board as equity indices pullback from recent exuberance and German growth slowed more than forecast. Concern over the debt ceiling and comments from Asia overnight are negatively impacting markets as riskier sovereign yields also move higher. Recapitalization rumors for Greek banks remain a [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/return-of-the-euro-crisis-101104.htm/feed 0 Fx Trade Idea: EUR/USD pair – 1.3338 http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trade-idea-eurusd-pair-1-3338-100816.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trade-idea-eurusd-pair-1-3338-100816.htm#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:49:45 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=100816 Fx Trade Idea: EUR/USD pair – 1.3338 Most recent candlesticks pattern : N/A Trend : Up Tenkan-Sen level:1.3307 Kijun-Sen level:1.3270 Ichimoku cloud top:1.3114 Ichimoku cloud bottom:1.3113 Original strategy: Buy at 1.3205, Target: 1.3305, Stop: 1.3170 New strategy: Buy at 1.3250, Target: 1.3355, Stop: 1.3215 Join Us New York time, 12 Noon Sunday, 12 Midnight in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trade-idea-eurusd-pair-1-3338-100816.htm/feed 0 Foreign Exchange Update EUR, JPY, USD, AUD,CHF, GBP http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-update-eur-jpy-usd-audchf-gbp-100683.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-update-eur-jpy-usd-audchf-gbp-100683.htm#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:56:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=100683 Foreign Exchange Update EUR, JPY, USD, AUD,CHF, GBP There was more disappointing data out of the US on Thursday, as Unemployment Claims were released. The key employment indicator came in at 371 thousand news claims, well above the estimate of 361K. This marked the second straight reading in which the indicator failed to meet market [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/free-live-streaming-quotes-67594.htm/feed 0 Lloyds Bank Rates Strategy December 12 Trading the USD and The Fed http://www.livetradingnews.com/lloyds-bank-rates-strategy-december-12-trading-the-usd-and-the-fed-97559.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/lloyds-bank-rates-strategy-december-12-trading-the-usd-and-the-fed-97559.htm#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:02:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=97559 12 DECEMBER 2012 • ‘How much and for how long, Mr Bernanke?’ • Trading ahead of the Italian job (new 3-year BTPs) • UK domestic focus: labour market statistics 10-year UST futures are marginally firmer, this morning, following yesterday’s material sell-off and a decent $32bn auction of the new 3-year note. All this amid geopolitical [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/lloyds-bank-rates-strategy-december-12-trading-the-usd-and-the-fed-97559.htm/feed 0 Charts for Tuesday: Crude Oil, Gold, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/CHF http://www.livetradingnews.com/charts-for-tuesday-crude-oil-gold-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-97363.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/charts-for-tuesday-crude-oil-gold-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-97363.htm#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:23:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=97363 Highlights US : Market opinion the U.S. Fed will expand monetary stimulus to boost the economy. US : Fed’s Operation Twist of swapping $45 billion a month in short-term Treasuries for long-term debt expires this month. JAPAN Overseas money managers, , reduced purchases of Japanese short-term notes in 2012 by 72 % EURO-ZONE : Monti [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/charts-for-tuesday-crude-oil-gold-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-97363.htm/feed 0 Asia Trading: EUR, JPY, USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/asia-trading-eur-jpy-usd-97326.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asia-trading-eur-jpy-usd-97326.htm#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:55:42 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=97326 The euro was stronger in Asian trading on Tuesday, weighed by worries over Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s decision to quit, the currency bounced 30 pips in last 10 minutes, quoting at fresh session and weekly highs 1.2959, jumping from recent session lows at 1.2928, following better than expected steel production in China up to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/interest-rates-strategy-eurusd-97146.htm/feed 0 Greenspan, No Painless Solution to US Debt Woes http://www.livetradingnews.com/greenspan-no-painless-solution-to-us-debt-woes-96887.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/greenspan-no-painless-solution-to-us-debt-woes-96887.htm#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:33:55 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=96887 Greenspan, No Painless Solution to US Debt Woes DB Reducing US long-term deficits will inevitably cause economic pain, former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. “The presumption that we’re going to have a painless solution to this, I think, is fantasy,” Mr. Greenspan said Thursday during a “Bloomberg Surveillance” television interview with Tom Keene. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/greenspan-no-painless-solution-to-us-debt-woes-96887.htm/feed 0 Shayne Heffernan: Considerations of Trends in Trading and Investing http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-considerations-of-trends-in-trading-and-investing-87470.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-considerations-of-trends-in-trading-and-investing-87470.htm#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:22:25 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87470 Economist Shayne Heffernan on Considerations of Trends in Trading and Investing Market prices move in trends. Many variables influence trends. Market prices lead actual developments in underlying fundamental conditions. Therefore, why trends occur is not always evident in real time. Sometimes, the reason are not clear even well after the trend is over. Technical market [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/apple-inc-nasdaqaapl-new-ipad-app-for-news-charts-and-research-95161.htm/feed 0 EUR/USD Technical Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-technical-outlook-3-95096.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-technical-outlook-3-95096.htm#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:32:05 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=95096 EUR/USD intraday: bullish bias above 1.294 After years of overspending, southern Europe is cutting public sector wages and spending on hospitals and schools, while Belgium and France are also under pressure to control their deficits. That is also translating into less demand for German goods and eating away at business confidence across the bloc. The [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurusd-technical-outlook-3-95096.htm/feed 0 FX Update: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, USD/CHF, USD/CAD http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-audusd-usdchf-usdcad-94992.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-audusd-usdchf-usdcad-94992.htm#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:21:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94992 U.S.-based stock funds suffered the most outflows since late July as U.S. lawmakers inched ahead in talks to avert the “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and spending cuts set to occur in January, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Friday. European banks have asked the European Commission to postpone the introduction of tougher [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-audusd-usdchf-usdcad-94992.htm/feed 0 Asian Real Estate Report: Hong Kong, China http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-report-hong-kong-china-94831.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-report-hong-kong-china-94831.htm#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:23:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94831 Developers have urged the government to adjust its first property tax aimed at overseas and corporate buyers, saying it threatens Hong Kong’s “hard-earned reputation” as one of the world’s freest markets. The Real Estate Developers’ Association said the government should exempt buyers of apartments costing more than HK$30 million and purchases by companies whose directors [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-report-hong-kong-china-94831.htm/feed 0 Brazilian Real USD/BRL Trading http://www.livetradingnews.com/brazilian-real-usdbrl-trading-94802.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/brazilian-real-usdbrl-trading-94802.htm#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:57:57 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94802 Brazil’s central bank has not established an informal trading band for the country’s currency, the Brazilian Real, but will intervene in the market if the exchange rate reaches levels it deems unreasonable. Speaking before the joint congressional budget committee, Central Bank President Alexandre Tombini said Thursday that recent weakening of the real was due chiefly [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/instant-credit-card-and-personal-loans-80756.htm/feed 0 Asian Real Estate News: Investing in Asian Real Estate http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-news-investing-in-asia-real-estate-71738.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-news-investing-in-asia-real-estate-71738.htm#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:00:29 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=71738 The most secured and durable investment is real estate property. History has proven that although real estate prices may have fluctuated from time to time, over the long-term real estate property has appreciated in value. The security for a mortgage is real estate property. Private mortgages provide a regular income stream, tangible security and a [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-real-estate-news-investing-in-asia-real-estate-71738.htm/feed 0 Live Trading News the strategic partner in Asia http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-news-the-strategic-partner-in-asia-94659.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-news-the-strategic-partner-in-asia-94659.htm#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:26:27 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94659 ‘There is no permanent organizational chart for the world….it is of the extreme importance to be ready at all times to take advantage of new opportunities.’    Robert C. Goizueta, (Former) Chairman and CEO, Coco-Cola Company Business incorporation has become synonymous with responsible business ownership. Yet, so many misconceptions and rumors exist about the benefits [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-news-the-strategic-partner-in-asia-94659.htm/feed 0 FX Update: Technicals and Outlook EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/CHF http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-technicals-and-outlook-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-94559.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-technicals-and-outlook-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-94559.htm#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:09:55 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94559 “Technical Analysis” is a complicated-sounding name for a very basic approach to trading. Simply put, it is the study of security prices in order to make better trading decisions. The primary tool of the technical analyst is a chart showing price and volume. By identifying patterns over time, technical analysts are often able to predict [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-technicals-and-outlook-eurusd-gbpusd-usdcad-usdjpy-audusd-usdchf-94559.htm/feed 0 FX Update: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, AUD/USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-2-94488.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-2-94488.htm#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:26:04 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94488 Analyst Paul Ebeling of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, AUD/USD 10-Yr T-Note: -15/32..1.658%.. USD/JPY: 81.72.. EUR/USD: 1.2802 The Dollar Index holds small gains near 80.95 as action looks to regain the 81.00 level. Overnight selling was once again unable to penetrate the 80.80 support level as bulls continued to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-2-94488.htm/feed 0 QE4 is Coming http://www.livetradingnews.com/qe4-is-coming-94355.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/qe4-is-coming-94355.htm#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:56:11 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=94355 US Fed Ready to Serve Up QE-4 The US Federal Reserve is doing all it can to keep the economy going. It is very interesting to watch. When rates already get down to Zero, it requires some serious creativity to create Easy-Money strategies. So, you see the term “quantitative” in the easing method. Chairman Bernanke [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/qe4-is-coming-94355.htm/feed 0 FX Update: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, AUD/USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-93594.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-93594.htm#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:56:09 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=93594 Analyst Paul Ebeling of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, AUD/USD 10-Yr: Unch..1.594%.. USD/JPY: 80.15.. EUR/USD: 1.2749 The US Dollar Index was slammed to session lows near 80.90 following the release of the FOMC Minutes. The Minutes backed yesterday’s speech by Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen in which she suggested [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-usdjpy-usdcad-audusd-93594.htm/feed 0 FX Update EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-audusd-usdcad-92146.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-audusd-usdcad-92146.htm#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 08:35:54 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=92146 EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD 10-Yr T-Note: -02/32..1.735%.. USD/JPY: 80.42.. EUR/USD: 1.2834 The US Dollar Index trades on session highs near 80.55, and is on track to close at its best level in almost 2 months. Traders will be parsing headlines from this weekend’s G-20 meetings in Mexico City that get underway on [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-update-eurusd-usdjpy-gbpusd-usdchf-eurchf-audusd-usdcad-92146.htm/feed 0 Trading the RMB, The New Global Currency http://www.livetradingnews.com/trading-the-rmb-the-new-global-currency-91741.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/trading-the-rmb-the-new-global-currency-91741.htm#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:32:38 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=91741 New report highlights ways to boost Renminbi’s international role. A more efficient system should be put in place to facilitate the increasingly wide use of the Yuan in global transactions, according to a report by SWIFT, the communication platform among international banks. Global use of the currency has surged. In August the Renminbi rose to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/trading-the-rmb-the-new-global-currency-91741.htm/feed 0 US Business Leaders have a plan to fix debt, Obama has failed http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-business-leaders-have-a-plan-to-fix-debt-obama-has-failed-91492.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-business-leaders-have-a-plan-to-fix-debt-obama-has-failed-91492.htm#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 08:10:58 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=91492 US Business Leaders have a plan to fix debt, Obama has failed BA, BAC, CSCO, MSFT, GS, MRK, QCOM, LOW More than 80 heads of US companies joined a campaign to reduce federal deficits through spending cuts and tax increases because Obama has not reached an accord with US lawmakers that would avoid the Fiscal [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-business-leaders-have-a-plan-to-fix-debt-obama-has-failed-91492.htm/feed 0 Live Trading Update: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, GOLD, SILVER, CRUDE OIL http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-usdjpy-audusd-gold-silver-crude-oil-91173.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-usdjpy-audusd-gold-silver-crude-oil-91173.htm#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:51:16 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=91173 Economist and Hedge Fund Manager Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, GOLD, SILVER, CRUDE OIL EUR/USD looking to short on a break forward, positions @ 1.2955 with targets @ 1.301 & 1.3045, the EU has not resolved a single issue in the last 5 years, debt levels are [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/live-trading-update-eurusd-gbpusd-usdchf-usdjpy-audusd-gold-silver-crude-oil-91173.htm/feed 0 FX Trading Update: EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trading-update-eurusd-audusd-usdjpy-90993.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trading-update-eurusd-audusd-usdjpy-90993.htm#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:12:04 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=90993 Economist and Hedge Fund Manager Shayne Heffernan takes a look at EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY trading live from Asia Europe Market Snapshot Yesterday marked some heavy losses on indices all over the world as more bad data coming from several big U.S. companies was mixed with bad news from the bank of Spain saying the recession [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fx-trading-update-eurusd-audusd-usdjpy-90993.htm/feed 0 Japan Yen Update: USD/JPY http://www.livetradingnews.com/japan-yen-update-usdjpy-90571.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/japan-yen-update-usdjpy-90571.htm#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:23:10 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=90571 Economist Shayne Heffernan takes a look at the week ahead in Japan Yen trading. Corporate Japan has been very active acquiring overseas companies this year, a process that should overall be yen-negative. The Softbank/Sprint transaction takes outbound deals by Japanese firms to a record 75 billion this year, according to Thomson Reuters data. USD/JPY hit [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/japan-yen-update-usdjpy-90571.htm/feed 0 PIMCO says, US will be downgraded again http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-says-us-will-be-downgraded-again-90320.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-says-us-will-be-downgraded-again-90320.htm#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:56:04 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=90320 PIMCO says, US will be downgraded again The US’ sovereign credit rating will be cut as “Fiscal Theater” plays out in the world’s biggest economy, according to Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world’s biggest bond fund. “The US will get downgraded, it’s a question of when,” Scott Mather, Pimco’s head of global portfolio [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-says-us-will-be-downgraded-again-90320.htm/feed 0 US Dollar ($) / Japanese Yen (¥) (USDJPY) Preview http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-japanese-yen-%c2%a5-usdjpy-preview-89707.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-japanese-yen-%c2%a5-usdjpy-preview-89707.htm#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:38:53 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=89707 US Dollar ($) / Japanese Yen (¥) (USDJPY) Preview Economist Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at the USDJPY week ahead. USD/JPY hit 77.93 on Thursday, the pair’s lowest since October 1; the pair subsequently consolidated at 78.43 by close of trade on Friday, 0.26% lower for the week. The pair is likely to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-japanese-yen-%c2%a5-usdjpy-preview-89707.htm/feed 0 Euro (€) / US Dollar ($) (EURUSD) Preview http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-e-us-dollar-eurusd-preview-89709.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-e-us-dollar-eurusd-preview-89709.htm#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:26:35 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=89709 Euro (€) / US Dollar ($) (EURUSD) Preview Economist Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at the Euro/US Dollar week ahead. EUR shorts jumped 40% in the week to October 9th but this had no major impact on the level of the EUR the range is firm 1.3050/80 and a base near the 200-day [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-e-us-dollar-eurusd-preview-89709.htm/feed 0 Banks and the Gold Price http://www.livetradingnews.com/banks-and-the-gold-price-88708.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/banks-and-the-gold-price-88708.htm#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:29:42 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=88708 It is claimed that somewhere deep in the vaults of western central banks are huge stacks of physical Gold bars. This Gold bullion are deemed to be part of their respective foreign currency reserves, which include all the usual fiat (paper) currencies like the USD the GBP, the JPY and the EUR. The Western governments [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/banks-and-the-gold-price-88708.htm/feed 0 The $300b Hole in Spain: The Bank Stress Tests http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-300b-hole-in-spain-the-bank-stress-tests-88013.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-300b-hole-in-spain-the-bank-stress-tests-88013.htm#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:45:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=88013 Economist Shayne Heffernan takes a look at the Spanish Banks Stress Tests Having reviewed the core data from the Banco de Espana I have come to a very different number than the much publicized $76b shortfall in the Spanish banking system, my number is $300b. Before we get to the raw data lets take a [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-300b-hole-in-spain-the-bank-stress-tests-88013.htm/feed 0 EuroCrisis: EUR/USD to Continue Fall http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-eurusd-to-continue-fall-88007.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-eurusd-to-continue-fall-88007.htm#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:15:37 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=88007 Demonstrators in Madrid – angered over a recession, a 25% unemployment rate (the rate is above 50% for those under age 25), tax hikes, and new “austerity” spending cuts – saw their protests turn violent as they clashed with riot police for the third time in several days. Spain’s debt levels are set to rise [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-eurusd-to-continue-fall-88007.htm/feed 0 USD Trading Update JPY, EUR, AUD http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-trading-update-jpy-eur-aud-87534.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-trading-update-jpy-eur-aud-87534.htm#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:00:01 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87534 Stocks snapped a three-day losing streak as weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fell to the lowest since July. The measure came in at 359K versus 385K registered last week, and better than the 375K that was expected. The data was enough to outweigh a slew of other disappointing economic data with Q2 GDP unexpectedly falling to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-trading-update-jpy-eur-aud-87534.htm/feed 0 EuroCrisis, Equities Support US Treasuries http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-equities-support-us-treasuries-87395.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-equities-support-us-treasuries-87395.htm#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:12:46 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87395 weak equities support US Treasuries US Treasuries caught a bid early Thursday as renewed concerns about the Eurozone , and Spain boosted a safe-haven trade. Overall it was a steady session as the market did not do much during the day to add to its early gains. Longer dated maturities went out at their highs [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eurocrisis-equities-support-us-treasuries-87395.htm/feed 0 USD floating below 80 http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-floating-below-80-87381.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-floating-below-80-87381.htm#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:02:10 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87381 USD floating below 80 Currencies stop early moves, low volume, flat trading The US Dollar Index tested the 80 Resistance level in early trade but was unable to hold the level. It slipped back to the 78.85 level and has since stabilized in uneventful trade. Volume has been light with the Yom Kippur holiday taking [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-floating-below-80-87381.htm/feed 0 US Dollar Update: Dollar May Rebound in the Short Term http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-update-dollar-may-rebound-in-the-short-term-87169.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-update-dollar-may-rebound-in-the-short-term-87169.htm#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:15:10 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87169 Economists warned that Germany is heading for recession after the Ifo institute’s closely-watched survey of the business climate in Germany dropped in September for the fifth month running. “The companies surveyed are again less satisfied with their current business situation. They also expressed greater pessimism about the future,” said Ifo president Hans-Werner Sinn on Monday. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-update-dollar-may-rebound-in-the-short-term-87169.htm/feed 0 EUR-USD pair: Daily Candlestick and Ichimoku Analysis http://www.livetradingnews.com/eur-usd-pair-daily-candlestick-and-ichimoku-analysis-86936.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eur-usd-pair-daily-candlestick-and-ichimoku-analysis-86936.htm#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:15:28 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=86936 EUR-USD pair: Daily Candlestick and Ichimoku Analysis Daily Last Candlesticks pattern: Morning Star Trend bias: Up EUR-USD – 1.3111 The EUR has continued to move higher and recent rise gathered momentum last week, adding credence to our view that early decline from 1.4940 has indeed ended at 1.2042 and indicated targets at 1.2885 (38.2% Fibo [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eur-usd-pair-daily-candlestick-and-ichimoku-analysis-86936.htm/feed 0 RMB Trading and reverse repos http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-trading-and-reverse-repos-86034.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-trading-and-reverse-repos-86034.htm#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:14:15 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=86034 China’s central bank makes rare use of reverse repos (RRR) China’s central bank Thursday used money market methods it has not been used in a decade to discharge liquidity, postponing the prospect of a further cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR). The People’s Bank of China bought 20-B Yuan (US$3.17-B) worth of securities from [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-trading-and-reverse-repos-86034.htm/feed 0 USD Slides as Fed Begin Money Printing http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-slides-as-fed-begin-money-printing-85955.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-slides-as-fed-begin-money-printing-85955.htm#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:06:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85955 The Federal Reserve’s announcement of a new money printing program and pledge of low rates until mid-2015 sent the dollar falling Thursday against major currencies. Economist Shayne Heffernan said today the Euro, USD and GBP are in a race to the bottom. Although some monetary easing action was expected, the stance of the Fed’s policy [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-slides-as-fed-begin-money-printing-85955.htm/feed 0 Foreign Exchange Trading Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-trading-outlook-85791.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-trading-outlook-85791.htm#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:59:57 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85791 Foreign Exchange Trading Outlook Following the German Constitutional Court’s decision to back the ESM with a cap on funds allocated, risk assets continued to rise as Draghi’s “bazooka” move calmed markets. The responsibility for solving the debt crisis now lies squarely with governments. The expectation is that this buys time to implement budget reforms while [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreign-exchange-trading-outlook-85791.htm/feed 0 USA Developing a New Sovereign Debt Financial Crisis http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-developing-a-new-sovereign-debt-financial-crisis-85612.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-developing-a-new-sovereign-debt-financial-crisis-85612.htm#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:00:40 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85612 USA Developing a New Sovereign Debt Financial Crisis A year ago, Moody’s cut its outlook on US debt to “negative,” which acts as a warning that it might downgrade the rating, after partisan wrangling over raising the US debt limit led the nation to the brink of default. Rival agency Standard & Poor’s took the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-developing-a-new-sovereign-debt-financial-crisis-85612.htm/feed 0 USD, RMB US says, China’s debt holdings are not a threat http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-rmb-us-says-chinas-debt-holdings-are-not-a-threat-85532.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-rmb-us-says-chinas-debt-holdings-are-not-a-threat-85532.htm#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:02:36 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85532 US says, China’s debt holdings are not a threat China’s holds more than $1.3-T in US debt and the prospect that it might suddenly withdraw funds do not pose a national security threat, according to a new Pentagon assessment. “China has few attractive options for investing the bulk of its large foreign exchange holdings out [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usd-rmb-us-says-chinas-debt-holdings-are-not-a-threat-85532.htm/feed 0 Moody’s stays negative on UK banks http://www.livetradingnews.com/moodys-stays-negative-on-uk-banks-85411.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/moodys-stays-negative-on-uk-banks-85411.htm#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:40:50 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85411 Moody’s stays negative on UK banks BCS, LYG, RBS Moody’s Investors Services put UK banks on notice Tuesday of a possible downgrade in their credit ratings as British lenders wrestle with anemic economic growth, higher regulatory costs and exposure to financially stressed Eurozone countries. In its annual report on the UK banking industry, the ratings [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/moodys-stays-negative-on-uk-banks-85411.htm/feed 0 Shayne Heffernan: 10 Best Candlestick Patterns http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-10-best-candlestick-patterns-2-85115.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-10-best-candlestick-patterns-2-85115.htm#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:21:36 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=85115 Shayne Heffernan’s 10 Best Candlestick Patterns to Trade There is a wealth of information available online and in Bookstores that will teach you the details of using Candlesticks as indicators. The following are 10 candlestick patterns that have in my own experience produced consistent results. These will work better when you understand what is happening [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-10-best-candlestick-patterns-2-85115.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate: Mortgage Rate Falls to 3.59% http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rate-falls-to-3-59-84170.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rate-falls-to-3-59-84170.htm#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:08:39 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=84170 Average on 30-yr US mortgage falls to 3.59%. Average US rates on fixed mortgages fell this week and are just slightly above record lows reached earlier this year. The low rates have contributed to a modest housing recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-yr loan declined to 3.59%, down [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rate-falls-to-3-59-84170.htm/feed 0 US Banks buying Treasuries http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-banks-buying-treasuries-82975.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-banks-buying-treasuries-82975.htm#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:20:29 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=82975 US Banks buying Treasuries There is a wide gap between US bank deposits that is growing at the fastest pace in 2 yrs, providing lenders with more funds to buy bonds and temper the biggest sell-off in Treasuries since 2010. As deposits increased 3.3% to $8.88-T in the 2 months ended 31 July, business lending [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-banks-buying-treasuries-82975.htm/feed 0 AUD/USD Looks Over Bought http://www.livetradingnews.com/audusd-looks-over-bought-81552.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/audusd-looks-over-bought-81552.htm#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:55:51 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=81552 A former member of the RBA board has called on the Reserve Bank to intervene to lower the value of the Australian dollar. Professor Warwick McKibbin, from the ANU, argues the inappropriate appreciation of the local currency stems from foreign central banks buying the dollar as a ‘safe haven’ asset. “AUD should be mildly supported [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/audusd-looks-over-bought-81552.htm/feed 0 Real-time mortgage loan rates comparison http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-time-mortgage-loan-rates-comparison-81139.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-time-mortgage-loan-rates-comparison-81139.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:11:40 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=81139 Based in Santa Ana, California, and in business since 2006 Icanbuy provides accurate, real-time mortgage loan rates comparison instantly to consumers based on their unique financial and credit profiles. Icanbuy’ s disruptive technology platform was developed to cut through the confusion of the mortgage market to inform and empower homebuyers to make sound financial decisions [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-time-mortgage-loan-rates-comparison-81139.htm/feed 0 Mortgage Rates Tick Lower http://www.livetradingnews.com/mortgage-rates-tick-lower-81136.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/mortgage-rates-tick-lower-81136.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:04:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=81136 Mortgage rates moved lower once again, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate setting a new record low of 3.78 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.43 discount and origination points. To see mortgage rates in your area, go to http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/mortgages/. The average 15-year fixed [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/mortgage-rates-tick-lower-81136.htm/feed 0 Fed Beige Book survey, growth, hiring slowed in parts of US http://www.livetradingnews.com/fed-beige-book-survey-growth-hiring-slowed-in-parts-of-us-81019.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fed-beige-book-survey-growth-hiring-slowed-in-parts-of-us-81019.htm#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:01:19 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=81019 Fed Beige Book survey, growth, hiring slowed in parts of US The US economy expanded modestly in June and early July, but growth and hiring slowed in several parts of the country, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday. The survey said three of the Fed’s 12 banking districts; New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fed-beige-book-survey-growth-hiring-slowed-in-parts-of-us-81019.htm/feed 0 Vittorio Grilli, Italy’s new Economic Minister http://www.livetradingnews.com/vittorio-grilli-italys-new-economic-minister-80637.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/vittorio-grilli-italys-new-economic-minister-80637.htm#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:33:41 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=80637 Vittorio Grilli, Italy’s new Economic Minister, Asset sale could cut debt by 20% Italy’s new economy minister says a planned sale of public assets could raise enough money to help bring down the country’s huge public debt by 20% in five years, according to newspaper Corriere della Sera Sunday. In his 1st interview since being [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/vittorio-grilli-italys-new-economic-minister-80637.htm/feed 0 Warren Buffett, Wells Fargo’s (NYSE:WFC) Invest in USA Real Estate http://www.livetradingnews.com/warren-buffett-wells-fargos-nysewfc-invest-in-usa-real-estate-80581.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/warren-buffett-wells-fargos-nysewfc-invest-in-usa-real-estate-80581.htm#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:41:14 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=80581 Wells Fargo’s (NYSE:WFC) goal should be US$1-T in mortgages BRK-A. BAC, JPM Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A), said Wells Fargo & Co.’s dominance of US home lending will pay off as the housing market rebounds. “They have got a sensational mortgage operation,” Mr. Buffett said today in a TV interview from the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/warren-buffett-wells-fargos-nysewfc-invest-in-usa-real-estate-80581.htm/feed 0 Indonesia makes US$1-B loan to IMF http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesia-makes-us1-b-loan-to-imf-80156.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesia-makes-us1-b-loan-to-imf-80156.htm#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:48:12 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=80156 Indonesia makes US$1-B loan to IMF Indonesia has confirmed to give US$1-B loan to the International Monetary Funds ( IMF) as the international financial institution praises the country’s economy and reminds to take prudent monetary policy to face risks ahead. Indonesian Central Bank Governor Darmin Nasution said the bank would buy IMF bond and the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesia-makes-us1-b-loan-to-imf-80156.htm/feed 0 Money vs. Fiat Money http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-vs-fiat-money-79928.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-vs-fiat-money-79928.htm#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:26:17 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=79928 The Value of Real (sound) Money vs. Fiat Money (unsound) Money Today’s worldwide Paper or “Fiat-,” money regime is an economically and socially destructive scheme, one with far-reaching, harmful economic and societal consequences that extend beyond what most people can imagine. Fiat money is inflationary; it benefits a few at the expense of many others; [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-vs-fiat-money-79928.htm/feed 0 Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) on Mortgage Rates USA http://www.livetradingnews.com/freddie-mac-otcfmcc-on-mortgage-rates-usa-79485.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/freddie-mac-otcfmcc-on-mortgage-rates-usa-79485.htm#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:19:10 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=79485 Fixed Mortgage Rates Continue Finding New Record Lows Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates continuing to find new all-time record lows amid recent data showing less consumer spending and a contraction in the manufacturing industry. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has matched [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/freddie-mac-otcfmcc-on-mortgage-rates-usa-79485.htm/feed 0 FDIC Insurance. Is Your Bank FDIC-Insured? http://www.livetradingnews.com/fdic-insurance-is-your-bank-fdic-insured-79380.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fdic-insurance-is-your-bank-fdic-insured-79380.htm#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:26:59 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=79380 FDIC Insurance. Is Your Bank FDIC-Insured? What Does it Mean For Your Money? www.EverBank.com EverBank is creating a new way of banking by delivering to customers around the country a unique range of banking, lending and investing opportunities. Never one to settle for banking as usual, we’ve always worked hard to bring something better to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fdic-insurance-is-your-bank-fdic-insured-79380.htm/feed 0 Fraud, Derivatives and The Fed: How Safe is the US Banking System http://www.livetradingnews.com/fraud-derivatives-and-the-fed-how-safe-is-the-us-banking-system-2-78894.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/fraud-derivatives-and-the-fed-how-safe-is-the-us-banking-system-2-78894.htm#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:40:04 +0000 LiveTradingNews.com wire staff http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=78894 Derivatives and the Fed’s Floating Bankruptcy Clause What is a derivative? A financial instrument whose value is derived from an underlying asset. For example, the US paper dollar is a derivative. Its value was once derived from the gold, or silver (then lawful money) held at the US Treasury and/or gold and silver coins the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/fraud-derivatives-and-the-fed-how-safe-is-the-us-banking-system-2-78894.htm/feed 0 Municipal Bond Markets: Dancing On The Head Of A Pin http://www.livetradingnews.com/dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin-78839.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin-78839.htm#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:08:11 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=78839 Insightful, Weekly Commentary about Municipal Bond Markets Often we look for macro issues and trends to help define direction and opportunity in the municipal bond market as a whole. However, there is an element of potential opportunity in the narrower realm of the pre-refunded municipal bond segment. As of June 25, 2012, these bonds offered [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin-78839.htm/feed 0 Top 1000 Financial Advisors http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-1000-financial-advisors-78649.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-1000-financial-advisors-78649.htm#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:44:30 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=78649 Announcing a special recognition appearing in the February, 2012 issue of Barron’s published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Frank Marzano of GM Advisory Group, Inc. was selected for the following honor: “America’s Top 1000 Financial Advisors” Frank Marzano of GM Advisory Group, Inc. commented on the recognition: “This is quite an honor for me. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-1000-financial-advisors-78649.htm/feed 0 Obama and Money Printing http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-and-money-printing-77537.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-and-money-printing-77537.htm#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:25:48 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=77537 When people Worldwide are anxiously looking on as the Eurozone debt crisis deepens, America, mired in a huge pile of public debt, poses another potential threat to the Global financial system. Debt’s siren call has already been sounded in the World’s largest economy. By the end of last year, the US public debt-to-GDP ratio was [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-and-money-printing-77537.htm/feed 0 Asia Real Estate Report, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China http://www.livetradingnews.com/asia-real-estate-report-indonesia-singapore-thailand-japan-china-75762.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asia-real-estate-report-indonesia-singapore-thailand-japan-china-75762.htm#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:10:55 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=75762 Indonesia The Bakrie business group, through its new subsidiary Bakrie Eco Investama, will develop five industrial zones in five provinces, including a Rp 10 trillion ($1.07 billion) complex in Kalimantan, director, Hiramsyah S. Thaib, said on Thursday. Hiramsyah said that the industrial zone in Kalimantan would be in the Trans Kalimantan Economic Zone, but he [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asia-real-estate-report-indonesia-singapore-thailand-japan-china-75762.htm/feed 0 US Dollar Technicals and Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-technicals-and-outlook-75592.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-technicals-and-outlook-75592.htm#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:39:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=75592 US Dollar holds near highs 10-Yr: -05/32..1.550%.. USD-JPY: 78.73.. EUR-USD: 1.2452 The US Dollar Index holds near session highs during what has become a relatively uneventful session. The Index has remained range bound between 82.70 and 82.90 for most of today’s trade with Bulls currently testing the upper boundry. EUR-USD is -55 pips at 1.2440 [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-technicals-and-outlook-75592.htm/feed 0 Vietnam Banks a Buy as Restrictions Lifted http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnam-banks-a-buy-as-restrictions-lifted-75488.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnam-banks-a-buy-as-restrictions-lifted-75488.htm#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:47:38 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=75488 State Bank of Vietnam is considering raising the maximum proportions of stakes foreign investors can hold in a Vietnamese bank. However, there has been no information about the new cap. The most important thing that foreign investors want to have when making investment in Vietnamese banks is not the percentages of stakes they can hold, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnam-banks-a-buy-as-restrictions-lifted-75488.htm/feed 0 Russian Ruble touches 37-month low vs. USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/russian-ruble-touches-37-month-low-vs-usd-75081.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/russian-ruble-touches-37-month-low-vs-usd-75081.htm#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 18:04:02 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=75081 Russian Ruble touches 37-month low vs. USD The Russian Ruble fell to a 37-month low Thursday, 1 USD traded for over 33 Rubles on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. The last time the Ruble was traded at that level occurred in April 2009. According to the MICEX website, at the start of the “tomorrow” trade [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/russian-ruble-touches-37-month-low-vs-usd-75081.htm/feed 0 New York Trading, FX, Gold, Oil http://www.livetradingnews.com/new-york-trading-fx-gold-oil-73585.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/new-york-trading-fx-gold-oil-73585.htm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:46 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=73585 The Commerce Department said housing starts increased 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units. March’s starts were revised up to a 699,000-unit pace from a previously reported 654,000 unit rate. The housing market is showing some signs of life after collapsing six years ago, but remains hobbled by a glut of [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/new-york-trading-fx-gold-oil-73585.htm/feed 0 The Marriott Rewards® Premier Credit Card a Must for Travellers http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-marriott-rewards-premier-credit-card-a-must-for-travellers-72568.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-marriott-rewards-premier-credit-card-a-must-for-travellers-72568.htm#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 07:14:08 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=72568 The Marriott Rewards® Premier Credit Card is a hotel rewards credit card that comes with FREE hotel night stays and instant BONUS points. To add to these rewards, cardholders will have the annual fee for the first year waived. Receive 50,000 BONUS Points – After your first purchase or balance transfer, you’ll also receive 1 [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-marriott-rewards-premier-credit-card-a-must-for-travellers-72568.htm/feed 0 Why Inflation is a Good Thing http://www.livetradingnews.com/why-inflation-is-a-good-thing-69405.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/why-inflation-is-a-good-thing-69405.htm#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:28:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=69405 A bit of inflation is not a bad thing. In the United States, prices moving upward expose the wounds from the credit crisis that are on the mend, as the US economy continues on its road to recovery. The evidence shows up in some national reports; consumer inflation, after stripping out food and energy prices, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/why-inflation-is-a-good-thing-69405.htm/feed 0 Myanmar, Real Estate, Resources, Economy and Trade http://www.livetradingnews.com/myanmar-real-estate-resources-economy-and-trade-68332.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/myanmar-real-estate-resources-economy-and-trade-68332.htm#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:15:01 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=68332 Myanmar is entering a phase of rapid development, despite what the western media portray, the Myanmar Government is smart and sophisticated and Aung San Suu Kyi has been a strong element in shaping the new Myanmar, now with her place in Government and the prospect of sanctions being lifte, Myanmar will create Global interest in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/myanmar-real-estate-resources-economy-and-trade-68332.htm/feed 0 High Yield Checking Account http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-yield-checking-account-67908.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-yield-checking-account-67908.htm#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:06:58 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=67908 Always be in the top 5%. With EverBank’s Yield Pledge Money Market Account, your rates will always be in the top 5% of competitive accounts Stop chasing rates and enjoy the peace of mind and exceptional value that EverBank offers. Everbank.com You’ll get consistently high yields on your FDIC-insured money market account, so you can [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-yield-checking-account-67908.htm/feed 0 Credit Card News: More Miles, Bigger Cash Bonuses for Customers http://www.livetradingnews.com/best-credit-card-67788.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/best-credit-card-67788.htm#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:56:36 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=67788 Credit Card News: More Miles, Bigger Cash Bonuses for New Customers The main difference with reward cards is that you are literally rewarded each time you spend money with it. The standard process is that you gain a certain amount of points for every dollar spent. It normally makes no difference whatsoever what you spend [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/best-credit-card-67788.htm/feed 0 PIMCO Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:PMBIX) and Bond Yields http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-total-return-fund-nasdaqpmbix-and-bond-yields-67272.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-total-return-fund-nasdaqpmbix-and-bond-yields-67272.htm#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:18:36 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=67272 Bill Gross sees lower bond returns, favors commodities and Aristocrat stocks PIMCO co-founder Bill Gross, the manager of the World’s biggest bond fund, lowered his expectations. Tuesday, in his investment letter, Mr. Gross says “total return as a supercharged bond strategy is fading.” Gross, who runs the $252 billion PIMCO Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:PMBIX) and [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/pimco-total-return-fund-nasdaqpmbix-and-bond-yields-67272.htm/feed 0 Shayne Heffernan: Guide to Understanding Contango and Backwardation http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-guide-to-understanding-contango-and-backwardation-66871.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-guide-to-understanding-contango-and-backwardation-66871.htm#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:08:31 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=66871 In simple terms the market is said to be in contango when the forward price is higher than the spot price. The term Contango originated in mid-19th century England and is believed to be a corruption of “continuation”, “continue” or “contingent”. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-guide-to-understanding-contango-and-backwardation-66871.htm/feed 0 Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) Profits and the USA Credit Card Sector http://www.livetradingnews.com/discover-financial-services-nysedfs-profits-and-the-usa-credit-card-sector-66439.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/discover-financial-services-nysedfs-profits-and-the-usa-credit-card-sector-66439.htm#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:54:19 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=66439 Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) Q-1 profit + 36%, Beats the Street DFS, AXP, V, MA, TREE Increased card use helped Discover Financial Services post a 36% increase in F Q-1 profit to beat analysts’ estimates. The US credit-card lender said Wednesday it benefited as its book of loans expanded, thanks in part to its foray [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/discover-financial-services-nysedfs-profits-and-the-usa-credit-card-sector-66439.htm/feed 0 US Treasuries gain for 2nd Day http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasuries-gain-for-2nd-day-66406.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasuries-gain-for-2nd-day-66406.htm#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:45:04 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=66406 US Treasuries gain for 2nd Day 10-Yr: +18/32..2.294%.. USD-JPY: 83.42.. EUR-USD: 1.3209 US Treasuries gained for a 2nd consecutive session as last week’s surge in yields has brought buyers into the market. Traders are watching peripheral yields in Europe as Wednesday’s surge of more than 15 bps in the Spanish 10-yr ran its yield to 5.36%, its [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasuries-gain-for-2nd-day-66406.htm/feed 0 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) Full February Data http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-consumer-price-index-cpi-full-february-data-65854.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-consumer-price-index-cpi-full-february-data-65854.htm#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:15:45 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=65854 Economist Shayne Heffernan takes a look at the USA CPI Food and Oil were the main drivers of the CPI shift in recent months a trend that may continue, there is a strong link between the 2 in modern economies, One indicator of the unsustainability of the contemporary food system is the ratio of energy [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-consumer-price-index-cpi-full-february-data-65854.htm/feed 0 US Debt is Now Terminal, Invest Accordingly http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-debt-is-now-terminal-invest-accordingly-87445.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-debt-is-now-terminal-invest-accordingly-87445.htm#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:15:48 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=87445 Economist Shayne Heffernan takes a look at where to be invested as a safe guard against the growing Global Debt Crisis. My position in relation to US Debt is set out below, but firstly let’s take a look at what to be invested in should you accept the premise that the US Debt level is [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasuries-finish-flat-65343.htm/feed 0 World Celebrates Failure in Greece http://www.livetradingnews.com/world-celebrates-failure-in-greece-65094.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/world-celebrates-failure-in-greece-65094.htm#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:22:56 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=65094 Markets rallied today as one of the worst moments of the 2008 financial crisis played out, part of the European Union defaulted on their debt and with the help of the ECB, World Bank and IMF strong armed bond holders in to accepting massive write offs. Given the nature of the default, and the discount [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/world-celebrates-failure-in-greece-65094.htm/feed 0 Bank of China Expands in New York http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-china-expands-in-new-york-64940.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-china-expands-in-new-york-64940.htm#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:30:46 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=64940 China’s oldest bank is expanding its New York lending, EU financiers fade. Bank of China Ltd. increased its loans outstanding on US properties fivefold to $2.6-B since Y 2008, with most of that growth in New York, according to Trepp LLC, a mortgage data provider. The bank agreed last month to refinance the Mandarin Oriental [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-china-expands-in-new-york-64940.htm/feed 0 Philippine February Inflation Data http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippine-february-inflation-data-64778.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippine-february-inflation-data-64778.htm#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:10:14 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=64778 Philippine February inflation slows to 26-month low of 2.7% Philippine inflation eased to a 26-month low of 2.7% in February on lower food prices, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said Tuesday. This was the slowest inflation growth since September 2009 when consumer prices posted a 2.2% annual growth. February’s inflation, the lowest in nearly 2.5 [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippine-february-inflation-data-64778.htm/feed 0 China CPI at 3.6% http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-cpi-at-3-6-64542.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-cpi-at-3-6-64542.htm#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:08:29 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=64542 China’s February CPI at 3.6%, down from January’s 4.5% China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, is expected to rise to 3.6% in February, down from January’s 4.5% increase, according to a economist’s forecast. The pullback is due to continuous declines in food prices, which has a nearly 33% weighting in the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-cpi-at-3-6-64542.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate News: Mortgage Rates to Remain Low http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-news-mortgage-rates-to-remain-low-64280.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-news-mortgage-rates-to-remain-low-64280.htm#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:16:30 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=64280 Bernanke makes low-rate pledge US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke confirmed that interest rates are likely to stay low at least through late Y 2014 without offering any indication that further monetary easing is under consideration. “At present, with the unemployment rate elevated and the inflation outlook subdued, the committee judges that sustaining a [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-news-mortgage-rates-to-remain-low-64280.htm/feed 0 NYSE Margin Debt Rises http://www.livetradingnews.com/nyse-margin-debt-rises-64237.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/nyse-margin-debt-rises-64237.htm#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=64237 NYSE Margin debt rises, a Bullish Indicator. NYSE margin debt increased 3.5% to $276.45-B in January from $267.01-B in December. The S&P 500 was up 4.4% in the same period. The data shows that margin debt is an excellent leading indicator, but it will take more than 1 month’s increase to determine a trend. Margin [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/nyse-margin-debt-rises-64237.htm/feed 0 Europe Debt Crisis This Week http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-debt-crisis-this-week-63944.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-debt-crisis-this-week-63944.htm#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:16:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63944 This week the European Central Bank (ECB) pump a lot of money at the problem of the euro zone’s debt and banking crisis. The cash is expected cool things off some, buying more time for Europe’s politicians to find a cure for the problems, thus tempering what is thought to be the biggest risk facing [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-debt-crisis-this-week-63944.htm/feed 0 China May Cut Rates http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-may-cut-rates-63882.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-may-cut-rates-63882.htm#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:21:47 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63882 China’s central bank may cut the interest rate in the 2nd and 3rd Q’s this year, as the economies in the EU and US slow down further while domestic inflation pressure gradually eases, economists said Saturday. According to research co-sponsored by Xiamen University and the National University of Singapore, China’s monetary policy is very likely [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-may-cut-rates-63882.htm/feed 0 US fixed mortgage rates rise http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-fixed-mortgage-rates-rise-63775.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-fixed-mortgage-rates-rise-63775.htm#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:16:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63775 US fixed mortgage rates rise from historic lows US fixed mortgage rates this week increased from the previous week’s record lows as the housing market continued to improve, said the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The mortgage giant said that 30-yr fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) was 3.95% for the week ending 23 [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-fixed-mortgage-rates-rise-63775.htm/feed 0 US Dollar Data $2.3-T flowed into Savings http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-data-2-3-t-flowed-into-savings-63655.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-data-2-3-t-flowed-into-savings-63655.htm#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:13:25 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63655   US$2.3-T flowed into Savings Deposits in the last 5 yrs, 2.4 times US$980-B inflow to Bond Mutual Funds and ETFs. Click Here to Apply Online for a Managed Trading Account   Bonds have been very popular with retail investors. In the 5 yrs from Y 2007 through Y 2011, a US$980-B flowedinto bond mutual funds and ETFs. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-data-2-3-t-flowed-into-savings-63655.htm/feed 0 Singapore Dollar Update: Singapore expects US$1.01B budget surplus http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-update-singapore-expects-us1-01b-budget-surplus-63287.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-update-singapore-expects-us1-01b-budget-surplus-63287.htm#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:37:34 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63287 Singapore expects US$1.01-B budget surplus for F-Y 2012 Singapore government expected a budget surplus of 1.27-B Singapore Dollars (US$1.01-B) for F-Y 2012, local daily Lianhe Zaobao reported on Sunday. The expected budget surplus is equivalent to about 0.4% of the City State’s GDP. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the government expected [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-dollar-update-singapore-expects-us1-01b-budget-surplus-63287.htm/feed 0 Austerity Killing Greece http://www.livetradingnews.com/austerity-killing-greece-62879.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/austerity-killing-greece-62879.htm#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:14:42 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=62879 Greek economy shrank 6.8% in Y 2011 spending cuts Greece’s economy, reeling from austerity measures demanded by creditors in exchange for rescue funds, contracted almost 1% more last year than the government forecast, according to analysts calculations. Gross domestic product fell 7% from a year earlier in Q-4 after contracting a revised 5% on an [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/austerity-killing-greece-62879.htm/feed 0 Korean Won Rate Freeze http://www.livetradingnews.com/korean-won-rate-freeze-62678.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/korean-won-rate-freeze-62678.htm#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:06:21 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=62678 South Korea’s CB freezes Key policy rate at 3.25% South Korea’s central bank (CB) said on Thursday that it froze the benchmark interest rate at 3.25% for February, leaving the 7-day repo rate unchanged for 8 straight months. Governor Kim Choong-soo and monetary policy board members decided to freeze the 7-day repo rate at 3.25% [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/korean-won-rate-freeze-62678.htm/feed 0 US Treasury 30 yr Bonds decline http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasury-30-yr-bonds-decline-62261.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasury-30-yr-bonds-decline-62261.htm#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:58 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=62261 US Treasury 30 yr Bonds decline for 2nd day before jobs report US Treasury bonds fell for a 2nd day, pushing yields above 3%, as a report showing a decline in weekly US jobless claims added to speculation the US Labor Department will say employers added workers last month. The yield on the benchmark 10-year [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-treasury-30-yr-bonds-decline-62261.htm/feed 0 EU and Budgets http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-and-budgets-62053.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-and-budgets-62053.htm#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:17:45 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=62053 EU summit finalizes fiscal treaty, vows to boost growth European Union (EU) leaders have finalized a new fiscal treaty for tighter budgetary discipline and pledged to boost economic growth and youth employment in the EuroZone’s latest efforts to combat debt crisis. At their Summit that concluded Monday, EU leaders strove to strike a balance between [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-and-budgets-62053.htm/feed 0 German short-term debt sale sees strong demand http://www.livetradingnews.com/german-short-term-debt-sale-sees-strong-demand-61668.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/german-short-term-debt-sale-sees-strong-demand-61668.htm#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:38:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=61668 German short-term debt sale sees strong demand Germany Monday attracted strong demand at a sale of 12-month bonds with an ultra-low average rate. Germany’s offer of 3.0-B Euros’ (US$3.9-B) worth of 12-month bonds was responded with purchase bid of 5.5-B Euros. The country sold 2.54-B Euros and the remaining 460-M Euros will be sold in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/german-short-term-debt-sale-sees-strong-demand-61668.htm/feed 0 Euro Crisis Debt Swap Certain http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-crisis-debt-swap-certain-61541.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-crisis-debt-swap-certain-61541.htm#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:49:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=61541 Greek debt-swap accord coming together, terms “pretty much set” Greece and its private creditors said early Saturday they had made progress during talks in Athens on a debt-swap accord needed to lower the Country’s borrowings and clear the way for a 2nd round of International aid. “The elements of an unprecedented voluntary private-sector involvement are [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/euro-crisis-debt-swap-certain-61541.htm/feed 0 CAD Canadian Trade Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/cad-canadian-trade-outlook-61493.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/cad-canadian-trade-outlook-61493.htm#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:13:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=61493 Canada over-estimates foreign trade Canadians over-estimate the value of their country’s trade with the United States, a major think tank says in a report released Thursday. The Conference Board of Canada report uses a “value-added” methodology of tracking the flow of goods. It says this new analysis system takes into account different steps of the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/cad-canadian-trade-outlook-61493.htm/feed 0 Interest Rates in Brazil http://www.livetradingnews.com/interest-rates-in-brazil-61406.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/interest-rates-in-brazil-61406.htm#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:44:43 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=61406 Brazil’s annual basic interest rate down to 10.5% Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided Wednesday evening to cut the country’s annual basic interest rate Selic by 0.5 percentage pt to 10.5%. It was the 4th consecutive cut in the Selic rate, which is now at the lowest level since June 2010. The cut [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/interest-rates-in-brazil-61406.htm/feed 0 Retailers and Bankers at Odds in Australia http://www.livetradingnews.com/retailers-and-bankers-at-odds-in-australia-59506.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/retailers-and-bankers-at-odds-in-australia-59506.htm#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:13:57 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=59506 Australian retailers want banks to pass on rate cut to consumers The Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), representing the Country’s leading retailers, Tuesday urged Australia’s banks to pass on the full rate cut by the central bank to boost consumers spending during the Christmas Season. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Tuesday announced its decision [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/retailers-and-bankers-at-odds-in-australia-59506.htm/feed 0 Greece Still Selling T-Bills http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-still-selling-t-bills-58510.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-still-selling-t-bills-58510.htm#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:55:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=58510 Greece raises EUR1.3-B in 6-month T-Bills sale Greece raised EUR1.3-B (US$1.79-B) during a new 6 month T-Bills auction, the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) in Athens announced Tuesday. The 26-wk Treasury Bills were sold at an interest rate of 4.89%, slightly higher than the rate of 4.86% in a sale on October 11 which [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-still-selling-t-bills-58510.htm/feed 0 Philipp Roesler Vows to Protect Euro http://www.livetradingnews.com/philipp-roesler-vows-to-protect-euro-56616.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/philipp-roesler-vows-to-protect-euro-56616.htm#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:46:30 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56616 German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Philipp Roesler ended a 2-day visit to Greece Friday, pledging that Germany will do everything in its power to protect the Euro currency. Mr. Roesler, who headed a 70-member delegation of German industrialists, also inked a bi-lateral agreement with the Greek government to boost investments in the debt-ridden country [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/philipp-roesler-vows-to-protect-euro-56616.htm/feed 0 How Well Are You Hedged? http://www.livetradingnews.com/how-well-are-you-hedged-2-56526.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/how-well-are-you-hedged-2-56526.htm#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:05:58 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56526 Why should you hedge?. The answer is simple, you can secure profits long term if you limit your risk. To understand hedging you must first understand a basic but ignored concept that all investors and traders should know. Equity Beta, which is a calculation of how volatile a stock is when the market itself is [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/how-well-are-you-hedged-2-56526.htm/feed 0 Geithner Blames Europe, Again http://www.livetradingnews.com/geithner-blames-europe-again-56517.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/geithner-blames-europe-again-56517.htm#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:45:35 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56517 US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Thursday urged European leaders to take more forceful actions to contain the regional financial crisis which is threatening Global economy. “The crisis in Europe presents a very significant risk to global recovery,” Geithner said at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee. “Europe is so large and so closely integrated [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/geithner-blames-europe-again-56517.htm/feed 0 Italy and Moody’s http://www.livetradingnews.com/italy-and-moodys-56381.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/italy-and-moodys-56381.htm#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:19:25 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56381 Italy Wednesday showed different reactions to Moody’s downgrading of the Country’s long-term credit rating. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said it was “expected,” considering the general economic outlook and the previous credit rate cut by Standard & Poor’s. “We will move on in our way. The Italian government is working with extreme determination on introducing [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/italy-and-moodys-56381.htm/feed 0 Investing in Africa http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-africa-56284.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-africa-56284.htm#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:43:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56284 The world is waking up to a new Africa. The predominant theme in the emerging narrative is no longer war, famine and disease but rather strong economic performance. Investors are realising that Africa is good for business. Strong economic growth, business friendly reforms, mature financial institutions and some large economies add up to an enticing [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-africa-56284.htm/feed 0 Gold and Gold Equities Offer Safe Haven http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-and-gold-equities-offer-safe-haven-56211.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-and-gold-equities-offer-safe-haven-56211.htm#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:37:08 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56211 Central Banks are looking at Gold as a safe haven investment, and you should be as well. Gold and Gold Equities offer an inflation hedge and long term protection. Gold Equities offer the added benefit of currently being undervalued. 26 September 2011 marked the end of the second year of the third Central Bank Gold [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-and-gold-equities-offer-safe-haven-56211.htm/feed 0 Inflation in Indonesia http://www.livetradingnews.com/inflation-in-indonesia-56130.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/inflation-in-indonesia-56130.htm#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:34:02 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56130 Indonesia’s annual inflation in September decreases to 4.61% as meat and chicken prices decreased, allowing the central bank to keep its Key interest rate steady on its meeting earlier this month, the Statistic Agency and analyst said Monday. Indonesia’s inflation in August accelerated faster at 4.79% Y-Y, as the Global Gold prices roses and the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/inflation-in-indonesia-56130.htm/feed 0 Low Interest Rates and Falling Prices in US Real Estate http://www.livetradingnews.com/low-interest-rates-and-falling-prices-in-us-real-estate-55960.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/low-interest-rates-and-falling-prices-in-us-real-estate-55960.htm#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:47:43 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55960 The US rate for 30-yr fixed mortgages fell to 4.01% this week,a record low. A current home buyer could save tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars in interest over 30 yrs compared to when rates were 7% or 8%, but almost no one who may buy a house really cares. The [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/low-interest-rates-and-falling-prices-in-us-real-estate-55960.htm/feed 0 Everyloan Offers Construction Finance http://www.livetradingnews.com/everyloan-offers-construction-finance-55942.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/everyloan-offers-construction-finance-55942.htm#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:11:13 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55942 Everyloan Offers Construction Finance Construction loans are story loans. That means that the lender has to know the story behind the planned construction before they’re willing to loan you money. Because it’s a story loan, it’s not going to be standardized like mortgage loans underwritten to Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae guidelines. That said, there [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/everyloan-offers-construction-finance-55942.htm/feed 0 Greece Update http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-update-55658.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-update-55658.htm#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:49:53 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55658 Greece to receive 6th tranche of EU-IMF aid “in time” Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos expressed confidence on Tuesday that Greece will get the sixth EU/IMF aid installment “in time” to avoid default this October. Against continuing anti-austerity protests, Mr. Venizelos told reporters here that Athens will fulfill all pledges for [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/greece-update-55658.htm/feed 0 Putin Claims First Victim http://www.livetradingnews.com/putin-claims-first-victim-55549.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/putin-claims-first-victim-55549.htm#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:43:53 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55549 Russian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin resigned Monday after a brief but angry exchange with President Medvedev. During a meeting of the presidential commission on modernization, Mr. Medvedev offered Mr. Kudrin chances to tender resignation after the minister Sunday, while in the U.S., said he would quit the government if it was [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/putin-claims-first-victim-55549.htm/feed 0 Can the EU Solve the Debt Crisis? http://www.livetradingnews.com/can-the-eu-solve-the-debt-crisis-55321.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/can-the-eu-solve-the-debt-crisis-55321.htm#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:36:51 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55321 WAG, ACN, MU, JBL Policy makers in Europe will be under investors’ microscopes in the coming week after the threat of a Greek debt default helped send the Dow average to its worst weekly drop in nearly three years. Stocks, along with precious metals and other commodities, suffered steep losses in the past week. Investors [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/can-the-eu-solve-the-debt-crisis-55321.htm/feed 0 Money Leaving Asia, Bargains for the Brave http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-leaving-asia-leaves-bargains-for-the-brave-55280.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-leaving-asia-leaves-bargains-for-the-brave-55280.htm#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:12:56 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55280 Asia is the place to be buying as foreign money managers sell positions to cover home losses and increase their own liquid positions. This is a huge opportunity to buy in the worlds fastest growing region. There is some concern in Asia that capital is flowing too quickly out of the region, after major currencies [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/money-leaving-asia-leaves-bargains-for-the-brave-55280.htm/feed 0 Jim Flaherty on the Euro Crisis http://www.livetradingnews.com/jim-flaherty-on-the-euro-crisis-55172.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/jim-flaherty-on-the-euro-crisis-55172.htm#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:10:05 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55172 Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Thursday called on the Europeans to take “decisive action” to rein in the continent’s debt problems and protect the World from an emerging banking crisis. The appeal came as the Canadian Dollar dipped about 4% against the USD to US$0.965, a decline that occurred just hours after Prime Minister Stephen [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/jim-flaherty-on-the-euro-crisis-55172.htm/feed 0 China Leads The World Economies http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-leads-the-world-economies-54838.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-leads-the-world-economies-54838.htm#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:11:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54838 China’s Strong growth is its biggest contribution to World Both the USA and the EU are troubled by very slow economic growth and debt problems, but China’s Strong economic growth is making significant contributions to the Global economic recovery, said the World Bank’s chief economist Justin Yifu Lin. In this inter-connected World, the Strong growth [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-leads-the-world-economies-54838.htm/feed 0 US to grow 1.5% in 2011 http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-to-grow-1-5-in-2011-54822.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-to-grow-1-5-in-2011-54822.htm#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:27:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54822 US economy to grow 1.5% in Y 2011 The US economy will grow by 1.5% in Y 2011, significantly slower than expected, according to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday. “The US economy is struggling to gain a strong foothold, with sluggish growth and a protracted job recovery,” said the IMF [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-to-grow-1-5-in-2011-54822.htm/feed 0 Carlos Costa on Euro Crisis http://www.livetradingnews.com/carlos-costa-on-euro-crisis-54777.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/carlos-costa-on-euro-crisis-54777.htm#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:58:31 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54777 Portuguese central bank sets stronger rules in financial market Portuguese Central Bank governor Carlos Costa said Monday that Europe needs a stronger co-ordination of the financial rules to restore confidence in the wake of financial turmoil. During the 21st Portuguese Speaking Countries Central Bank Governors Meeting, Costa said, “there can be no efficient supervision if [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/carlos-costa-on-euro-crisis-54777.htm/feed 0 Shayne Heffernan on Global Markets http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-global-equity-market-54661.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-global-equity-market-54661.htm#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:59:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54661 Markets are again overly concerned that Italy will follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal in calling for bailout funds to help cope with its huge debt burden. Eyes are now on a two-day meeting this week of the US Federal Reserve’s policy setting committee, which dealers hope will give a much-needed boost to sentiment with fresh [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/shayne-heffernan-global-equity-market-54661.htm/feed 0 Gold, Currency and Intervention http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-currency-and-intervention-54596.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-currency-and-intervention-54596.htm#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:48:38 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54596 Currency traders do not like governments to intervene in the Global currency markets, as the moves tilt the playing field in ways that can cause traders to unwind positions that would have paid off if the intervener had just stayed out of the action This recent Swiss peg to the Euro forced traders to move [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-currency-and-intervention-54596.htm/feed 0 BRICS Bail Out Euro http://www.livetradingnews.com/brics-bail-out-euro-54538.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/brics-bail-out-euro-54538.htm#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:15:56 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54538 BRICS for Greek Aid The Institute of International Finance Inc. (IIF) is exploring whether the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are willing lend US$27.6-B to help in the debt refinancing of Greece (as they indicated they would do), IIF Deputy Managing Director Hung Tran said today in interview. The plan would [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/brics-bail-out-euro-54538.htm/feed 0 José Manuel González-Páramo on the Euro http://www.livetradingnews.com/jose-manuel-gonzalez-paramo-on-the-euro-54512.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/jose-manuel-gonzalez-paramo-on-the-euro-54512.htm#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:23:04 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54512 Speech by José Manuel González-Páramo, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Bulgarian National Bank Sofia, 16 September 2011 Governor Iskrov, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Sofia today at the Bulgarian National Bank for the opening of the Euro Exhibition, which is dedicated [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/jose-manuel-gonzalez-paramo-on-the-euro-54512.htm/feed 0 Shanghai Finance Boom http://www.livetradingnews.com/shanghai-finance-boom-54490.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/shanghai-finance-boom-54490.htm#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:18:03 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54490 The annual transaction volume of Shanghai’s financial markets is expected to reach 1,000-T Yuan (US$160-T) by Y 2015, Shanghai’s top financial services official said Thursday. Transaction of Shanghai’s financial markets, including the Shanghai Stock Exchange, inter-bank bond market, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Shanghai Gold Exchange, reached 188-T Yuan in 1-H this year, up 7% compared with [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/shanghai-finance-boom-54490.htm/feed 0 UBS AG (USA) , NYSE:UBS a Bargain http://www.livetradingnews.com/ubs-ag-usa-nyseubs-a-bargain-54357.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/ubs-ag-usa-nyseubs-a-bargain-54357.htm#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:27:20 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54357 UBS AG (USA) , NYSE:UBS is trading at bargain prices after news of a rogue trader leaving the bank with $2b in losses. Shayne Heffernan said today” even if the bank posts a loss in the next quarter, long term the prospects for UBS are solid.” he went on to say he expected the stock [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/ubs-ag-usa-nyseubs-a-bargain-54357.htm/feed 0 EU to Fund Portugal and Ireland http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-to-fund-portugal-and-ireland-54275.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-to-fund-portugal-and-ireland-54275.htm#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:53:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54275 EU set to offer better terms on loans to Portugal and Ireland The European Union (EU) may offer lower interest margins and longer maturity for loans granted to Ireland and Portugal, the European Commission disclosed Wednesday. According to the Commission, two proposals were adopted Wednesday suggesting lower interest rates and longer maturity for loans to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/eu-to-fund-portugal-and-ireland-54275.htm/feed 0 Robert Zoellick Says Politics a Global Danger http://www.livetradingnews.com/robert-zoellick-says-politics-a-global-danger-54256.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/robert-zoellick-says-politics-a-global-danger-54256.htm#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:11:59 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54256 Zoellick focused on the shifting global landscape in which emerging economies were playing a greater role in the world economy — and in development. He said developed countries had yet to fully recognize the global shifts and still operated under a “do what I say, not what I do” policy. They preached fiscal discipline but [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/robert-zoellick-says-politics-a-global-danger-54256.htm/feed 0 Australian Consumer Confidence up 8.1% http://www.livetradingnews.com/australian-consumer-confidence-up-8-1-54241.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/australian-consumer-confidence-up-8-1-54241.htm#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:42:13 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54241 Australian consumer confidence up 8.1% in September Australia’s consumer confidence rebounded strongly in September, a survey by Westpac Banking Corp and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research showed on Wednesday. After falling to its lowest level in more than two years in August, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/australian-consumer-confidence-up-8-1-54241.htm/feed 0 GE Repay Berkshire http://www.livetradingnews.com/ge-repay-berkshire-54232.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/ge-repay-berkshire-54232.htm#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:33:20 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54232 GE, BRK-A, GS, BAC General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) is making good on a promise it made earlier this year; paying back Warren Buffett. An SEC filing after the close Tuesday shows that GE mailed to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) a redemption notice for the US$3-B in preferred shares that Buffett invested in during the peak [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/ge-repay-berkshire-54232.htm/feed 0 US Dollar Index is Overbought http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-index-is-overbought-54021.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-index-is-overbought-54021.htm#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:04:08 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=54021 US Dollar Index is Overbought, according to Shayne Heffernan. The U.S. dollar has rallied against major currencies as excessive pessimism dominates financial markets in trading today. Fears spread in global financial markets that Greece’s ability to meet its obligations and repay its debt would collapse a global recovery. HCM question the long term value of [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-dollar-index-is-overbought-54021.htm/feed 0 The High Cost of Dodd-Frank http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-high-cost-of-dodd-frank-53846.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-high-cost-of-dodd-frank-53846.htm#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:33:21 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53846 Feasting on the Paperwork created by Chris Dodd and Barney Frank and the US Congress New regulations are one of Washington’s unofficial job creation tools. After the enactment of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the late 1970′s, hundreds of lawyers and accountants were hired by companies to strengthen their internal controls. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/the-high-cost-of-dodd-frank-53846.htm/feed 0 Russia to Bailout Cyprus http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-to-bailout-cyprus-53764.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-to-bailout-cyprus-53764.htm#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:20:04 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53764 Cyprus is engaged in talks with Russia to obtain a loan of up to 2.5-B Euros (US$3.5-B) to refinance part of its foreign debt and its development program, Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias said Friday. Confirming press reports, Mr. Kazamias said that nothing has been agreed upon yet but the government had a responsibility to look [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-to-bailout-cyprus-53764.htm/feed 0 Obama Stimulus, $447b for American Jobs Act http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-stimulus-447b-for-american-jobs-act-53674.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-stimulus-447b-for-american-jobs-act-53674.htm#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:51:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53674 US President Barack Obama presented a plan Tuesday night to stimulate economic recovery and strengthen the Country’s struggling employment situation. “Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our Country,” Mr. Obama told a joint session of the US Congress. “We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/obama-stimulus-447b-for-american-jobs-act-53674.htm/feed 0 Austerity in Europe http://www.livetradingnews.com/austerity-in-europe-53527.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/austerity-in-europe-53527.htm#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:57:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53527 Berlusconi’s deficit plan passes Senate The Senate approved Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s revised austerity plan, setting up a final vote in the Chamber of Deputies as Italy seeks to stem rising bond yields. The upper house voted 165 to 141 to adopt the 54-B Euro (US$76-B) plan, with 3 abstentions, Senate Speaker Renato Schifani said [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/economic-report-brazil-53413.htm/feed 0 Indonesia’s annual inflation rises 4.79% in August http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesias-annual-inflation-rises-4-79-in-august-53312.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesias-annual-inflation-rises-4-79-in-august-53312.htm#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:45:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53312 Indonesia’s annual inflation rises 4.79% in August Indonesia’s inflation in August accelerated faster at 4.79% Y-Y as the Global Gold price rises and the demand of foods rises, still giving more rooms for the central bank to keep interest rate on hold on its meeting earlier this month, the Statistic Bureau and analyst said Monday. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesias-annual-inflation-rises-4-79-in-august-53312.htm/feed 0 G7 The Euro, The Yen and Global Growth http://www.livetradingnews.com/g7-the-euro-the-yen-and-global-growth-53298.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/g7-the-euro-the-yen-and-global-growth-53298.htm#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:04:25 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53298 G7 finance ministers and central bankers from the seven big industrialized economies, which will gather in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, will discuss Global Economic Growth and the health of Europe’s banking system after dramatic market sell-offs in August betrayed mounting anxiety among investors. Japan’s new finance minister Jun Azumi on Tuesday reiterated that he [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/g7-the-euro-the-yen-and-global-growth-53298.htm/feed 0 Thailand Inflation Policy http://www.livetradingnews.com/thailand-inflation-policy-53249.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/thailand-inflation-policy-53249.htm#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:15:49 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53249 The National Energy Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, on August 26 approved reductions in contributions by refineries to the Oil Fund and value-added tax on fuel by 3 baht a litre for diesel, 7.17 baht for 91 octane petrol and 8.02 baht for 95 octane petrol. State-controlled refiners, PTT Plc and Bangchak [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/thailand-inflation-policy-53249.htm/feed 0 High Unemployment in USA to Remain http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-unemployment-in-usa-to-remain-53080.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-unemployment-in-usa-to-remain-53080.htm#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:13:52 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53080 Joblessness is likely to become embedded in the American system This weekend’s Labor Day celebrations in America will be difficult for many Americans, as lots of folks are experiencing years of decline in the Nation’s income, and there is not much to suggest that improvement is on the horizon. The numbers are grim, over the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-unemployment-in-usa-to-remain-53080.htm/feed 0 Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC), Success Without Dilution http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-success-without-dilution-52718.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-success-without-dilution-52718.htm#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:47:54 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52718 Bank of America will let the courts sort the mortgage matters out Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC), the US’ largest lender by assets, said it can meet capital goals without selling common stock and said it had expected some of the recent “Noise” in mortgage-related legal actions. “There are many non-dilutive ways for us to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-success-without-dilution-52718.htm/feed 0 US unemployment rate unchanged at 9.1% in August http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-unemployment-rate-unchanged-at-9-1-in-august-52685.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-unemployment-rate-unchanged-at-9-1-in-august-52685.htm#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:32:19 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52685 US unemployment rate unchanged at 9.1% in August The US unemployment rate remained at 9.1% in August, the Labor Department reported Friday. The nonfarm sector reported that no net jobs were added across the country last month, creating new jitters for investors as the US economy grew at a slow pace this year. Businesses added [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-unemployment-rate-unchanged-at-9-1-in-august-52685.htm/feed 0 Investing in Asian Bonds http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-asian-bonds-52492.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-asian-bonds-52492.htm#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:44:06 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52492 The Asian Development Bank said emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets continued to expand in the second quarter of the year. ADB’s report, Asia Bond Monitor, said corporate bonds rose 4.4 percent to $1.8 trillion in the second quarter, driving growth in the region whose economic expansion is set to outpace much of the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-asian-bonds-52492.htm/feed 0 South Korea CPI tops 5% http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-cpi-tops-5-52437.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-cpi-tops-5-52437.htm#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:15:24 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52437 South Korea’s consumer price inflation topped 5% in August for the first time in almost 3 yrs, boosting fears that inflationary pressures are building up despite the government’s anti-inflation measures, a government report showed Thursday. Consumer prices surged 5.3% in August from a year earlier, after jumping 4.7% the previous month, Statistics Korea said in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-cpi-tops-5-52437.htm/feed 0 S&P rates Subprime Mortgages higher than the USA http://www.livetradingnews.com/sp-rates-subprime-mortgages-higher-than-the-usa-52358.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/sp-rates-subprime-mortgages-higher-than-the-usa-52358.htm#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:31:03 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52358 S&P rates Subprime Mortgages higher than the USA MHP Standard & Poor’s gives a higher rating to securities backed by subprime home loans, the same type of investments that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, than it has assigned to the US government debt. S&P is poised to provide AAA grades [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/sp-rates-subprime-mortgages-higher-than-the-usa-52358.htm/feed 0 Stocks Rise on Bad Data http://www.livetradingnews.com/stocks-rise-on-bad-data-52341.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/stocks-rise-on-bad-data-52341.htm#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:40:22 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52341 As suggested by Shayne Heffernan early today, Bad Numbers on Unemployment have strengthened the argument for QE3 and the market has rallied. The Institute for Supply Management-New York will release at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) its August index of regional business activity. In the previous month, the index read 538.8. At 9:45 a.m. EDT [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/stocks-rise-on-bad-data-52341.htm/feed 0 Brazil to Cut Rates http://www.livetradingnews.com/brazil-to-cut-rates-52300.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/brazil-to-cut-rates-52300.htm#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:58:34 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52300 Brazil can start cutting Key Interest Rates in November Slower Global growth will allow Brazil to begin cutting its high rates starting in November, a Banco Santander economists wrote. With Global economic growth expected to slow to 3.3% this year and bounce back to 4.4% in Y 2012, Brazil will have room to cut rates [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/brazil-to-cut-rates-52300.htm/feed 0 Russia Posts $62b Surplus http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-posts-62b-surplus-52292.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-posts-62b-surplus-52292.htm#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:49:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52292 Russia’s budget surplus in 1-H exceeds US$62-B Russia’s budget surplus for 1-H of Y 2011 exceeded 1.74-T Rubles (over US$62-B), the Russian statistics agency Rosstat said Tuesday. This is a 6.4-time growth compared with the same period of Y 2010, said Rosstat. According to Moscow’s Vedomosti business daily, the revenue growth happened largely due to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/russia-posts-62b-surplus-52292.htm/feed 0 Europe Stocks Hold Gains http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-stocks-hold-gains-52083.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-stocks-hold-gains-52083.htm#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:48:56 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52083 Frankfurt’s DAX closed 2.39 per cent higher at 5,670.07 points and the Paris CAC 40 climbed 2.16 per cent to 3,154.20 points. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.60 per cent at around 1630 GMT (0230 AEST, Tuesday), while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 2.39 per cent. In Asian trade earlier on [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-stocks-hold-gains-52083.htm/feed 0 Alpha Bank and Eurobank Merge http://www.livetradingnews.com/alpha-bank-and-eurobank-merge-52031.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/alpha-bank-and-eurobank-merge-52031.htm#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:17:08 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52031 Alpha Bank and Eurobank merge to become biggest lender in Greece Greek Alpha Bank and EFG Eurobank Monday officially announced their plan to merge into the biggest lender in Greece with the backing of Qatar, amidst an acute debt crisis that has rocked the Greek financial system since late Y 2009. The 2 private banks [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/alpha-bank-and-eurobank-merge-52031.htm/feed 0 Temasek May Take China Construction Bank Corp. (HK:0939) Stake http://www.livetradingnews.com/temasek-may-take-china-construction-bank-corp-hk0939-stake-52020.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/temasek-may-take-china-construction-bank-corp-hk0939-stake-52020.htm#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:58:37 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=52020 Temasek considering buying a part of BoA’s stake in China’s CCB The Singapore state investment company, Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., is considering acquiring a part of Bank of America Corp.’s (NYSE:BAC) stake in China Construction Bank Corp. (HK:0939) or CCB, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Bank of America now owns 25.6-B CCB shares, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/temasek-may-take-china-construction-bank-corp-hk0939-stake-52020.htm/feed 0 South Africa Business Stops Investing, Hoards Cash http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-africa-business-stops-investing-hoards-cash-51806.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-africa-business-stops-investing-hoards-cash-51806.htm#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:57:59 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51806 Changes to labour policy and legislation, as well as concerns about skills, continue to concern business. These problems exist in the context of growing global economic uncertainty and fear of further recession. With the launch of government policies such as the new growth path and the related industrial policy action plan (Ipap2) the private sector [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-africa-business-stops-investing-hoards-cash-51806.htm/feed 0 China is Still Growing http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-is-still-growing-51485.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-is-still-growing-51485.htm#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:30:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51485 In relative terms China is outperforming most of the World even after the Government acted to cool the economy from overheating. UBS See China Growth at 9%, that still makes China one of the fastest growing economies in the World. UBS lowered its 2011 and 2012 growth forecasts for China on Thursday, saying much weaker [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/china-is-still-growing-51485.htm/feed 0 Taxpayers Shoulder Massive US Debt http://www.livetradingnews.com/citizens-shoulder-massive-us-debt-51374.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/citizens-shoulder-massive-us-debt-51374.htm#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:49:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51374 The US public is paying the price for the Nation’s high debt The debt crisis has exposed the defects rather than the advantages of America’s give and take democratic system. The US debt crisis has drawn lots of criticism both at home and aboard. It is inconceivable to many people that as the only declared [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/citizens-shoulder-massive-us-debt-51374.htm/feed 0 Vietnamese trade deficit hits US$800-M in August http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnamese-trade-deficit-hits-us800-m-in-august-51369.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnamese-trade-deficit-hits-us800-m-in-august-51369.htm#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:32:35 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51369 Vietnamese trade deficit hits US$800-M in August Vietnam’s trade deficit hit US$800-M in August, as its export turnover reached US$8.3-B while import turnover expanded to US$9.1-B, the Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO) reported Wednesday. According to GSO, the deficit is attributed to a sharp fall in the export of precious metals and gemstones in August, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/vietnamese-trade-deficit-hits-us800-m-in-august-51369.htm/feed 0 Prasarn Trairatvorakul Inflation Concern in Thailand http://www.livetradingnews.com/prasarn-trairatvorakul-inflation-concern-in-thailand-51279.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/prasarn-trairatvorakul-inflation-concern-in-thailand-51279.htm#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:47:55 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51279 The government should avoid stoking inflation by aiming fiscal spending at infrastructure investment and not stimulating domestic consumption, Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said. The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.50% to curb inflation, reports said. The new key policy rate takes [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/prasarn-trairatvorakul-inflation-concern-in-thailand-51279.htm/feed 0 Bank of America Corp NYSE:BAC Remains a Buy http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-remains-a-buy-51097.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-remains-a-buy-51097.htm#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:53:53 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51097 Bank of America Corp NYSE:BAC announced the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on Bank of America common stock of $0.01 per share, payable on September 23, 2011 to shareholders of record as of September 2, 2011. The board also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.75 per share on the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/bank-of-america-corp-nysebac-remains-a-buy-51097.htm/feed 0 Obama’s Attack on Goldman Sachs NYSE:GS May Trigger Recession http://www.livetradingnews.com/obamas-attack-on-goldman-sachs-nysegs-may-trigger-recession-51068.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/obamas-attack-on-goldman-sachs-nysegs-may-trigger-recession-51068.htm#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:07:34 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51068 The regulators Goldman Sachs NYSE:GS witch hunt is spooking investors. Goldman shares fell sharply in the final minutes of regular trading after Reuters reporting the hiring, finishing down 4.7 percent at $106.51, their lowest level since March 2009. They slipped further in after-hours trade to $105.45. Should a large scale prosecution or arrest be made [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/obamas-attack-on-goldman-sachs-nysegs-may-trigger-recession-51068.htm/feed 0 RMB 6.3987 vs. USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-6-3987-vs-usd-51045.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-6-3987-vs-usd-51045.htm#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:28:45 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51045 China’s Yuan advances to 6.3987 vs. USD Tuesday The Chinese currency Renminbi (RMB), or the Yuan, gained 10 basis points to 6.3987 per USD Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system. In China’s foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 0.5% from the central parity rate each [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/rmb-6-3987-vs-usd-51045.htm/feed 0 Time for a European Finance Minister http://www.livetradingnews.com/time-for-a-european-finance-minister-51008.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/time-for-a-european-finance-minister-51008.htm#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:55:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=51008 German banker wants unified European economic policy An influential finance minister in charge of a unified European economic policy is necessary to help the eurozone out of its current crisis, a top German banker said. Martin Blessing, head of Commerzbank, Germany’s 2nd largest, made the remarks in an op-ed piece in the latest issue of [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/time-for-a-european-finance-minister-51008.htm/feed 0 A Look at the AUD/USD http://www.livetradingnews.com/a-look-at-the-audusd-50830.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/a-look-at-the-audusd-50830.htm#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:37:02 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=50830 The parity level is significant support, and that should be respected. We look for consolidation between 1.00 and 1.06 for the next few weeks, with the real risk to the downside in the case of financial worries around the globe. Buying under 1.02 and selling over 1.05 looks like the best strategy in the week [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/a-look-at-the-audusd-50830.htm/feed 0 Gold, Silver and Oil Trading Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-silver-and-oil-trading-outlook-16-50722.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-silver-and-oil-trading-outlook-16-50722.htm#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:26:18 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=50722 The Overall Fundamentals Gold and Silver + With the exception of Palladium, all precious metals I rose on the week. Silver was the best performer overall, followed by Gold and Platinum. The strength of these precious metals is down to this low interest rate-environment in developed countries, heightening inflationary pressures, political and economic uncertainties. The [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/gold-silver-and-oil-trading-outlook-16-50722.htm/feed 0 Investing in a Slowdown http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-a-slowdown-50638.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-a-slowdown-50638.htm#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:59:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=50638 Cash is no longer king and the value of the USD is being eroded which means everyone must rethink their investment strategy and adjust their portfolio holdings. While many think that if they live in the USA and earn in USD nothing will change, I can assure you that those days are over, growing world [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/investing-in-a-slowdown-50638.htm/feed 0 South Korea Falls 6.22%, Rates a Strong Buy http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-falls-6-22-rates-a-strong-buy-50623.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-falls-6-22-rates-a-strong-buy-50623.htm#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:36:15 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=50623 In South Korean shares ended 6.22 percent lower as market fears grew that the global economy may fall into recession following the announcement of weaker economic data in the U.S., analysts said. South Korea rates a very strong buy at these levels, Shayne Heffernan said today. The economy of the country is sound and growth [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/south-korea-falls-6-22-rates-a-strong-buy-50623.htm/feed 0 An analysis of the equal weighted indexes underlying the Dow Jones Target Date Index family http://www.livetradingnews.com/an-analysis-of-the-equal-weighted-indexes-underlying-the-dow-jones-target-date-index-family-49930.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/an-analysis-of-the-equal-weighted-indexes-underlying-the-dow-jones-target-date-index-family-49930.htm#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:45:38 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=49930 Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is a composite of three major asset class (CMAC) indexes: Dow Jones Global Stock CMAC Index (Stock CMAC), Barclays Capital Bond Composite-Global Index (Bond CMAC), and Barclays Capital Cash Composite-Global Index (Cash CMAC). The Stock CMAC consists of nine pure (non-overlapping) equity sub-asset classes and the Bond CMAC consists [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/an-analysis-of-the-equal-weighted-indexes-underlying-the-dow-jones-target-date-index-family-49930.htm/feed 0 Europe Bans Shorting http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-bans-shorting-49872.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-bans-shorting-49872.htm#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:56:09 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=49872 Short Selling now banned in 4 European countries France, Italy, Spain and Belgium have banned Short Selling on select stocks in an efforts to calm market turmoil that has sent bank shares South and aggravated worries about Europe’s huge debts. The European Union’s (EU) markets supervisor, the ESMA, announced the move late Thursday night after [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/europe-bans-shorting-49872.htm/feed 0 Singapore Equity Preview, Golden Agri, Genting, Wilmar http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-golden-agri-genting-wilmar-39410.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-golden-agri-genting-wilmar-39410.htm#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:12:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=39410 Singapore will open lower today and the Shayne Heffernan best buys on the dip are Genting Singapore, owner of Resorts World Sentosa, the stock was oversold yesterday down 1.89% to S$2.08 as investors remained excessively wary about the group’s prospects in the face of Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority’s investigations into alleged illegal activity relating to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-golden-agri-genting-wilmar-39410.htm/feed 0 Singapore Equity Preview, UOB, OCBC, DBS http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-uob-ocbc-dbs-36310.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-uob-ocbc-dbs-36310.htm#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:06:38 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=36310 Banks fell during the session yesterday but look set to recover in Singapore today. The Exchange should post gains today following the lead from global markets. Shayne Heffernan Best Buys are UOB, OCBC, DBS OCBC closed 1.4 percent lower at $9.35, while United Overseas Bank fell one percent at $18.78, DBS Group eased 0.6 percent [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-equity-preview-uob-ocbc-dbs-36310.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Market Outlook, Keppel, Tisco, DBS http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-keppel-tisco-dbs-34449.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-keppel-tisco-dbs-34449.htm#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:22:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=34449 This is the week to be buying ASEAN Stocks, Thailand, Singapore, Jakarta and Malaysia should all end the week with 2% plus gains. Stocks have shown remarkable resilience as investors buy on any drop in prices, even in the face of what seem like considerable risks. Lots of earnings are due out this week making [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-keppel-tisco-dbs-34449.htm/feed 0 Tisco Financial Group Profits Jump 45% http://www.livetradingnews.com/tisco-financial-group-profits-jump-45-34429.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/tisco-financial-group-profits-jump-45-34429.htm#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:33:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=34429 Tisco Financial Group, the owner/operator of Bangkok based Tisco Bank and related finance companies, reported surprise 45% growth in net profit for 2010, driven by strong loan growth during economic uncertainty in last year. In Early January 2011 Suthas Ruangmanamongkol, president of Tisco Bank, told reporters the group Expects 2011 net profit to rise 10-15 [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/tisco-financial-group-profits-jump-45-34429.htm/feed 0 Asian Property Report http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-property-report-34348.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-property-report-34348.htm#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:53:49 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=34348 Real Estate Analysts expect Chinese investors to invest in property markets in other Asian countries looking for better returns. The move will come as a reaction to the Chinese policy makers recent increase of one-year lending rates to 6 per cent. Property developers in markets like Thailand and Malaysia will attract many mainland Chinese buyers, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asian-property-report-34348.htm/feed 0 Techprecision Corporation OTC:TPCS Earnings Report http://www.livetradingnews.com/techprecision-corporation-otctpcs-earnings-report-34301.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/techprecision-corporation-otctpcs-earnings-report-34301.htm#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:54:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=34301 Third Quarter and Year-to-date Fiscal 2011 Highlights Revenue for the third quarter totaled $9.7 million an increase of 84% compared to $5.3 million during the Company’s third quarter of fiscal 2010. Revenue is a sequential increase of 15.4% compared to revenue of $8.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Revenue for the nine [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/techprecision-corporation-otctpcs-earnings-report-34301.htm/feed 0 Deal Maker Cannes 2011 http://www.livetradingnews.com/deal-maker-cannes-2011-34137.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/deal-maker-cannes-2011-34137.htm#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:43:41 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=34137 DEAL MAKER CANNES 2011 DEAL MAKER CANNES 2011 is a networking and deal making event limited to just 250 influential CEOs, brokers, wealth managers and other decision makers. All those attending are involved in sectors serving high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals, including luxury real estate, lifestyle and private banking. Located at [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/deal-maker-cannes-2011-34137.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Market Outlook, PTT, PTTEP, Resorts World Sentosa http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-ptt-pttep-resorts-world-sentosa-33969.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-ptt-pttep-resorts-world-sentosa-33969.htm#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:25:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33969 ASEAN Markets will begin the rally back to record highs today with the exception of Thailand that is still dogged by internal issues. PTT, PTTEP, Resorts World Sentosa are Shayne Heffernan’s best buys for the day. Overnight on Wall St At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 69.48 points higher, by 0.57 per [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-market-outlook-ptt-pttep-resorts-world-sentosa-33969.htm/feed 0 Jakarta Stocks, Borneo Lumbung, London Sumatra http://www.livetradingnews.com/jakarta-borneo-lumbung-london-sumatra-33944.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/jakarta-borneo-lumbung-london-sumatra-33944.htm#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:09:11 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33944 In Jakarta the Jakarta Composite Index opened flat before moving lower on Monday. With regional markets wavering with uncertainty during the Lunar New Year holiday, the JCI shed 8.46 points, or 0.24 percent, to close at 3,487.71. The mining sector was down 1.18 percent, with coal miner Borneo Lumbung Energy and Metal shedding 3.03 percent [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/jakarta-borneo-lumbung-london-sumatra-33944.htm/feed 0 Higher Food Prices Here to Stay http://www.livetradingnews.com/higher-food-prices-here-to-stay-33890.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/higher-food-prices-here-to-stay-33890.htm#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:43:11 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33890 Last Week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said food prices have reached their highest level since it began measuring them in 1990, and pointed to the political problems that can spark. “Not only is there a risk, but there have already been riots in some parts of the world because of rising prices,” FOA [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/higher-food-prices-here-to-stay-33890.htm/feed 0 Indonesian Banks a Strong Buy, Rakyat, Mandiri, BCA http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesian-banks-a-strong-buy-rakyat-mandiri-bca-33886.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesian-banks-a-strong-buy-rakyat-mandiri-bca-33886.htm#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:36:58 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33886 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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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/indonesian-banks-a-strong-buy-rakyat-mandiri-bca-33886.htm/feed 0 Stock Exchange of Thailand Preview, Sri Trang, Indorama,Thoresen Thai Agencies http://www.livetradingnews.com/stock-exchange-of-thailand-preview-sri-trang-indoramathoresen-thai-agencies-33825.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/stock-exchange-of-thailand-preview-sri-trang-indoramathoresen-thai-agencies-33825.htm#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:58:03 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33825 Thailand will be under some pressure this week, border clashes with Cambodia and the preliminary talk of an election date in April 2012. Amid yet more false rumors of a looming coup d’etat, the prime minister insisted he wanted Thais to chart the country’s political future through elections. It has been speculated the premier will [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/stock-exchange-of-thailand-preview-sri-trang-indoramathoresen-thai-agencies-33825.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Stocks, IVL, Ayala, PTT http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ayala-ptt-33655.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ayala-ptt-33655.htm#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:07:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33655 ASEAN markets will be very thinly traded today, most are closed for Chinese New Year. Those that are open will trade higher after a strong turnaround in Overnight trading. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index went up 2.76 points or 0.28% to close at 980.60 points at the end of trading session on [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ayala-ptt-33655.htm/feed 0 IVL Leads Thai Stocks Higher http://www.livetradingnews.com/ivl-leads-thai-stocks-higher-33618.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/ivl-leads-thai-stocks-higher-33618.htm#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:33:44 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33618 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index went up 2.76 points or 0.28% to close at 980.60 points at the end of trading session on Thursday afternoon. The trade value was 15.27 billion baht. IVL closed at 42.50 baht, up 3.00 baht (7.59%) PTL closed at 31.50 baht, up 3.25 baht (11.50%) PTT closed [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/ivl-leads-thai-stocks-higher-33618.htm/feed 0 Top 10 dividend stocks for 2011 ASR, NMM, PTNR http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-10-dividend-stocks-for-2011-asr-nmm-ptnr-33615.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-10-dividend-stocks-for-2011-asr-nmm-ptnr-33615.htm#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:17:18 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33615 Top 10 dividend stocks for 2011. Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL), Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM), American Capital Agency (NASDAQ:AGNC), Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK), Partner Communications (NASDAQ:PTNR) , Vector Group (NYSE:VGR), Alaska Communications Systems Group (NASDAQ:ALSK), Grupo Aeroportuario (NYSE:ASR) , Pennantpark Investment Corp (NASDAQ:PNNT), Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) HCM has said “Low rates will prevail in 2011 and in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/top-10-dividend-stocks-for-2011-asr-nmm-ptnr-33615.htm/feed 0 Singapore Budget Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-budget-outlook-33600.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-budget-outlook-33600.htm#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:38:26 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33600 In Singapore the New Budget is about to be handed down and Chutinush Taksinapinunt and Issaree Suwunnavid take a look at what to expect in the coming months. Heffernan Capital Management believe the upcoming Singapore Budget will continue to emphasise growth and transformation of the Singapore economy in to a leading smart economy at the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-budget-outlook-33600.htm/feed 0 Singapore Stocks, Golden Agri, Indofood, Genting http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-stocks-golden-agri-indofood-genting-33511.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-stocks-golden-agri-indofood-genting-33511.htm#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:21:05 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33511 In Singapore the Straits Times Index (STI) closed up 26.38pts at 3,211.12. The Singapore market will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Chinese New Year.The total value of shares traded was S$1 billion, up from S$660 million in the morning session on Tuesday. Palm oil stocks rallied as Malaysian palm oil futures rose [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-stocks-golden-agri-indofood-genting-33511.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Stocks PTT, Jollibee, PLDT, Semirara http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ptt-jollibee-pldt-semirara-33487.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ptt-jollibee-pldt-semirara-33487.htm#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:37:34 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33487 ASEAN to Rally Strong outflows of foreign investors yesterday put a cap on ASEAN Markets, but today that will change and the ASEAN Markets will Rally. Heffernan Capital Management best buys today are PTT, Jollibee, PLDT, Semirara The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index on Tuesday fell 4.41 points or 0.46 per cent to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ptt-jollibee-pldt-semirara-33487.htm/feed 0 Philippines Stocks, Ayala Land, Meralco, Ayala Corp http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippines-stocks-ayala-land-meralco-ayala-corp-33479.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippines-stocks-ayala-land-meralco-ayala-corp-33479.htm#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:07:11 +0000 Heffernan Capital Management http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33479 In Manila the Philippine Stock Exchange index lost 50.98 points, or 1.31 percent, to end at 3,830.49, the market did not follow the USA lead after an overnight bounce in Wall Street and the 7.3-percent economic growth reported by the government for 2010. The local index is now nearing technical support at 3,800, the index [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/philippines-stocks-ayala-land-meralco-ayala-corp-33479.htm/feed 0 Neptune Orient Lines Outperforms http://www.livetradingnews.com/neptune-orient-lines-outperforms-33420.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/neptune-orient-lines-outperforms-33420.htm#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:04:06 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33420 Shayne Heffernan Strong Buy Neptune Orient Lines is growing as Asian trade increases. NOL container shipping volumes for the 7 weeks to Dec 31 rose 26 percent from a year ago, boosted by higher traffic on the internal trade in Asia and Asia-Europe routes. In trading today NOL gained 1.4 percent to S$2.23. Lited in [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/neptune-orient-lines-outperforms-33420.htm/feed 0 Aboitiz a Buy as Philippines Falls http://www.livetradingnews.com/aboitiz-a-buy-as-philippines-falls-33315.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/aboitiz-a-buy-as-philippines-falls-33315.htm#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:42:18 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33315 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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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/aboitiz-a-buy-as-philippines-falls-33315.htm/feed 0 Wall St in February http://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-st-in-february-33301.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-st-in-february-33301.htm#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:13:18 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33301 February has proven to be historically weak in terms of Wall St and that may keep markets around the world fairly flat. Should the market drift on bad earnings in February it could fall as much as 7% according to Shayne Heffernan, the upside is somewhat limited, this is a month to be buying quality [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-st-in-february-33301.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Stocks, Thoresen Thai Agencies, PTT, PTTEP http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-thoresen-thai-agencies-ptt-pttep-33277.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-thoresen-thai-agencies-ptt-pttep-33277.htm#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:00:43 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33277 ASEAN Markets This Week ASEAN is the place to be buying stocks this week, while media attention shifts to Egypt as a new reason to sell real investors will be bargain hunting. Thailand has had excessive selling over unfounded fears of political unrest and looks like the best place for bargain hunting, PTT, PTTEP, IVL, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-thoresen-thai-agencies-ptt-pttep-33277.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Stocks, Keppel, Sembcorp, Timah, San Miguel http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-keppel-sembcorp-timah-san-miguel-33123.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-keppel-sembcorp-timah-san-miguel-33123.htm#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:58:36 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33123 ASEAN will finish the week well with strong local economic indicators and a solid lead from Wall St overnight. The S&P 500 faces technical resistance near 1300, an area where closing and session highs clustered during August 2008. Technical analysts also view 12,000 on the Dow as a possible sell trigger as the blue-chip average [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-keppel-sembcorp-timah-san-miguel-33123.htm/feed 0 ASEAN Stocks, IVL, PTT, Ayala, PLDT http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ptt-ayala-pldt-33021.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ptt-ayala-pldt-33021.htm#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:05:14 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=33021 ASEAN to Rally Again ASEAN Markets will see yet another day of gains today after an important overnight session on Wall St, Manila and Bangkok will be capped to some extent by local issues. Shayne Heffernan’s Best Buys are IVL, PTT, Ayala and PLDT. Manila’s terrorist attack and political issues in Thailand will slow those [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/asean-stocks-ivl-ptt-ayala-pldt-33021.htm/feed 0 Indorama Ventures, Ashok Jain Exclusive Interview http://www.livetradingnews.com/indorama-ventures-ashok-jain-exclusive-interview-32973.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/indorama-ventures-ashok-jain-exclusive-interview-32973.htm#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:33:30 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=32973 Chutinush Taksinapinunt Interviews Joint Vice President of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, Ashok Jain. LTN: How is the integration of SK Eurochem Sp , Grupo Arteva S. de R.L. de C.V. and Guangdong Shinda UHMWPE Co. Ltd. Proceeding, how much will those acquisitions impact the 2011 earnings. Ashok Jain: The integration of SK Eurochem Sp [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/indorama-ventures-ashok-jain-exclusive-interview-32973.htm/feed 0 High Plains Gas, Revenue over $20m OTC:HPGS, NYSE:MRO, OTC:BCTE http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-plains-gas-revenue-over-20m-otchpgs-nysemro-otcbcte-32965.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/high-plains-gas-revenue-over-20m-otchpgs-nysemro-otcbcte-32965.htm#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:50:52 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=32965 High Plains Gas OTC:HPGS recently took over a number of Marathon Oil NYSE:MRO assets, yesterday we spoke to Brent Cook CEO of High Plains Gas OTC:HPGS about Marathon Oil NYSE:MRO and Big Cat Energy Corporation OTC:BCTE Exclusive Interview with Brent Cook CEO of HIGH PLAINS GAS INC, OTC:HPGS LTN:What is your growth strategy for the [...]

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