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May 15th, 2009 |
By Keith Fitz-Gerald |
Category: Featured, US Dollar & Forex Trading
Institutional investors have talked a lot about the so-called “yen carry trade” over the past couple of years. But that’s really just been a warm-up act for a much bigger story. I’m talking about the “yuan carry trade.”
Tags: carry trades, China Economy, Financial Markets, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Overseas Markets, Profits, Yen Carry Trade, Yuan, yuan carry trade
Posted in Featured, US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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Feb 26th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News, International Investing
Japan’s exports were cut nearly in half last month as the global downturn crushed demand for the country’s electronics and automobiles, a development that increases the odds that the Japanese yen could be poised for a tumble.
Tags: Auto Exports, Blue Chips, Chrysler, CS, Global Downturn, Gm, Japanese Exports, Japanese Yen, Jason Simpkins, Overseas Markets, SNE, TM, Ubs
Posted in Financial News, International Investing |
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Nov 4th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Financial News
Gold pushed higher in the overseas markets, peaking near $740 in mid-London trading, but hit the skids at that point, dropping nearly $15 by the second hour in New York, then was flat through the Comex, before finally tailing off again during the Globex to finish at $722.00, down $1.70 from Friday. Overnight, gold has pushed higher.
Tags: Balanced Presentation, Comex, deflation, Doug Casey, Globex, gold, Gold Prices, Kitco, Lasalle Futures Group, Oil Prices, Overseas Markets, Platinum Prices, precious metals, resources, silver prices
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Nov 3rd, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Financial News
Gold sank in the overseas markets, rallied back into positive territory by mid-morning Friday, but made its high for the day there, as it declined for the rest of the Comex before steadying through the Globex and finishing at $723.70, down $12.00. For the week, gold was off 1.5%.
Tags: Central Bank Intervention, Comex, Dollar Debt, Doug Casey, Globex, gold, Gold Prices, Overseas Markets, Platinum Prices, resources, Rising Oil Prices, silver prices
Posted in Financial News |
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Jun 6th, 2008 |
By Jennifer Yousfi |
Category: Politics & Economics
With a wheezing economy that’s struggling with housing and credit problems – as well as a weak dollar – it’s clear the United States won’t be in the investment spotlight this year.
Tags: , Bric, BSC, Citigroup, collapsed housing market, Credit Crunch, DB, Dba, Decoupling, economics, fed, Federal Reserve, FNM, Fomc, Gdp, Greenback, inflation, KO, MCD, MER, MOO, Mortgage Crisis, MS, MTB, Overseas Markets, PEP, Pimco, politics, PTTAX, SKM, stagflation, Subprime Mortgage, TSM, Ubs, Weak Dollar, YUM
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Jun 5th, 2008 |
By Mike Burnick |
Category: Stock Market Investing
It’s only the fifth day in June, but already investors are getting nervous about end of quarter earnings reports. There’s still almost a month to go before most public companies close out their books for the second-quarter, ending June 30.
Tags: Credit Crunch, Energy Sector Stocks, Financial Stocks, Golden West Financial, Lehman Brothers, Oil Prices, Overseas Markets, Prime Credit, Raw Material Costs, S&P 500, Technology Stocks, US stocks, Wall Street
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May 20th, 2008 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Featured, Financial News
Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ, has announced that its annual profits have plunged 28%, largely due to its exposure to the subprime market.
The bank said its annual subprime-related losses were more than 120 billion yen ($1.15 billion) and that it could lose another $480 million this year because of subprime exposure.
According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the bank’s president, Nobuo Kuroyanagi, said: “Subprime had a very broad effect on us.
Tags: china, credit crisis, Credit Crunch, Finance, Finance Business, Japanese Banks, Japanese Companies, Japanese Stock Market, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group, Mizuho Financial, Overseas Markets, Portfolio, Stock Portfolio, Subprime Mortgages, trade, Western Banks
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May 16th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Gold Market
Gold was dead flat straight through the overseas markets yesterday, but once the NYMEX opened it was off to the races, shooting as high as $887 before selling off about $8 at the noon hour, but then catching a second wind in the Globex and pushing to a finish at $881.00, up $16.60.
Tags: Brokerage Services, Federal Reserve, Globex, gold, inflation, Investments Ltd, Nymex, Overseas Markets, precious metals, silver
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May 15th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Gold Market
Gold was tightly rangebound from the overseas markets straight through the NYMEX and Globex sessions on Wednesday, bouncing between $860 and $870, and finishing at $864.40, down $1.30.
Tags: , Commodity Markets, CPI, Dollar Index, Dollar Strength, Globex, gold, Gold Market, Gold Prices, Lasalle Futures Group, Matt Zeman, Nymex, Oil Prices, Overseas Markets, platinum, precious metals, resources, silver
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May 6th, 2008 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Gold Market
Gold moved steadily higher from the overseas markets straight through the New York NYMEX and Globex sessions on Monday, finishing at its intraday high of $874.00, up $17.20. Overnight, gold edged slightly higher in London.
Tags: Akshaya Tritiya, Citigroup, Crude Oil, energy prices, Globex, gold, Gold Futures, Interest Rate Cuts, Nadler, Nymex, Overseas Markets, precious metals
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