Why the World’s Worst Economy Has the Strongest Currency.
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 07/20/2010 - 11:49 Bond China Double Dip Gross Domestic Product Japan Nikkei None Savings Rate Yen Will there be an overshoot to the all time high of ¥79.5? Looking at the fundamentals, you would not pick Japan to possess one of the world’s most virile currencies. The reason is simple: the fundamentals are so poor, that no one owns the yen, and therefore, can’t sell it. Central bank holdings of the Japanese currency have been plummeting for years. Japan’s notoriously anemic long term growth rate of a minuscule 1% hasn’t exactly seduced managers to pack their portfolio with yen assets. (FXY), (YCS).
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Grading Equity Analysts: Failed & Over Bullish for 25 Years
Submitted by asiablues on 07/20/2010 - 10:03 Gross Domestic Product McKinsey Rating Agencies Reality The story of a 15% price swing in ATP Oil and Gas's (ATPG) stocks due to a $450-million math error by a JP Morgan (JPM) analyst probably has prompted some to question the value and validity of analysts' forecasts. A study by McKinsey Quarterly published in April should provide some insight.- Comments: 7
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Consumer Stocks Imploding as Common Sense and Simple Mathematics Start to Take Hold
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/20/2010 - 01:09 Apple recovery Reggie Middleton Sovereign Debt- Comments: 36
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Onex, CPPIB Unite in Bid to Buy U.K. Firm
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 07/19/2010 - 22:58 Abu Dhabi British Pound Canadian Dollar Dollar General fixed France International Monetary Fund Kraft Private Equity Recession Testimony United Kingdom Toronto-based Onex and the CPPIB have not launched a formal bid but have proposed a deal, worth more than $4-billion, for Tomkins PLC. Due diligence on the company is now “at an advanced stage,” Tomkins said in a statement Monday.- Comments: 3
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BP Moves the Goalpost for the Oil Well Integrity Test
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 - 16:05 Mexico You can't make this stuff up ...- Comments: 182
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As Predicted, BP Tries to Pretend New Leak is a "Natural Seep"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 - 13:48 Department Of Energy Mexico MSNBC Reuters White House BP's playbook is so predictable ...- Comments: 66
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Bubbles Visible in Underwater Cams
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 - 11:19 Florida Hmmm...- Comments: 31
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The Greatest Traders
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 07/19/2010 - 11:10 Bear Stearns ETC Fail Jim Cramer Market Conditions What separates the 10% that make money from the 90% that don’t? 10,000 hours.- Comments: 60
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The Ultra Bull Argument for Gold
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 07/19/2010 - 09:25 Gold Bugs Monetary Base Precious Metals Is gold really worth $5,000, $10,000, or even $50,000 an ounce?- Comments: 152
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Death by a Thousand Irish Cuts: The Poster Child of Austerity Measure Success Gets Downgraded After Several Devastating Expenditure Reductions That...
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/19/2010 - 06:27 Bond Budget Deficit Capital Markets European Union Eurozone Fail Greece Gross Domestic Product Housing Market International Monetary Fund Ireland NPAs Portugal Rating Agencies Rating Agency ratings Ratings Agencies Real estate Reality recovery Reggie Middleton Reuters Sovereign Debt Sovereign Risk Sovereign Risk Sovereigns Unemployment United Kingdom For the first two quarters of this year, we’ve been pounding the pavement on the risks inherent throughout Europe. The 50+ article (and counting) series known as the Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis is rife with opinion, analysis, commentary (albeit rather smart ass commentary), and data that is hard to come across from objective sources.- Comments: 31
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Breaking: Seep Found Near Blownout Well, BP Not Complying With Government Demands for More Monitoring
Submitted by George Washington on 07/18/2010 - 19:41 Mexico Uh oh ...- Comments: 103
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Curious Déjà Vu: Explosions & Oil Spill in China
Submitted by asiablues on 07/18/2010 - 19:24 China Mexico Wen Jiabao Just when BP finally seems to have got a handle on the Macondo well with the successful containment cap, multiple explosion and oil spill are taking place--halfway around the globe--in China.- Comments: 37
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The Dollar This Week
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 07/18/2010 - 18:30 CDS Gross Domestic Product headlines Hungary International Monetary Fund Rosenberg Some big guns are still long. Are they wrong?- Comments: 6
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Geologist: Depletion of Oil Reservoir "Unlikely"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/18/2010 - 14:00 Global Warming Mexico Not sure if I buy the reservoir depletion theory ...- Comments: 66
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Investor Sentiment: We Need Buyers
Submitted by thetechnicaltake on 07/18/2010 - 11:49 Investor Sentiment Rydex Smart Money SPY Without buyers stepping in, extremes in bearish sentiment will be just that - extremes in bearish sentiment.- Comments: 11
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