Hiding Bear Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Welcome to B4 The Bell! Today marks the 75th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, and the passing of a lunar eclipse. Hopefullly it will also mark the end of a mean season, where bearish market strategies have been shot down. China Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 9 Years (Update2) Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China's central bank raised its benchmark interest rates for the first time in nine years, stepping up efforts to rein in investment that's stoked inflation and caused power shortages in the world's seventh-largest economy. The one-year lending rate will increase by 0.27 percentage point to 5.58 percent, effective tomorrow, the Beijing-based People's Bank of China said in a statement on its Web site. The rate was last raised in July 1995. The ceiling on lending rates that banks can charge was also scrapped, the statement said. ``China's bid to curb inflation has been effective so far but investment is still growing too quickly,'' said Yiping Huang, Hong Kong-based chief China economist at Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd. ``There is a strong possibility the Chinese central bank will raise rates further in the near term.'' http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1...XZC4&refer=home Good Trading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 The action by the Chinese is a watershed event. A turning point. On that news all world markets downticked, including gold, and our futures, and the dollar bonered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiding Bear Posted October 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 The action by the Chinese is a watershed event. A turning point. On that news all world markets downticked, including gold, and our futures, and the dollar bonered. Long term interest rates appeared to have turned a corner up too, which is one more reason to for mortgage credit growth to slow, the money supply to continue declining, and the economy will turn down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Dawn of Correction Chinese Rate Hike May Trigger It Your Golden Stool, including short and long term updated charts and price targets, is loaded. Even if you are not a goldbug, you should check out the Golden Stool. It's in your Anals daily. Take a subscribatory and download the Golden Stool RIGHT NOW! 30 Day Intro Subscribatory. Just $16.99! Get In RIGHT NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Nas and Gold are cratering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesun Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 The action by the Chinese is a watershed event. A turning point. On that news all world markets downticked, including gold, and our futures, and the dollar bonered. DOC, Having a hard time understanding why Chinese raising interest rate would cause gold to go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Increases the holding costs and opportunity cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 I apologize for posting this again. Virtually everyone has been doing great on this issue, and I appreciate it. re: Posting of copyrighted material. Please just post a paragraph or two, and a link to the source. It is neither necessary, nor legally appropriate, to post the entire article. Many tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bullseatshitndie Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 GO PACKERS!! Redskins May Predict Presidential Winner http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...ns___politics_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The brown one Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 US futures tanking while AEX being held steady by RD Shell. New company structure and 120% profit increase Q3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Mark Haines said: Oil fell yesterday on word that the supply of heating oil was higher than expected..."but don't worry, it will be lower than expected at some point in the future." Obviously these guys know the real deal, and are so embarrrassed they need to resort to telling the truth every once in a while just to remain sane. T. Bone Pickens was on Squawk this morning. He said: "This noise about the Saudia and the Iranians wanting a lower oil price is just ridiculous. They're in the oil business. The world is more than half way through the hydrocarbon era and oil production is in decline while demand is rising. We simply aren't in a position to produce enough oil to keep up with this level of demand. Price is the only thing that can curtail demand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 As for gold... Isn't it logical that gold price will follow oil price? Isn't the upward movement of oil price the equivalent of a rise in interest rates with respect to cooling the global economy? If gold goes to $60 or $80, won't interest rates ultimately come down again to pull us out of the inevitable recession which high oil prices will cause? Aren't oil and gold directly linked with respect to price direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchaikofsky Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 8:20am 10/28/04 Merck & Co. Treasurer sells 63,299 shares By James Comtois NEW YORK (CBS.MW) ? The VP and treasurer of Merck & Co. (MRK: news, chart, profile) sold 63,299 shares on Wednesday, a market value of nearly $1.3 million. Caroline Dorsa acquired the shares through the exercising of options, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is the largest sale Dorsa has made and the first sale made in a year. ================ Guy oughta check with Larry Ellison of ORCL or Gates/Ballmer of MSFT. They know how to unload stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastiat Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 The action by the Chinese is a watershed event. A turning point. On that news all world markets downticked, including gold, and our futures, and the dollar bonered. It did for a while but something undid the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrStool Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 jobless claims jumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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