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All Ords +0.2% but not looking too stable after the opening rush of enthusiasm. In the sectors, Energy and Financials level pegging at +0.8% and Property Trusts at the bottom of the pile, -0.8%.

 

The materials index up marginally, +0.1% with golds mixed. Oils doing ok.

 

Straight down on open for Nikkers and Sth Korea:

 

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Brazil Says It's Ready to Raise Rates for 6th Time

 

Yields on interest-rate futures jumped as economists such as Tony Volpon at Titulo Corretora de Valores said the minutes signal the central bank may raise the benchmark rate as high as 22 percent this year. The bank probably will lift the rate to 18.75 percent at February's meeting, Volpon said, making the streak of increases the longest since 1999, when the bank started the current inflation-targeting system.

 

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Argentine Reserves Rise to $20 Bln

 

Foreign reserves climbed to $20.06 billion yesterday, according to preliminary figures from the central bank. That's the highest level since February 2002 and more than double the level of $8.24 billion reached in January 2003, when the country struggled to lure capital inflows following its debt default and currency devaluation.

 

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Peru Sells $400 Mln of Bonds Due 2033

 

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Peru sold $400 million of bonds due in 2033, taking advantage of an emerging-market debt rally to lower its borrowing costs.

 

The Andean country's foreign bonds are rated Ba3 by Moody's Investors Service and BB by Standard & Poor's, three levels and two levels below investment grade.

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Looks like the hangover's set in after yesterday's booze 'n crack party. All Ords closed -0.1% with 7 red sectors and 3 green. Telecoms finished up leading, +0.9% and Utilities brought up the rear, -1.4%. Spec stocks fairly quiet today on low volume, but that's not unusual on a Friday.

 

The materials index finished flat but the golds not too badly off. Newcrest closed way up, +2.6% and Newmont +0.9% but Lihir dropped, -2.8%. The Energy index closed +0.6%, no. 2 in the sectors with all the big oils looking reasonable.

 

Asia a bit of a dog's breakfast so we look to Europe for a lead after yesterday's round trip..

 

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Sounding better than Howard...

 

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Kim Beazley, who was today elected to lead Australia's main opposition Labor Party, said the U.S. must avoid becoming involved in a civil war in Iraq.

 

Beazley, a former defense minister, who led the party from 1996 to 2001, was elected unopposed by his Labor parliamentary colleagues at a meeting in Canberra. Former Labor leader Mark Latham quit last week after falling ill with pancreatitis.

 

Labor, which lost its fourth consecutive election in October, had pledged to bring most of Australia's 920 soldiers home from Iraq if elected. The 56 year-old Beazley declined to commit to a timetable for troop withdrawal or detail a new policy.

 

``We have become perhaps the ally that the Americans want, but we're not the ally that the Americans need,'' Beazley said. ``They need allies that can give them straight talk and good advice when they themselves slide into trouble,'' he said.

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Just a heads up on a couple History Channel shows on Gold. Time and channel may be different in your neck of the woods.

 

Time here is for the Seattle area.

 

HIST 37 Wednesday 2/9/2005 11:00 AM, 1 hr

Gold!

Cold Hard Cash

 

Chronicling the history of gold as money, from the ancient world to Wall Street. Included: the use of gold coins in the Byzantine Empire; the effect of the California Gold Rush on the American economy; the theft of gold bullion and currency from occupied countries by the Germans during World War II. (2001)

 

 

HIST 37 Wednesday 2/9/2005 3:00 PM, 1 hr

Gold!

Gold Fever

 

Chronicling times in history when the discovery of gold led to massive prospecting efforts, including the the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century; and discoveries in Australia and South Africa. Also: the methods of prospecting; and the use of modern technology in finding gold. (2001)

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Switzerland Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast

 

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss government lowered its forecast for 2005 growth for the second time in three months as a slowdown in Europe and a rising franc threaten to erode exports.

 

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Germany's Schroeder Says World Can't Afford New War Over Iran

 

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the international community has to prevent the dispute over Iran's nuclear program escalating into a new Middle East war.

 

``We have enough conflict in this region and cannot afford another military conflict,'' said Schroeder in response to a question following a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today.

 

The U.S., which accuses Iran of having a secret nuclear- weapons program, has conducted clandestine missions inside Iran for months to identify dozens of possible targets for air strikes and commando raids, a report by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker magazine said this month.

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anotherone: thanks for messing with the Haipu image I was unable to post. I have no idea how to convert a tiff to a jpeg, so I guess I'm doomed to post attachments that will have to be downloaded. Thanks for trying though.

 

 

The board will not recognize a 4 letter extension. just use .tif. That should work. To convert a tif to a jpg, in paint or other graphics management program, open the graphic, then do a save-as, using the file extension .jpg. But you can upload to the board as a .tif. Just delete the second f. 4 letter extensions are banned by the FCC.

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Cluoding Up

Precious Metals Outlook

 

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