aussiebear Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Marginally up and choppy. All Ords +0.2% with Telecomms +1.5%, Healthcare +0.7% and Energy +0.6%. At the red end, IT -1.4% and Gold -0.6%.
aussiebear Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Posted March 10, 2010 http://finance.yahoo.com/intlindices?e=asia
aussiebear Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Posted March 10, 2010 http://money.cnn.com/markets/morning_call/ http://www.kitco.com http://www.kitconet.com/webcharts/base_metals.html Energy futures
aussiebear Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Posted March 10, 2010 Sign found after getting to top of Great Wall.
aussiebear Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 A breakout attempt early on but it was all downhill after that. All Ords finished -0.1% led by IT -2% and Gold -1.2%. Telecomms +2.4% continued as clear leader on the upside with Healthcare next, +0.6%. Asia despondent: China -0.5%, Honkers -0.4%, Indi flat and Nikkers +0.5%. On to UK/Europe: Footsie DAX CAC 40
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Chinas Inflation Quickens as Industrial Production Climbs - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aEf6f6gGiHKc Asias Billionaires Set World-Beating Pace, Forbes Says - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=alVtQvcqbyWk China February New Lending Falls, Easing Risk of Asset Bubbles - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHaOH9nS_m_o China Auto Prices Rise Most in at Least Four Years (Update2) - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aWccTESSqjoU China Tightens Land Purchase Rules, Bans Villas (Update2) - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aVhLDLTM3Jkw Fewer Migrant Workers Employed in Eastern China (Update1) - Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aBIn4mnta..k
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Fed Shoulders AIG Loan Losses to Ease Sale of Unit to MetLife March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Group Inc. agreed to shoulder as much as $450 million in losses tied to the insurer’s Japan real estate bets as part of the sale of a division to MetLife Inc. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ay2Aw7H9A1v0
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Bollard Says N.Z. Won’t Raise Rates Until Mid-Year March 11 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s central bank said it will wait until the middle of the year before raising interest rates as falling house prices and weak consumer spending are contributing to a slow economic recovery. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aCdcJ7.h0MYg
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 World Currency Trade Rises 17% to $2.7 Trillion a Day http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aTuvvrWd3fYE
aussiebear Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 Australian Employers Add Fewest Jobs in Six Months March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Australian employers added the fewest jobs in six months in February, suggesting the central bank has room to slow the pace of future interest-rate increases. The number of people employed rose 400 from January after jumping a revised 56,500 in the previous month. That was less than the median estimate of a 15,000 gain in a Bloomberg News survey of 25 economists. The jobless rate increased to 5.3 percent from a revised 5.2 percent.
aussiebear Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 Japan’s Economy Grows 3.8%, Less Than First Estimated March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s economy expanded less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter as companies pared spending and stockpiles as deflation deepened. Gross domestic product rose at an annual 3.8 percent pace, slower than the 4.6 percent reported in preliminary figures last month, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. The GDP deflator, a gauge of price trends, fell a record 2.8 percent.
aussiebear Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 Bank of Korea keeps interest rate at record low SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate at a record low Thursday amid international sovereign debt concerns and as the institution prepares for a leadership change. The Bank of Korea said it kept the benchmark seven-day repurchase rate at 2 percent. The decision came at the last monetary policy meeting chaired by outgoing Gov. Lee Seong-tae. The bank's monetary policy committee painted a largely positive picture of South Korea's economy, saying in a statement it continues to recover amid rising exports and a steady increase in domestic demand.
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Dollar Optimism Soars to 18-Month High as U.S. Outpaces Europe http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayG5ZPQaT.pU Dollar Will Retain Reserve Role If Markets Stay Sound, S&P Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aqfEyC2tAwoA
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Pension crisis coming http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/03/pension_crisis
swordfish Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 SEC Economist Leaving Amid Short-Sale Rules Conflict http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a8EuEo4bXlwA
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.