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Early openers in a positive frame of mind: Kiwis +0.2%, Aussies +0.1%, Nikkers +1.9% and Sth Korea +1.3%.

 

Sectors are mixed in the Aussie market: Telecomms are out in front, +0.7% and Gold is doing the pullback, -1.7%.

 

 

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Ags, it looks like maybe you went off to sleep. Here is my reply I wrote on MTM to you about the possibility of your becoming a book writer.

 

http://tallstories.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/naked-rejection-you-have-to-take-it-on-the-chin/

 

Well, look at the list here. A lot of publishers hang you out to dry, just before someone accepts your manuscript and you become world famous.

 

And the experiment with Jane Austen's books is hilarious.

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The market ran out of puff in the arvo to leave All Ords -0.4% for the day. Gold -2% led the downers followed by Healthcare -1.4% and Energy -1%. There wasn't a green sector in sight with Financials -0.2% losing the least.

 

Over in Asia there's a mix: China +0.1%, Honkers flat, India +0.7% and Nikkers +1.6%.

 

 

On to UK/Europe:

 

 

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China Posts $20 Billion Trade Surplus as U.S. Seeks Yuan Gains

 

China posted a third straight trade surplus of more than $20 billion in August even as imports leaped, highlighting friction with the U.S. over claims that the nation’s currency is undervalued.

 

Exports rose 34.4 percent and inbound shipments climbed a more-than-forecast 35.2 percent, leaving a $20.03 billion excess, a customs bureau report showed today. That compared with $15.7 billion a year earlier and the median $26.9 billion estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 34 economists.

 

The yuan headed for its biggest weekly gain against the dollar since June as sustained surpluses may fuel American lawmakers’ calls to escalate pressure on China. At the same time, the surge in imports may fortify Chinese officials’ position that the nation is already making progress in boosting demand for overseas goods, independent of the exchange rate.

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The Traders Who Skip Most of the Day

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...Briargate, a proprietary-trading firm that the two former NYSE floor "specialist" traders started in 2008, is mostly active at the stock market's open and close.

 

...In between, when market activity typically drops, the Wall Street veterans play tennis in Central Park, take leisurely lunches, visit their children's schools and work out at the gym. Dress shoes have been replaced with flip-flops, slacks with cargo shorts. Once during market hours, they walked about five miles and crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to try Grimaldi's pizza.

 

..."But from 11 to 2, the markets are pretty quiet—what's the point? As a specialist, you have to stand in your spot all day and we did that for 20 years."

 

...[the first & last] hours now make up more than half of the entire day's trading volume

 

..."If someone offered us three times what we make to do a real job, we wouldn't do it," Mr. Oscher says. "Money isn't everything. Plus, we'd make terrible employees."

 

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The Traders Who Skip Most of the Day

MI-BF818_BRIARG_G_20100909173840.jpg

 

...Briargate, a proprietary-trading firm that the two former NYSE floor "specialist" traders started in 2008, is mostly active at the stock market's open and close.

 

...In between, when market activity typically drops, the Wall Street veterans play tennis in Central Park, take leisurely lunches, visit their children's schools and work out at the gym. Dress shoes have been replaced with flip-flops, slacks with cargo shorts. Once during market hours, they walked about five miles and crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to try Grimaldi's pizza.

 

..."But from 11 to 2, the markets are pretty quiet—what's the point? As a specialist, you have to stand in your spot all day and we did that for 20 years."

 

...[the first & last] hours now make up more than half of the entire day's trading volume

 

..."If someone offered us three times what we make to do a real job, we wouldn't do it," Mr. Oscher says. "Money isn't everything. Plus, we'd make terrible employees."

 

wsj.com

 

Gives credence to Ags blog about the market only being open

for 1 hour per day. Did you see those dudes were at a movie

during the flash crash? :lol: :lol:

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