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22-Jul-2014 22:57
Yells: "Winners cry..... Losers smile....." |
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Widodo Wins Indonesia Presidential Vote Based on Commission Data 
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22-Jul-2014 10:26
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http://rt.com/news/174496-malaysia-crash-russia-questions/ 10 more questions Russian military pose to Ukraine, US over MH17 crashhttp://rt.com/usa/174008-ron-paul-malaysia-ukraine-crash/ Malaysian jet tragedy propagandized &ndash Ron PaulObama and Gangs' words Confuse the world and markets. CIA or KGB confuse the world ????? who tell the true ????? LOOK for all bodies first and take good care all , not blaming. |
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WanSiTong
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22-Jul-2014 06:44
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Published July 22, 2014
US stocks: Wall St finishes slightly lower Chipotle rises late
[NEW YORK] US stocks slipped on Monday as investors remained cautious about instability in Ukraine and Gaza, though the three major indexes ended well off their lows, a sign that some appetite for riskier assets remained.
The S& P 500 fell as much as 0.6 per cent, though it recovered most of those losses and closed right above its 14-day moving average, suggesting buyers were using weakness to come back into the market. Still, the day' s losses were broad, and nine of the 10 primary S& P 500 sector indexes fell. The S& P energy sector index represented the only positive group, up 0.2 per cent. US crude oil for August delivery shot up 1.4 per cent to settle at US$104.59 ahead of Tuesday' s contract expiry. Violence escalated in the Gaza Strip despite growing international calls for a cease-fire. The Palestinian death toll rose above 500 while Israel' s losses also mounted. While the impact to the US economy is seen as minimal, investors are concerned about the fallout from an extended period of increased violence as well as the prospect that it could spread to other parts of the Middle East. Market participants also kept watch on the uncertain situation in Ukraine, where fighting flared in the city of Donetsk. Last week a Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine, adding to an already tense situation between the country and Russia. |
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WanSiTong
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22-Jul-2014 06:42
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Published July 22, 2014
STOCKS
STI unfazed by geopolitical tensions
Index climbs for the fifth consecutive session to another 52-week high
 ANGUISH and anger mounted over the tragic downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine' s troubled airspace and the crisis in Gaza persisted. But they left little impact on the Singapore stock market yesterday. - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Fanned by gains in Wall Street on Friday ahead of the United States earnings season, the local bourse' s key index climbed 3.74 points or 0.11 per cent to end at a 52-week high of 3,314.27. This would mark the fifth straight day of gains notched up by the Straits Times Index. Elsewhere, except for Australia' s ASX 200 which rose 0.2 per cent, most majors were down with Hong Kong' s Hang Seng retreating by 0.3 per cent and China' s Shanghai Composite closing 0.2 per cent lower. Markets were closed in Japan for a holiday. " After another week of escalating geopolitical tensions and further human tragedy, investors must be wondering just how long the markets can keep on localising risk," said Citi Research. " We still feel that the answer to that is ' for as long as central banks continue to support financial conditions' ," said the research house. |
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WanSiTong
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22-Jul-2014 06:06
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Markets OverviewMonday Close:
Stocks: Obama' s words soothe markets Stocks broadly fell Monday on concerns about violence in Gaza and Ukraine, but it could have been a lot worse.Obama' s soothing words: The Dow dropped 48 points, much better than the 125 points down from earlier in the day. All told, the Dow still had it' s sixth highest close ever. Things turned around when President Obama gave his remarks on the twin conflicts and continued to rallied from that point. The S& P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also rebounded, although they were each still off about 0.2%. President Barack Obama spoke on both crises in a statement, calling for a ceasefire in the deadly Gaza violence. On Ukraine, he said Russia was on watch as investigators seek to get to the bottom of what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17.
" We have to make sure that the truth is out and accountability exists," he said. International markets: European stocks dipped as fighting in Ukraine intensified. The FTSE 100 ended down 0.3% after British Prime Minister David Cameron' s remarks Monday, and Germany' s DAX finished 1.1% lower. Asian stocks ended the day mixed. Russian stocks were down almost 3% as well. Malaysian Airlines: After Thursday' s crash of MH17 over Ukraine thrust Malaysian Airlines back into the headlines, investors are understandably nervous and there are talks of a bailout or bankruptcy for the company. Related: Can Malaysia airlines survive the latest tragedy? Shares listed in Kuala Lumpur are down 35.5% for the year |
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hlfoo2010
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21-Jul-2014 08:07
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WanSiTong
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21-Jul-2014 06:41
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Published July 21, 2014
STOCKS
Geopolitical risk takes on monetary largesse
 GEOPOLITICAL risk, which has not figured at all in the past six years, shot up at the end of last week after the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine and Israel' s massive ground strike in the Gaza strip. Wall Street wobbled on Thursday and the rest of the world then followed, but Friday' s recovery here and then in the United States suggests that markets can take such shocks in their stride. However, even though the signal from Wall Street is that there' s nothing to fear and to keep buying, prudence and rationality suggests otherwise. On the side of the bulls is that since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 brought on by the collapse of the US subprime market, risky assets have largely absorbed large geopolitical hits with no adverse or lasting impact - for example, controversial Greek and Italian elections that could have led either nation to exit the eurozone (remember the term " Grexit" ?) a threatened break-up of the eurozone because of its banking woes North Korean nuclear threats all-out civil war in Syria and now Iraq, and the " Arab Spring" that led to regime changes in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. After initial, minor wobbles, all were quickly brushed off as largely inconsequential. |
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hlfoo2010
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19-Jul-2014 10:22
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Magnitude: 4.7 Location: 4km ESE of Ami, Japan Time:Sat, 19 Jul 2014 01:42:53 GMT on japan land near tokyo |
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WanSiTong
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19-Jul-2014 06:09
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Markets OverviewFriday&rsquo Close:
What crisis? U.S. stocks soar Scared of a little geopolitical risk in the market? Tell your shrink, not other investors, because they won' t listen.Despite drama in Gaza and Ukraine, the U.S. stocks soared Friday and ended the week with healthy gains. Stocks perk up. U.S. stocks rebounded significantly after a sharp sell-off Thursday. The Dow rose 123 points and ended the week up by 0.9%. The S& P 500 moved 1% higher Friday and closed out the week with a nice gain of half a percentage point. The Nasdaq bounced around 1.6% Friday and also ended the week up.
Thursday' s drama started after news broke of downed Malaysian airliner flight 17 over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels. Market tensions stabilized after the event, but were then exacerbated after Israel sent ground troops into Gaza. Related: 6 events that spooked the market in 2014 A fearless market? In another sign that the flurry of geopolitical concerns are cooling off, the VIX (VIX), a key measure of market volatility, fell 16% Friday after hitting its highest level in three months on Thursday. Some market watchers believe the fallout from the shot-down plane might be old news. " I would say this has blown over, at least as far as its effect on the market is concerned, even though it' s in no way blown over for the people who are involved," said Dr. John Edmunds, finance professor at Babson College near Boston. But CNN' Money' s Fear and Greed Index, which tracks seven gauges of market sentiment, edged into " neutral" mode by the close of trading Friday after hanging in " fear" for most of the day. Of course, the index had been sitting in " greed" and " extreme greed" for the last month. World markets not looking so hot: World markets finished mixed Friday after trading lower most of the day on fear of escalating tensions in Ukraine. The U.S. believes Flight MH17 was brought down by a surface-to-air missile over a region that has seen heavy fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. Analysts say the tragedy could damage business confidence, particularly in Europe, but may also bring the crisis in Ukraine to a head by increasing the pressure on Moscow to resolve the conflict. |
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WanSiTong
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18-Jul-2014 10:55
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Published July 18, 2014
Developer' s zero-interest loans highlight China property risks
 [HONG KONG] China' s third largest property developer, Evergrande Real Estate, has joined smaller peers in offering zero-interest downpayment loans, a practice reminiscent of the US housing boom that precipitated the global financial crisis. The easy credit shows the gamble Chinese developers are willing to take to keep sales on track, but also highlights the risk of a broader industry correction if buyers default. So far such defaults have been rare in China, where household debt is low by Western standards and banks have traditionally required hefty deposits from buyers seeking mortgages. Many analysts believe the slowing property sector poses the biggest risk to China' s economy in the second half of the year, despite a rebound in home sales in June as state-controlled banks offered more credit to support the market. Guangzhou-based Evergrande, the country' s No 3 developer by sales, is offering downpayment loans of nearly a quarter of the purchase price to home-buyers for some of its projects. |
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18-Jul-2014 09:36
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hlfoo2010
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18-Jul-2014 09:33
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hlfoo2010
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18-Jul-2014 09:19
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Reports that Putin flew similar route as MH17, presidential airport says ' hasn' t overflown Ukraine for long time'Published time: July 17, 2014 18:13
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WanSiTong
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18-Jul-2014 06:28
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Published July 18, 2014
NODX slides for a second month
Drop of 4.6% worse than economists' forecast of a 2.7% dip
 [SINGAPORE] The hoped-for trade recovery in the second half grows dimmer as Singapore' s non-oil domestic exports fell last month for a second straight month. The NODX tumbled 4.6 per cent from a year ago, more than the 2.7 per cent dip private-sector economists predicted. And it came after a 6.6 per cent drop in May. The latest decline brought the NODX down 2.2 per cent in the first six months of the year. Shipments to most of Singapore' s top 10 export markets fell last month, with Hong Kong, South Korea and the European Union the three biggest contributors to the decline. The exceptions were Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Taiwan. |
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WanSiTong
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18-Jul-2014 06:23
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Published July 18, 2014
STOCKS
STI hits 52-week high despite UOB fall
Index in positive territory thanks to rises in DBS, Jardine Matheson Holdings and SingTel
 RISES in DBS, Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH) and SingTel yesterday outweighed a large slide in UOB, thus enabling the Straits Times Index to rise 2.46 points to a new 52-week high of 3,306.89. Activity was, however, mainly muted with disappointingly low volume traded, though by now traders, weary of the market' s low volatility and liquidity, were not too surprised, " If UOB (United Overseas Bank) performs, the index performs," said a dealer. " UOB fell, so you' d expect the index to be weak." UOB yesterday dropped 47cents or almost 2 per cent to S$23.55 with 3.9 million traded, cutting 6.6 points off the STI and keeping the index in the red for most of the day. Gains in DBS, JMH and SingTel added seven points. Turnover amounted to 2.3 billion units worth S$953 million, of which S$472 million or about 50 per cent was done in the 30-index components. Of the top 20 most actively traded stocks, 16 were priced below 20 cents. The list was headed by shipping counter Jaya Holdings, which has been in play recently and yesterday rose 1.5 cents to 7.7 cents with 325 million shares changing hands. |
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WanSiTong
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18-Jul-2014 06:09
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Markets OverviewThursday Close:
Stocks plunge more as Israel invades Gaza Markets went from bad to worse Thursday as Israel launched a ground offensive Gaza shortly after a passenger jet crashed in conflict-ridden Ukraine.The Dow fell 161 points (almost 1%), the S& P 500 was off about 1.2%, and the Nasdaq finished down 1.4%. It was the biggest drop for the Dow in two months, and the S& P' s fall is the biggest for the index in three months. So far, the world knows that a Malaysian Airlines plan carrying 295 passengers went down in Ukraine near the Russian border. European markets heard the news just before their closing bells, and many ended the day down 1%.
Just as American investors were digesting that news, word came that Israel has opened a new ground assault in Gaza. As if anyone needed more proof of the market jitters, gold prices are 1.5% higher, silver is up 2%, and the VIX index, a measure of market volatility that' s sometimes called the " Fear Gauge" The VIX " Fear Gauge" spiked nearly 36%. Related: Gold, Russian markets react harshly to plane crash news Things looking good for banks: Morgan Stanley (MS), the last big American bank to report earnings this quarter, did better than Wall Street was expecting. It beat estimates for both earnings and revenue on the back of a strong performance from its units in stock trading and investment banking. The stock ended down slightly. Related: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs smiling today Rebounding bank performance is a good sign for the economy. Solid economic data also keeps rolling in for the U.S. On Thursday, initial jobless claims were once again lower than expected, coming in at 302,000. 6) Overseas markets: Russian sanctions and worries about the crash are fueling a sell-off in European stocks. The FTSE 100 closed about 0.7% lower, and the German Dax was off more than 1%. The Russian RTS index finished just under 4% lower. Asian stocks ended the day mixed, though Taiwanese stocks fell more than 0.8%. |
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WanSiTong
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17-Jul-2014 09:31
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Published July 17, 2014
Fed' s Fisher sees rate hikes early next year, or sooner
 The Federal Reserve should allow its massive balance sheet to begin to shrink in October, a move that would signal a start to interest-rate hikes early next year, if not before, a top Fed official said on [LOS ANGELES] The Federal Reserve should allow its massive balance sheet to begin to shrink in October, a move that would signal a start to interest-rate hikes early next year, if not before, a top Fed official said on Wednesday. The Fed already plans to stop its bond-buying stimulus in October, but has said it then expects to wait a " considerable time" before raising rates in order to avoid short-circuiting what has been a very slow recovery. Many Fed officials, wary of any move that could send market rates higher before the economy is ready, want to continue to top up the US central bank' s US$4.3-trillion balance sheet by reinvesting the proceeds of maturing bonds until or even after rate hikes begin. But in the view of Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, in a speech sure to burnish his hawkish reputation, the Fed risks stoking future inflation by keeping monetary policy too loose for too long. Mr Fisher is a voting member this year on the Fed' s policy-setting panel. " Reducing our reinvestment of proceeds from maturing securities would be a good first step for the markets to more gently begin discounting the inevitable second step: that early next year, or potentially sooner depending on the pace of economic improvement, the (Fed) may well begin to raise interest rates in gradual increments, finally beginning the process of policy normalization," Mr Fisher said in remarks prepared for delivery to the University of Southern California. |
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WanSiTong
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17-Jul-2014 09:29
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Published July 17, 2014
Singapore' s non-oil domestic exports extend fall in June
 SINGAPORE' S non-oil domestic exports continued to fall in June, posting a year-on-year 4.6 per cent drop. The NODX slipped 6.6 per cent in May. Releasing the latest trade data on Thursday, International Enterprise Singapore blamed the decline on the electronic NODX, which decreased more than the rise in non-electronic NODX. Electronic shipments tumbled 17.4 per cents last month, extending a 15.3 per cent fall in May. |
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WanSiTong
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17-Jul-2014 06:27
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Published July 17, 2014
STOCKS
UOB, JMH lead STI above 3,300
Firm Europe, expectations of Wall Street rally likely factors for index' s gains
 THE Straits Times Index yesterday jumped 13.01 points to 3,304.43, with most of the rise coming in the afternoon session following a firm opening for Europe that suggested traders were betting on a Wall Street rally later in the day. The STI' s rise was led by gains in the index' s two most influential stocks over the past fortnight, namely United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH). Overall, the session was very much in keeping with recent days, marked by sporadic bursts of interest, little in the way of direction from overseas and no real newsflows to stir interest. Turnover amounted to a paltry 1.7 billion units worth $851 million and excluding warrants, there were 220 rises versus 189 falls. For the past month, daily volume has regularly dipped below the $1 billion mark and is roughly half the levels enjoyed this time last year. |
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WanSiTong
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17-Jul-2014 06:23
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Markets OverviewWednesday Close:
Thumbs up! Dow shatters more records Fourth of July may be over but the fireworks are still going off on Wall Street. The Dow cruised to fresh all-time highs on Wednesday as worries about a possible bubble in biotech and social media stocks quickly faded. Instead investors focused on a lot of good news, including stronger growth in China, a string of upbeat earnings reports and lots of companies merging and buying. Another record-setting day: After tumbling below the 17,000 mark last week, the Dow Jones industrial average has emphatically clawed its way back.
The index set a new all-time intraday record of 17,139 on Wednesday and also notched a new closing record: 17,138. The S& P 500 fell just short of its 26th record close of the year, but still advanced 0.4%. The Nasdaq also finished in the green, rising about 0.2%. Show me the deals! Time Warner, Fox, Apple and IBM make headlines: Rupert Murdoch is shaking up the media world today. Earnings roll in: Corporate report cards continue to largely impress, or at least the ones Wall Street cares about. China GDP & Fed' s Beige Book: The world' s second biggest economy grew by 7.5% compared with the same period last year, despite continued worries about a slowdown in real estate. It was the first time the economy has accelerated in three quarters, putting China on a somewhat better footing to reach its official growth target of 7.5% for 2014. Based on its anecdotal Beige Book, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy continues to grow at a modest to moderate pace. While price pressure has generally been tame, the Fed said real estate demand has only been mixed. Global market overview: European markets bounced about 1% higher, encouraged by China' s growth figures. Asian markets also largely closed higher. |
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