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STI to cross 3000 boosted by long-term investors
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Bigmama
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17-Feb-2014 07:22
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Wow, you are even more negative than me. Lol
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Octavia
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16-Feb-2014 17:16
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20 Signs That The Global Economic Crisis Is Starting To Catch Fire
If you have been waiting for the " global economic crisis" to begin, just open up your eyes and look around. I know that most Americans tend to ignore what happens in the rest of the world because they consider it to be " irrelevant" to their daily lives, but the truth is that the massive economic problems that are currently sweeping across Europe, Asia and South America are going to be affecting all of us here in the U.S. very soon. Sadly, most of the big news organizations in this country seem to be more concerned about the fate of Justin Bieber's wax statue in Times Square than about the horrible financial nightmare that is gripping emerging markets all over the planet. After a brief period of relative calm, we are beginning to see signs of global financial instability that are unlike anything that we have witnessed since the financial crisis of 2008. As you will see below, the problems are not just isolated to a few countries. This is truly a global phenomenon. Over the past few years, the Federal Reserve and other global central banks have inflated an unprecedented financial bubble with their reckless money printing. Much of this " hot money" poured into emerging markets all over the world. But now that the Federal Reserve has begun " tapering" quantitative easing, investors are taking this as a sign that the party is ending. Money is being pulled out of emerging markets all over the globe at a staggering pace and this is creating a tremendous amount of financial instability. In addition, the economic problems that have been steadily growing over the past few years in established economies throughout Europe and Asia just continue to escalate. The following are 20 signs that the global economic crisis is starting to catch fire... #1 The unemployment rate in Greece has hit a brand new record high of 28 percent. #2 The youth unemployment rate in Greece has hit a brand new record high of 64.1 percent. #3 The percentage of bad loans in Italy is at an all-time record high. #4 Italian industrial output declined again in December, and the Italian government is on the verge of collapse. #5 The number of jobseekers in France has risen for 30 of the last 32 months, and at this point it has climbed to a new all-time record high. #6 The total number of business failures in France in 2013 was even higher than in any year during the last financial crisis. #7 It is being projected that housing prices in Spain will fall another 10 to 15 percent as their economic depression deepens. #8 The economic and political turmoil in Turkey is spinning out of control. The government has resorted to blasting protesters with pepper spray and water cannons in a desperate attempt to restore order. #9 It is being estimated that the inflation rate in Argentina is now over 40 percent, and the peso is absolutely collapsing. #10 Gangs of armed bandits are roaming the streets in Venezuela as the economic chaos in that troubled nation continues to escalate. #11 China appears to be very serious about deleveraging. The deflationary effects of this are going to be felt all over the planet. The following is an excerpt from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's recent article entitled " World asleep as China tightens deflationary vice" ...
#12 There was a significant debt default by a coal company in China last Friday...
#13 Japan's Nikkei stock index has already fallen by 14 percent so far in 2014. That is a massive decline in just a month and a half. #14 Ukraine continues to fall apart financially...
#15 The unemployment rate in Australia has risen to the highest level in more than 10 years. #16 The central bank of India is in a panic over the way that Federal Reserve tapering is effecting their financial system. #17 The effects of Federal Reserve tapering are also being felt in Thailand...
#18 One of Ghana's most prominent economists says that the economy of Ghana will crash by June if something dramatic is not done. #19 Yet another banker has mysteriously died during the prime years of his life. That makes five " suspicious banker deaths" in just the past two weeks alone. #20 The behavior of the U.S. stock market continues to parallel the behavior of the U.S. stock market in 1929. Yes, things don't look good right now, but it is important to keep in mind that this is just the beginning. This is just the leading edge of the next great financial storm. The next two years (2014 and 2015) are going to represent a major " turning point" for the global economy. By the end of 2015, things are going to look far different than they do today. None of the problems that caused the last financial crisis have been fixed. Global debt levels have grown by 30 percent since the last financial crisis, and the too big to fail banks in the United States are 37 percent larger than they were back then and their behavior has become even more reckless than before. As a result, we are going to get to go through another " 2008-style crisis" , but I believe that this next wave is going to be even worse than the previous one. So hold on tight and get ready. We are going to be in for quite a bumpy ride. |
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hlfoo2010
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16-Feb-2014 11:01
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2014 CNY reunion if you missed, the old parent still hoping you will be back to see you and their grand kids ! forget the the red packages !! why they dont have the times not $$$$ ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUFFFJoDCBo& list=PLeYB07rUDOP6RFJG9tyhBuDryVhd6eOIY |
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 19:35
Yells: "kopi-o siu dai mai hum!" |
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Shirleyfong88888
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11-Feb-2014 18:47
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Looks So Yummy!
Sure Fed Janet Yellen will love to take more........😋 |
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pepperginger
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11-Feb-2014 18:35
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I want I want !!!
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 18:32
Yells: "kopi-o siu dai mai hum!" |
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 Come come..!! Take five each..!! Huat ah!! |
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 15:50
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Must fed the fed yellen with Green Huat Kueh tonight!!! Dunno she likes boh??!!?? Wait she ate already lao sai!!!! HOW???!!! LOLOLLLLL!!!!! | ||||
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Shirleyfong88888
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11-Feb-2014 15:47
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Yes! Everyone Huat Huat Arh!
But my counters only inch up 2-2 notch.......still hve to wait leh.
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 15:47
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Yeah!!! Full utilisation of production facilities tonight!!!! Huat ah!!
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GorgeousOng
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11-Feb-2014 15:46
Yells: "Hehehaha...enjoy life n live to the fullest..." |
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Hohoho! My CEO Pan is back..... Green Huat Kueh Factory production line is running over time tonight!!! Cheers!!! |
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bishan22
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11-Feb-2014 15:37
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Buying-In Securities on February 11, 2014 HP NAME QUANTITY AP Strat 10,000 CNA 9,000 China Fish 60,000 CoscoCorp 2,000 Digiland^ 2,297,500 Dukang 149,000 FrasersCT 2,000 G Invacom 3,750 HSI22000MBeCW140227 2,000,000 HSI22800MBeCW140227 50,000 ITech Grp 800 JEP 14,000 OUE HT 2,000 OxleyHldg 12,000 Pan Ocean 100 900 Soilbuild Const 10,000 UMS 2,000 UOB 1,000 Wing Tai 4,000 XinRen 30,000 |
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 14:13
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HSI and SSE having big rally! | ||||
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 11:28
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Hi hi Sis Shirleyfong88888, think she is doing a good job while i am on vacation. Huat ah!!!
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Shirleyfong88888
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11-Feb-2014 11:19
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Long time no c CEO Peter Pan!
Ur secretary last Friday alr start e chain of green Huat Kuehs 😊 |
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 11:14
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 no hurry no hurry...lol |
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ukomichi
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11-Feb-2014 11:11
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today is a good time to short when people are picking up durians. Goodluck! 
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bishan22
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11-Feb-2014 10:41
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Plenty of durian picks for the last few session. Good luck. 
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Peter_Pan
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11-Feb-2014 10:03
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10-Feb-2014 14:50
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Singapore, the tiny state with military clout... Between 2008 and 2012 the city-state, with a population of just 5.3 million, was the world's fifth-largest arms importer, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The wealthy Southeast Asian country consistently allocates about 20 percent of national spending to defense, analysts say. ... " The greatest fears for a small country like Singapore lie in two things ? coercion by bigger powers and strategic uncertainty that arises from any conflict between great powers," said William Choong, Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow for Asia-Pacific Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. " Singapore's defense spending should be seen in such a context." ... Last year the government allocated about $12 billion of its budget to national defense. Malaysia's annual defense budget was almost $5 billion in 2013, while Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy, unveiled annual defense spending of about $7.9 billion last August. |
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