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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 22:08

Go short with inverse / leveraged ETF.

Many traders are forecasting beginning of bear market. If you are not focused on specific companies and you are bearish with some industry or with some world stock market index you can try inverse ETF. I’ve tried to list all of them. Some are even leveraged ETF (with double inverse performance against index which is followed).ETF Name (Ticker)Short QQQ (PSQ)Short Dow 30 (DOG)S…
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 18:25

US markets extend losses.

Not even today’s Bernanke’s and Bush’s call for stimulus package are helping markets stop losses. Broad indices are approaching bottoms created on March 2007 after China sell-off. Technical chart shows us that Nasdaq Composite is really close to that bottom which is on 2331 points. Negative sentiment is fuelled after Merrill Lynch (MER) revealed write down by almost 10 billion USD. Only during last year shares lost 42%. Let’s see FED action during next meeting which takes place on 30. January or maybe earlier if there is emergency meeting. My expectation is 50 bp cut….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 18:07

Mexican Employment Improved in 2007

However, new jobs were still insufficient….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 15:45

Global Credit Markets Follow U.S. Lead

Emerging-market credit spreads return to a balanced trend….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 14:30

Venezuela-Colombia Relations in Turmoil

Commercial trade could suffer as a result….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 14:30

Goldman Sachs

According to Michael Lewis
I can’t think of another example of a big Wall Street firm saying so clearly through its trading positions as Goldman Sachs did over the past year that it thinks the rest of its industry, including its own people, is a bunch of idiots. They have obviously designed their firm to take into account their idiocy - without ever having to put too fine a point on it….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 11:59

Peru’s Growth Robust in Last Quarter of 2007

Domestic demand remains the main driver….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 11:30

News You Need: IBM, Washington Mutual

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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 11:01

So I Quit My Day Job - Holy Cow! I Took the Plunge | Zen Habits

those considering trading for a living may find some inspiration here…
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 8:28

10 reasons why a recession is coming - MSN Money

nice list…
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 8:11

Weak Market, Weak VIX: What It Might Mean

declines accompanied by relatively little fear have been more likely to continue their downward course than declines accompanied by a large expansion in the VIX….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 8:08

The Presidential Candidates | Wallstrip

What candidate, or party, will affect the economy the most? To the streets!…
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 8:04

January 17, 2008 - Clif Droke’s Contrarian Triangulation

Clif Droke’s synthesis of technicals, fundamentals, sentiment and liquidity with cycles results in somewhat above average stock market forecasting accuracy. Confidence in this conclusion is modest to moderate….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 8:00

Economic Stimulus Plans and Progress

In threatening economic times, government policy may help to avoid a recession or to reduce the impact of slowing growth. While markets have focused on Fed policy, the issues are not all within the scope of Fed powers.

Ben Bernanke has been meeting with Administration officials and Congressional leaders. Tomorrow he will testify before the House Budget Committee. He is expected to endorse some kind of fiscal stimulus package to accompany the Fed’s interest rate reductions.
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 5:40

High Energy Thursday: Say goodbye to the V8 engine

Eight cylinders - does anyone really need that much power in an everyday automobile? Plenty of Americans used to think the answer was yes - how else could they propel their enormous land yachts effortlessly across the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System? But, as Bill Vlasic writes, the other brake shoe has apparently dropped […]…
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 4:29

Review of IndianKanoon.com

By Vipin Agnihotri Good news for all of you who are interested in getting details about Indian laws and its interpretation. New portal IndianKanoon.com has come into the fray. This portal acts as a search engine for Indian laws and court judgements. …
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 4:19

From seeding to harvesting, 08 shaping up to be year of change for hedge fund industry

It’s only mid-January and already there’s been a lot of action involving both hedge fund seeding and hedge fund harvesting….
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17 January, 2008| Economy | Comments (0) @ 0:15

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