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Jan 5, 12 •
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U.S. stocks recovered to close flat on Wednesday due to positive economic data whilst crude oil moved higher due to a European Union agreement to ban imports of Iranian oil. The euro and European equities struggled to make gains as investors’ concerns...
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Jan 3, 12 •
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Comments Off on No Va Va Voom In The Latest European Economic Data
European bourse indices faired well in thin trade during the first European session of 2012, the general mood of optimism appeared to ignore the disappointing data emanating from Europe suggesting that the zone was close to falling back into a technical...
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Dec 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on Yuan Hits All-Time High
As Japan and China officials made statements today declaring that they’ll promote direct trading of the yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for companies involved in the exchanges, the Yuan reached record highs...
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Dec 23, 11 •
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Comments Off on Is Wall Street On Santa's Naughty List?
The traditional “Santa Claus rally” refers to the seasonal tendency for equities to gain in the final five trading days of the year and first two trading days of the new year. Rumor (and anecdotal evidence) suggests that the main reason for this...
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Dec 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on The KLF Were Lightweights At Burning Money. The Swiss Know How, When And Why To Do It
The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Time-lords and other names) were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s. From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by the...
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Dec 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on Party Poopers Kill The Joy Of The ECB Give Away
The giddy market atmosphere created by the ECB’s LTRO could not be sustained through the afternoon session. In fact, approaching the USA afternoon opening bell, the optimism had completely evaporated. Investors realized that, although the operation by the...
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Dec 22, 11 •
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The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Time-lords and other names) were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s. From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by the...
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Dec 21, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Pain In Spain Stops Falling…In The Main
The big Euro news on Wednesday is that the ECB will take the unprecedented step of offering “unlimited” euro zone banks loans of up to 3 years on December 21st at a rate of around 1 percent in a move that should theoretically ward off a credit crunch that...
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Dec 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on Has The UK Refused To Spend Good Money After Bad, Or Simply Buying Time And Playing To The Gallery?
One thing’s for sure the xenophobic, Eurosceptic, lowest common denominator element of the UK press will be doing cartwheels with the news that the UK has refused to pitch in its share to provide a part rescue fund for the IMF to in turn support the E.U....
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Dec 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on Mad Max or Blade Runner? December 19th 2012
Doomsday scenarios are so overdone, similarly futuristic predictions as to how we'd all be living in the twenty first century have always disappointingly fallen short of the mark. I can't be the only one feeling slightly let down by technology, yes we...
