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The Fallout From The Dubai Sandstorm Lingers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:39:27 GMT

Risk market started the week on a brighter note in Asia overnight with major Asian equities making solid gains of 2-3% as the panic over Dubai debt problem abated with the help of the statement by UAE Central Bank over the weekend, where the bank pledged to offer additional liquidity support to banks in the emirates. But just when the dust or indeed the sand looked like it starting to settle the European markets took a second look at what had been offered and were more sceptical.[More...]

Has The Sun Set On Dubai World?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:13 GMT

Dubai World once claimed ‘The Sun Never Sets on Dubai World’. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), HSBC (HBC), Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Standard Chartered and ING Groep (ING) would want to believe/or their investors believe that the Sun never sets on Dubai World.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 11/30/09

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:25:03 GMT

Asian stocks, currencies rise on optimism Dubai World losses won't spread.Bernanke says legislation limiting Fed independence Would 'impair' economy.China’s stocks rose after government pledged to maintain stimulus policies next year.India's GDP accelerates to 7.9%, may spur stimulus withdrawal.Japan's Fuji denies ruling out intervention in foreign exchange markets.Stocks in Dubai fall the most in a year on concern Dubai World may default.[More...]

Default In The Desert Sparks Panic

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:21:09 GMT

On Thanksgiving when Americans celebrate their first bailout, the big story is that the planned “orderly” decline in the Greenback is starting to be anything but! With most US investors probably thinking more about holiday than markets, it should be no surprise that markets have traded quietly for the most part overnight. The main action has been in currency markets, where the Dollar has been sold across the board after breaking through 1.50 against the Euro and slumping to a 14 year low versus the Yen.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 11/11/09

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:29:44 GMT

Asian stocks, currencies rise on Japan, China economic data; gold advances.China's industrial production output grew 16.1% in October, its fastest pace in more than a year.Job openings in U.S. remain close to record-lowsOil prices fell $79 a barrel in Asia amid rising U.S. oil inventories and a weaker dollarSwiss rules to tie bonuses to profit will apply only to the nation’s 12 largest banksUnfilled positions climb to most since June as US companies delay hiring.USDA trimmed its production forecast and raised its price outlook for crops.Adobe to cut about 680 full-time positions or about 9% of its total work force.AIG’s CEO Robert Benmosche, after just 3 months, is ready to quit over pay constraintsArvinMeritor[More...]

Bank On HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) And The Asian Equation

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:03:20 GMT

“Go west, young man, go west!” Written by Indiana journalist John Soule in 1851 and popularized by New York Tribune founder Horace Greeley the same year, that now-famous saying advised people to take advantage of the rapid growth in the United States as the country expanded westward across the North American continent.[More...]

What Investors Should Look for In Today’s Fed Statement

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:24 GMT

In its continuing efforts to nurture the fragile economic recovery, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates at record lows when it concludes its meeting today (Wednesday).[More...]

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:09:46 GMT

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, has stayed carefully on the sidelines while a major argument has broken out among and around senior policymaking circles: Should our biggest banks be broken up, or can they be safely re-regulated into permanently good behavior? (See the recent competing answers from WSJ, FT, and the New Republic).[More...]

More Japan Passing: Tokyo No Longer a Major Financial Center

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:46:46 GMT

A Bloomberg survey of 1,452 users reveals that the leading financial centers in the eyes of Bloomberg users is New York (29%), Singapore (17%), London (16%) and Shanghai (11%), while only 1% named Tokyo. London is slipping because of a 50% tax rate on higher earnings and impending EU regulations on hedge fund borrowing, while Japan has all but fallen off the radar screen.[More...]

All-Time High For Amazon (AMZN) Has Option Traders Raising The Bar

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:11 GMT

Today's tickers: AMZN, MU, ETH, AMR, WYN, TBT, BAC, PCS, DE, ING, RSH & BCRX[More...]

MGM Mirage, HSBC, Satyam, ING are big movers

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:49:00 GMT

NEW YORK - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
MGM Mirage, down 45 cents to $10.56 The casino operator's joint venture partner Dubai requested a debt payment delay.
HSBC Holdings PLC, down $3.61 to $58.46 Goldman Sachs analysts said the London bank could face losses of $611 million if Dubai World defaults on its debt.

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The Fallout From The Dubai Sandstorm Lingers

Has The Sun Set On Dubai World?

Daily Highlights: 11/30/09

Default In The Desert Sparks Panic

Daily Highlights: 11/11/09

Bank On HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) And The Asian Equation

What Investors Should Look for In Today’s Fed Statement

Does Ben Bernanke Have The Facts Right On Banking?

More Japan Passing: Tokyo No Longer a Major Financial Center

All-Time High For Amazon (AMZN) Has Option Traders Raising The Bar

MGM Mirage, HSBC, Satyam, ING are big movers

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