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by FatProphets - 2008-08-26
The major question on the minds of all resource investors at the present time is whether we are at the end of the commodity bull market or does this sector, which has been battered from pillar-to-post...
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by David Baxwell - 2008-08-21
The term 'stock market trading' is the first thing that should pop into your mind after hearing the word investment. The trading of stock shares has produced wealth for investors of successful compani...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-14
The US second quarter reporting season is now delivering bad news in increasing quantities, forcing the usually optimistic and sunny American investors to take stock of what lies ahead for them and th...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-14
Where has the resources boom gone? I don't mean the one driven by iron ore or coal, nor oil, but by surging demand from China, India and the rest of the emerging world?Warning bells are sounding in me...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-14
There is a silver lining from the terrible conditions we seem to be seeing in the financial markets and in the economy: there's a forecast the Reserve Bank will probably cut interest rates next year b...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-14
The ANZ bank this morning warned the market its looking at a 25% drop in earnings because of dodgy and bad loans.In a statement to the ASX the bank joined its Melbourne rival, the National Australia B...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-14
For the second time in two trading days Australian stockmarket investors, and investors in the country's big banks, have been battered by another example of bank management incompetence and boardroom ...
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by Jim Nelson - 2008-08-09
Many feel that the stock market is only truly understood by the fat cats on Wall Street. The intricacies of daily stock movements confuse outsiders. But in reality, that’s nothing compared to wh...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-09
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates steady at 2% this morning and softened its stance, leaving analysts to forecast no change for the rest of the year at least.The decision came after oil price...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-09
The contrast was telling: there was India's central bank sending a strong signal that it will not tolerate high inflation by announcing a larger than expected increase in its key lending rate and thre...
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by David Baxwell - 2008-08-08
Most of the investors make use of the market information to do option trading on a regular basis, but many well informed investors depend on discount online trading funds to get the correct amount of ...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
Baosteel Group Corp, China's biggest steelmaker, says iron ore supplies are lagging behind demand from mills, after the country doubled output in the past four years to exceed the combined production ...
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by Australasian Investment Review - 2008-08-07
What's worse: the state of the US banking industry, car industry or jobs market?At the moment you'd have to say the US financial sector, especially the banks, are doing badly, with an outlook for more...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
According to Cnooc Chairman, Fu Chengyu, the environment for cross-border acquisitions in the oil industry remains "hostile,'' two years after the Chinese state-controlled oil producer failed in a US$...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
Bloomberg reports that many planned ethanol plants may not be built, as margins for producing the corn-based fuel additive shrink and the availability of construction financing recedes."Plants that ha...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
According to Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis President, William Poole, there's no sign that the subprime-mortgage rout is harming the broader economy."It's premature to say that this upset in the mar...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
There is no doubt in our minds that the world is in the midst of a resources boom that will last for decades to come. This boom has taken the world economy and in particular the resources sector by su...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
Uranium prices rose 7% this week after Cameco Corp delayed a project and both Uranium One and Paladin Resources cut their production forecasts.Uranium oxide concentrate for immediate delivery, which i...
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by FatProphets - 2008-08-07
Crude oil last night rose above US$90 a barrel to a record in New York, the day after a government report showed an unexpected drop in US stockpiles. Supplies fell by 5.29 million barrels to 316.6 mil...
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by David Baxwell - 2008-08-06
One of the most effective ways to utilize your option strategies to gain the most profit and protect your assets is to complement your portfolio of stocks and mutual funds. Option trading does not exi...