MYNERS PLAN BREACHES EURO RIGHTS October 6, 2009 AMBER MELVILLE-BROWNMEDIA COUNSEL, WITHERS LLP TREASURY Minister Lord Myners recently proposed that companies ought to be forced to publicise senior executives’ salaries. The idea has won much publicity, but could it happen? Perhaps not – it could be unlawful and even trigger costly privacy battles in the courts. Lord Myners envisages that such disclosures would [...]
Hike in interest rates boosts prospects for Aussie dollar October 6, 2009 THE hike in rates to 3.25 per cent yesterday by the central bank of Australia should have come as little surprise to most market participants. Over the past couple of months, there have been growing indications, not least from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) itself, that a rise in the cost of borrowing was [...]
Adapt your trading to range-bound currencies October 6, 2009 FOREIGN exchange markets have been notorious over the past year for their rapid fluctuations and numerous driving forces, which can make holding a position in a currency pair a particularly nail-biting experience for any trader, whatever their level. But greater stability in the markets over recent months has seen a number of trends emerge in [...]
FTSE100 puts in best day in months amid renewed hopes October 6, 2009 THE top share index closed 2.3 per cent higher yesterday, its best gain in three months, as commodity and bank shares rallied on renewed hopes over the gathering pace of the global economic recovery, ahead of the third-quarter US earnings season. At the close, the FTSE 100 was up 113.65 points at 5137.98, after closing [...]
Hopes for earnings see Wall Street rise October 6, 2009 WALL Street stocks rose yesterday amid signs the global economy was recovering and optimism that corporate earnings reports will beat expectations. The economic optimism spurred gains in energy and other commodities, lifting shares of oil and resource companies. Shares of Exxon Mobil rose 1.6 per cent to $68.66 and were among the top gainers on [...]
EXPECT MORE WEAKNESS IN GREENBACK October 6, 2009 BORIS SCHLOSSBERGDIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT LAST week’s dismal US unemployment data was a depressing reminder to the currency market that the American economy, which at one time served as the locomotive for global growth, may now be the laggard of the industrialised world. While the recovery continues in the rest of the G20 universe [...]
Upbeat economic sentiment boosts FTSE to above 5,000 October 5, 2009 THE FTSE 100 closed higher yesterday after US Institute for Supply Management non-manufacturing data came in better than forecast, with miners and banks the best performing sectors. The index closed up 35.63 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 5,024.33, after tumbling nearly 60 points on Friday to a near three-week closing low below the 5,000 [...]
US stocks shoot up on stronger data October 5, 2009 US stocks shot higher yesterday, ending a four-day losing streak as optimism about upcoming earnings gathered steam and data showed the services sector expanded for the first time since August 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 112.08 points, or 1.18 per cent, at 9,599.75. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed up 15.23 [...]
Traders prefer bonds as fears of a pullback rise steadily October 5, 2009 WITH the FTSE 100 back down below the 5,000 mark, the bears are beginning to feel a little smug. Since July they have been warning that the rally in the markets has been overdone and that we are due a correction. Professor Nouriel Roubini, the economist known as Dr Doom, has said recently that “markets [...]
You need to evolve to survive in this market October 5, 2009 FOR the retail market participant, success in trading often means finding an edge. Whether that refers to a combination of technical indicators, a sound plan for reacting to event risk or identifying repeatable patterns, the conclusion is always the same. When they come across a system that works, they stick to it. However, narrowing one’s [...]
