Archive for the ‘economy’ Category

Currencies: Yen gains vs. euro and dollar after China data

The yen rises against the dollar and euro, bouncing back from Thursday’s disappointing Japanese economic-growth revision, after Chinese economic data raised investors’ concerns that interest rates would rise.


Financial jobs abound in Hong Kong amid upturn

While financial-services workers in the West are still reeling from the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Hong Kong’s finance sector is desperately looking for personnel at all levels.


Peter Brimelow: Turnaround letter is on a tear

A top-performing letter refuses to big-think about the stock market. But, hey, it’s sounding optimistic, anyway, writes Peter Brimelow.


Asia Markets: Indian sugar stocks turn bitter on rise in output

A swift, painful correction in Indian sugar stocks over the last few weeks may still have some way to go, as the freefall in sugar prices continues amid an increase in global production.


Chances missed at GMAC to protect taxpayers: panel

The Treasury Department missed valuable opportunities to protect taxpayers as part of its $17.2 billion bailout of auto-lending company GMAC, a congressional watchdog group says in its latest report.


Simon Constable: Buy-and-hold dead in stop-and-go economy

Those pesky 1970s with their financial troubles just won’t seem to go away, writes Simon Constable.


Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Google seeks cities for high-speed hookup

All across America, mayors are jumping into lakes, temporarily changing city names and creating Facebook fan pages, in an effort to woo Google Inc. and its broadband network trial.


Economic Report: China’s consumer prices rise more than expected

China’s consumer price index accelerate to a pace of 2.7% in February from the year-earlier month, driven by a surge in food prices.


Sony unveils PlayStation Move motion controller

Sony lifts the wraps on its new motion-control video game system called PlayStation Move, which is expected to hit the market later this year.


Economic Report: Australia unemployment rate matches forecast

Australia’s unemployment rate climbs in February, with the result matching market forecasts, although a disappointment in the number of jobs created sends the Australian dollar lower.


If You Want to Make Money in the Stock Market, Penny Stocks Might Be For You!

There’s no question that the stock market has been all over the map in the past couple years. First it was on a freefall downwards, then it rallied quickly, fell back down a bit and it currently rallying again. Understandably some investors have shot nerves right now!

The Magic of Dividend Yield

Dividend yielders are considered boring stocks. Most investors opt for different stocks as they believe dividend yielder cannot offer wealth. Dividend yielders are actually the safest way for investment.

Learn CFDs to Join the Trading Revolution

Now is the time to learn CFDs and revolutionise your trading. CFDs have shaken the trading world up and allow you to leverage your returns in the stock market.

Tips on Selecting the Best Stocks

It is a proven fact that the stock market in India entertains small as well as big investors. Winners, especially those investors who reap repeat gains are the wise amongst the horde who take into account market considerations, get updated with business news on India, look into the performance of companies who are selling the shares, and related paraphernalia.

Contracts For Difference Market

Interestingly, most CFDs do not trade on a Contracts for Difference market. The Australian Stock Exchange has created a market for CFDs but as at the end of 2008 the volume traded on the ASX CFD market represented only 1% of the total CFDs traded.

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