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Australia 200 – Desperately Trying to Return to Above 5400
October 20th, 2014
Australia 200 for Monday, October 20, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
Russia Rating Cut by Moody’s on Sluggish Economic Growth
October 20th, 2014
Russia’s credit rating was cut to the second-lowest investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited sluggish growth prospects and an erosion of the country’s reserves amid sanctions over Ukraine. Moody’s downgraded the sovereign one level to Baa2 from ...
Companies target baby boomers and the $15tn silver economy
October 20th, 2014
Ford is developing a driving seat that can detect a potential heart attack and bring the car safely to a stop, joining a lengthening list of companies tapping into the world’s growing market of wealthy over-60s. The global spending ...
ASIC’s Strategic Outlook 2014-15
October 20th, 2014
ASIC today published its Strategic Outlook for 2014–15. ASIC’s Strategic Outlook sets out the key risks ASIC sees to the markets it regulates, and how ASIC will respond – prioritising its tools of surveillance and enforcement. ASIC scans the ...
The Rise and Fall of the Cypriot Economy (Part 2)
October 20th, 2014
Part 2 – Decline & Deleveraging Stage 4 In the fourth stage people start to become poorer but still think of themselves as rich. The decline is gradual and at first people didn’t realise it and in cases where ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
October 17th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “AVA Capital Management” (www.avacapitalmanagement.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since it is not permitted to provide any ...
Bloc in Europe Starts to Balk Over Austerity
October 17th, 2014
France, Italy and the European Central Bank have coalesced into a bloc against Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and they are insisting that Berlin change course. With Europe once again rattling global markets, many of the largest European countries ...
Can rating agencies ruin Russian economy?
October 17th, 2014
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said that international agencies may soon downgrade Russia, adding that it would be an unfounded move, because the country’s economic indicators remain at a high level. According to the minister, the decision will ...
Fears that Pimco and other Big Firms being unable to unload risky bonds
October 17th, 2014
Financial experts warn that a small group of giant asset managers that have amassed high-risk, high-yield bonds could find themselves unable to raise enough cash during a sell-off. When it comes to high-risk bonds, the asset management giant Pimco ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
October 16th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Omega Trading Limited” (www.omega-trading.co.uk), “International Mergers and Acquisitions Board of Japan” (www.imabjp.org) and “Smith and Jacobs” (www.smithandjacobs.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution ...
