Sunday, March 6, 2011

DailyMarkets.com - Marc Faber Bullish On Japan

DailyMarkets.com - Marc Faber Bullish On Japan


Marc Faber Bullish On Japan

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:45 PM PST

Marc Faber (March 2011) quote..”"If I had to make a bet for the next ten years in terms of equity markets, I would seriously consider a very strong weighting here in Japan,” Marc Faber said yesterday at the CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets’ annual conference in Tokyo”….

Marc continues..”Once the debt market starts to go down, the yen will begin to weaken and that will lift equity prices. I would buy equities at the present time.” “If I look at the next five to ten years, the interest … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


World’s Largest Jailer By Far, It’s Not Even Close

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:14 PM PST

World Rank,
2010
Country
Prison Population Rates
per 100,000 Population

1
U.S.A.
743

27
Israel
325

52
Turkmenistan
224

53
Iran
223

53
Iran
223

61
Libya
200

61
Mexico
200

69
Colombia
180

70
Saudi Arabia
178

92
Bahrain
149

116
China
120

126
Venezuela
114

137
Iraq
101

137
Iraq
101

140
Ethiopia
98

150
Egypt
89

156
Yemen
83

185
Syria
58

187
Afghanistan
56

198
Sudan
45

198
Pakistan
45

The table above shows how the United States compares to some of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


Forex – EUR/JPY Down In Asian Trade

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PST

Forex Pros – The Euro was lower against the Japanese Yen on Monday.

EUR/JPY was trading at 115.11, down 0.01% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 112.54, Wednesday's low, and resistance at 116.00, Friday's high.

Meanwhile, the Euro was down against the U.S. Dollar and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.10% to hit 1.3974 and EUR/GBP rising 0.02% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


Forex – GBP/JPY Up In Asian Trading Hours

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PST

Forex Pros – The British Pound was higher against the Japanese Yen on Sunday.

GBP/JPY was trading at 133.93, up 0.01% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 132.83, Wednesday's low, and resistance at 135.21, Friday's high.

Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the U.S. Dollar and the Euro, with GBP/USD shedding 0.02% to hit 1.6267 and EUR/GBP rising 0.01% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


A New Way To View Sector Performance Using FinViz

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:50 PM PST

I'm a huge proponent of segmenting the broader stock market into sectors and then comparing which sectors are outperforming the other using insights from the classic Sector Rotation model.
I came across a new way of viewing sector breakdown performance from FinViz's website with their Group Screener Grid tool and I wanted to share that link along with the current annual and 6-month sector performance charts.
Here's the 1-year view of the Sectors:

Given this isn't my tool and I'm not … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


QE2: An Unmitigated Disaster?

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 03:34 PM PST

By Dian L. Chu

There was a debate recently between Rick Santelli of CNBC and James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis regarding the inflation effects of the QE2 initiative.

Bullard, the economist, cited the core inflation rate, and even the headline inflation rate as illustrative of a lack of serious inflation pressures in the US economy. Santelli, on the other hand, talked the trader`s perspective of inflation wanting to use the CRB Index (Fig. 1) as a true … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


Forex – NZD/USD Down During The Asian Session

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PST

Forex Pros – The New Zealand Dollar was lower against the U.S. Dollar on Sunday.

NZD/USD was trading at 0.7373, down 0.16% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 0.7339, Friday's low, and resistance at 0.7530, Tuesday's high.

Meanwhile, the New Zealand Dollar was down against the Australian Dollar and the Euro, with AUD/NZD gaining 0.34% to hit 1.3774 and EUR/NZD rising 0.23% to hit … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


Beware The Ides Of March

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PST

It is Lupercalia, an ancient Roman religious holiday. Caesar, the Roman dictator, makes his appearance before the “press” (crowd) in the streets. From out of the crowd, a soothsayer shouts out.
Caesar:
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry “Caesar!” Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear.

Soothsayer:
Beware the ides of March.

Caesar:
What man is that?

Brutus:
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.

Julius Caesar Act 1, … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


Budget 2011: Why Small-cap Funding Issues Amp; Private Investors Are Inextricably Linked

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:32 AM PST

The Coalition Government has repeatedly expressed its commitment to increasing the funding capacity in this country for entrepreneurship and we await with great interest the forthcoming Budget. One would hope that, in determining measure to increases funding capacity for SMEs, the Government is reflecting carefully upon the role of public equity markets. The UK has a limited venture capital sector willing to take real risk on early stage businesses. It is predominantly a development capital … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


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