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Mar 19
2009 FREE Ipod Nano & Amazon Gift Cards Give Aways from FirstradeFiled Under (Investor News) by Admin on 19-03-2009
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Mar 18
2009 Crude Palm Oil price bullish but waiting for a break outFiled Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 18-03-2009My last commentary for the Crude Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) was two months ago on 13 January when price of FCPO was at RM1,988 . I’d expect the price of FCPO to climb to RM2,400 to RM2,500 of the FCPO can stay above RM1,800. However, in the next two months, the price traded in a sideway range between RM1,740 and RM2,000. The price if FCPO is currently at RM1,902. The up trend is very well intact because price is above both short and long term 30 and 90 day moving averages. The longer term 90 day average is at RM1,726. However, the strong momentum last month has started to weaken. The ADX indicator has started to decline and the RSI indicator swings stay flat. Average trading volume for FCPO remains the same as last month.
Mar 18
2009 Madoff hedge fund?Filed Under (Hedge Funds) by Admin on 18-03-2009Bernard Madoff did NOT run a hedge fund. He was a stockbroker “managing” customer accounts. The firm was “regulated” and fraud is already illegal. Few sophisticated investors put any money with Madoff. REAL due diligence ITSELF is an alpha source. PROPER diversification with GENUINE uncorrelated strategies and managers is MANDATORY for risk averse investors. The Madoff scandal has NOTHING to do with hedge funds. No incentive fees, no prime broker, no proper auditor and no independent administrator. The chart is the Madoff feeder, Fairfield Sentry, versus Gateway, GATEX, a fund with the SAME strategy. Suspicious numbers in the 1990s got worse around 2001.
Mar 18
2009 US Dow Jones have to pass through 8,000 to overcome bearsFiled Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 18-03-2009The US market has rallied more than 13 percent after a technical rebound when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) went to as low 6469 two weeks ago. Yesterday, the DJI rose 178.73 points or 2.5 percent to close at 7395.70 points. Improve housing data led to some investors confidence, causing stocks of homebuilders and banks to climb. Do not be fooled by thinking that the US market may be out of the down trend. It first need to pass through the 8,000 points resistance level to get out of the bear trend. The down trend of the DJI is defined by a 70 day moving average (see chart) and it is currently at 8,000 points, which was also the previous support level. The momentum of the down trend can only be overcome by a rally above this level. If not, it may just be another pull back of a strong down trend.
Mar 17
2009 $100 - Bank Sign Up Bonus - M & T Bank Checking AccountsFiled Under (Investor News) by Admin on 17-03-2009
[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]
Mar 16
2009 VALUE INVESTING – BE CRITICAL WHEN USING BREAK-UP VALUE APPROACHFiled Under (Finance Help) by Admin on 16-03-2009In times of economic uncertainty, value investing is one of the favourite valuation approaches investors use as it is purportedly one of the safest methodologies. However, investors must be wary and critical before using such an approach because in equity investments, there are no valuation methods without any risks. With many developed economies already in a recession and Malaysia experiencing practically a pause in growth in 4Q08 y-o-y, investors are likely to be enticed into using this approach for their equity investment decisions.
Mar 16
2009 Closing Bell: Claw-backs are bears, not bonuses (AXP, AIG, C, EBAY, SPWRA)Filed Under (Hot Stock Tips) by Admin on 16-03-2009Filed under: eBay (EBAY), Citigroup Inc. (C), American Express (AXP), Amer Intl Group (AIG)
Mar 15
2009 February’s Best of Fire Finance - 2009Filed Under (Investor News) by Admin on 15-03-2009[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]
 In Latin, “Februm” means purification. February was named after Februm because of the purification ritual Februa held on February 15th in the old Roman calendar. Some historical names for February are Solmonath (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne’s designation Hornung.
In Finnish, it is called “Helmikuu”, meaning “Month of the Pearl.” During this time when snow melts on tree branches, it forms droplets which freeze again and appear like pearls of ice and hence the Finnish name :). The flowers of this month are violet and primrose. In the spirit of purification along with due respect to Saint Valentine, let’s do a “Retro-February” ……….
Mar 15
2009 Entrepreneur’s Journal: Getting free traffic with search engine optimization (SEO)Filed Under (Hot Stock Tips) by Admin on 15-03-2009Filed under: Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Entrepreneurs, Small business
Mar 15
2009 Bernie Madoff hedge fund?Filed Under (Hedge Funds) by Admin on 15-03-2009Bernard Madoff did NOT run a hedge fund. He was a stockbroker “managing” customer accounts. The firm was “regulated” and fraud is already illegal. Few sophisticated investors had a cent with Madoff. REAL due diligence ITSELF is an alpha source. PROPER diversification with GENUINE uncorrelated strategies and managers is MANDATORY for risk averse investors. The Madoff scandal has nothing to do with hedge funds. No incentive fees, no prime broker, no proper auditor and no independent administrator. The chart is the Madoff feeder, Fairfield Sentry, versus Gateway, GATEX, a fund with the SAME strategy. Suspicious numbers in the 1990s got worse around 2001. |
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Crummy manufacturing and production data and continued weakness in housing data were not stopping buyers today. At least not until the last 90 minutes when we saw selling take away the triple digit gains in the DJIA. This looked like another day where bulls were washing out the bears until late-day from a DJIA financial component took much of the wind out of the sails today. But the tech-heavy NASDAQ was in negative territory most of the day. Here were today’s unofficial closing bell levels:
Bankrate, Inc.