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Export Revival Threatened By Shipping Bottlenecks |
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The U.S. finally is enjoying some strength in exports, thanks to economic recovery in Asia and a generally weak dollar. But just as U.S. goods find demand abroad, there's a problem getting them there. (Looks like shippers are finally getting some pricing power) |
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Energy: A foot on the gas |
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The rush of European interest in shale underscores wider awareness of a change in the outlook for gas supplies. A surge in US production has meant that within three years the world has gone from running out of natural gas to being drowned in it. |
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Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama |
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The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched towards a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime. |
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China's Property: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble |
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And these days not much — aside from the possibility of a double-dip recession in the U.S. — has more economists, international investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers tearing their hair out than the deceptively simple question, Is China's property market a bubble?
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1971284,00.html#ixzz0hzl2GD12 |
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New round of foreclosures threatens housing market |
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The housing market is facing swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but have yet to lose their homes, and this is threatening a new wave of foreclosures that could hit just as the real estate market has begun to stabilize |
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Eight ETFs That Will Add Income to Your Portfolio |
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Trying to interpret what the markets are doing can be just as crazy-making as attempting to predict what’s happening. That’s why it might be necessary to add in some income-producing ETFs along with the risky funds. |
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The Big Energy Trade: The WidowMaker |
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A bold trade is unfolding in the energy markets, dubbed the “Widowmaker.” Traders play the spread between gasoline and heating oil, as seasonal demand shifts with the warming weather in the Northern Hermisphere. |
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High Conviction: Short the Yen |
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We are short Japanese yen against the US Dollar. We have implemented the trade by selling out-of-the-money calls to buy out-of-the-money puts and taking in premium. |
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Currencies: The Canadian Dollar Will Be The Next Star; ETFs To Use (Shocked Investor) |
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"the next star could well be the Canadian dollar. The cycle could well be repeated now with the Canadian dollar as the Bank of Canada is set to raise rates in the next few months. This will be the first move in many months. In contrast, the Australian bank is nearing the end of its raising move. Currencies generally move when the interest rates hike start, not near the end of the raising cycles. Therefore, the obvious advantage is for the Canadian dollar."
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Fears of China property bubble grow |
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Chinese real estate prices accelerated last month, rising by their fastest pace in two years despite government efforts to cool the market amid fears of a looming property bubble. |
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The Fundamental Flaw of Europe's Common Currency |
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The euro is under attack like never before, as the promises on which it was based turn out to be lies. Hedge funds are speculating against Greek debt, while euro-zone politicians work behind the scenes to cobble together rescue packages. But fundamental flaws in the monetary union need to be fixed if Europe's common currency is to survive. By SPIEGEL staff. |
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Pound Slide to Help U.K. Outpace Europe, Goldman Says |
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March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The pound’s drop last week to a 10- month low may help the U.K. economy grow faster than the region sharing the euro, which is hobbled by budget deficits and aging populations, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
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Oil Can Top $100 a Barrel Soon Enough |
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THE FUNDAMENTALS IN THE crude oil market got a boost in recent weeks with renewed hopes of a swift recovery in the global economy (demand increases) and ethnic violence in oil rich Nigeria (supply disruptions). This pushed crude prices above $82 a barrel. |
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