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Blastoff Elite	06-Sep-2012 15:54        Blastoff About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	To long or short? risktaker      ( Date: 06-Sep-2012 15:51) Posted: Are You Guys Ready????????? It is about time .........
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risktaker Supreme	06-Sep-2012 15:51        risktaker About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Flexible   Mood: Yells: "Sometimes you think you know, but in fact you dont"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Are You Guys Ready????????? It is about time .........
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rutheone1905 Veteran	06-Sep-2012 15:29        rutheone1905 About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	very very good info, but those tat still profit little wont leave the mkt those in red die die wont leave so at the end it becomes a gamble of luck 50:50 i exited becos $$$ in pocket is mine......cheers  ozone2002      ( Date: 06-Sep-2012 13:21) Posted: It’s time to put down the margarita, climb out of the hammock, and perk up. If ever there were a week to end the sleepy calm of an uneventful summer in world markets, it is the one that’s about to hit us. The next six trading days are full of what traders call “event risk,” or what we journalists call “news.” That could break currencies and other markets out of their narrow trading ranges. It will be a week to make money — or to lose it. Here’s what’s on tap: Thursday, Sept. 6: Mario Draghi’s press conference. The president of the European Central Bank will be locked in a room with a hundred or so journalists, each eager to extract details on his plan for the ECB to buy the bonds of troubled European sovereign nations such as Italy and Spain. And in the meeting of the central bank’s governing council that precedes this media event, the ECB’s decision makers might actually vote on the initiative. Over the past month, European bond markets have rallied--along with the euro and various risk-sensitive assets--as Mr. Draghi has dropped hints about the plan. But although on Monday he told European lawmakers that the ECB already has the authority to buy bonds of up to three years duration, the plan doesn’t enjoy unanimous support within or outside the central bank. Jens Weidmann, the president of the powerful Deutsche Bundesbank, is almost openly hostile to it and a German constitutional court ruling next week (see below) could derail the program. The slightest sign that these obstacles have stalled the bond-buying plan, and the euro could lead a lot of “risky” currencies into a nosedive. Friday, Sept. 7: U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. This seminal piece of data will be the last piece of the economic jigsaw before the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee decides on whether to deliver more monetary stimulus. The apparent lack of a consensus on the FOMC (see below) makes for an even more important jobs report than normal. After employers added a surprisingly large 163,000 new jobs in July, the market is looking for an August readout of 125,000. Anything higher and the dollar could rally sharply against most of its counterparts as traders would downgrade expectations for Fed action next week. Wednesday, Sept. 12: German constitutional court ruling. On what will be a nerve-wracking day for euro traders, the highest court in the euro zone’s most important creditor country is due to rule on the constitutionality of the zone’s two bailout vehicles, the temporary European Financial Stability Facility and the permanent European Stability Mechanism. If the constitutional court were to render the EFSF/ESM illegal, it would introduce chaos into the central infrastructure around which the monetary union’s 17 member nations have built their debt crisis resolution strategy. Even if the court granted approval but conditioned it on the German parliament overseeing the funds’ activities, this could add unwanted uncertainty to the process. Mr. Draghi’s plans to buy Italian and Spanish bonds would suffer, because he insists that countries must first seek financing through these bodies before the ECB buys their bonds. Wednesday, Sept. 12: Dutch elections. A victory for the Dutch Socialist Party, which was until recently leading the polls, would upend a German-led coalition of euro-zone countries that favor fiscal austerity as a solution to the region’s troubles. It would add more political uncertainty to the euro crisis. Wednesday, Sept. 12: European bank regulations proposal. On this jam-packed day, the European Commission will release its proposal for bank regulatory reform in which it is expected to push for sweeping oversight of euro-zone banks by the ECB. The problem again is Germany, which wants to retain oversight of its small lenders. Yet another source of intra-euro-zone tension. Thursday, Sept. 13: FOMC’s two-day meeting concludes. Will the Fed launch a third round of “quantitative easing” or not? Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested last week that he would back another round of “QE” bond-buying. But other committee members, including potential swing voter Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, seem lukewarm to the idea. There could be a disappointment selloff in both stocks and risky currencies if the Fed holds pat, but there’s also
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marubozu1688 Veteran	06-Sep-2012 14:43        marubozu1688 About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI PE is about 12. Still under value but technically no strength on top of the gloomy global economy. http://mystocksinvesting.com/stock-market-indices-pe-ratio/global-stock-market-indices-pe-ratio-at-a-glance-6-september-2012/ Majority of the counties showing contraction in PMI.. and some countries are getting worst. Prepare for the worst!
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stevenlim109 Senior	06-Sep-2012 13:47        stevenlim109 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	sti down? where rest of the world is up?
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ozone2002 Supreme	06-Sep-2012 13:21        ozone2002 About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Technical
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	It’s time to put down the margarita, climb out of the hammock, and perk up. If ever there were a week to end the sleepy calm of an uneventful summer in world markets, it is the one that’s about to hit us. The next six trading days are full of what traders call “event risk,” or what we journalists call “news.” That could break currencies and other markets out of their narrow trading ranges. It will be a week to make money — or to lose it. Here’s what’s on tap: Thursday, Sept. 6: Mario Draghi’s press conference. The president of the European Central Bank will be locked in a room with a hundred or so journalists, each eager to extract details on his plan for the ECB to buy the bonds of troubled European sovereign nations such as Italy and Spain. And in the meeting of the central bank’s governing council that precedes this media event, the ECB’s decision makers might actually vote on the initiative. Over the past month, European bond markets have rallied--along with the euro and various risk-sensitive assets--as Mr. Draghi has dropped hints about the plan. But although on Monday he told European lawmakers that the ECB already has the authority to buy bonds of up to three years duration, the plan doesn’t enjoy unanimous support within or outside the central bank. Jens Weidmann, the president of the powerful Deutsche Bundesbank, is almost openly hostile to it and a German constitutional court ruling next week (see below) could derail the program. The slightest sign that these obstacles have stalled the bond-buying plan, and the euro could lead a lot of “risky” currencies into a nosedive. Friday, Sept. 7: U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. This seminal piece of data will be the last piece of the economic jigsaw before the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee decides on whether to deliver more monetary stimulus. The apparent lack of a consensus on the FOMC (see below) makes for an even more important jobs report than normal. After employers added a surprisingly large 163,000 new jobs in July, the market is looking for an August readout of 125,000. Anything higher and the dollar could rally sharply against most of its counterparts as traders would downgrade expectations for Fed action next week. Wednesday, Sept. 12: German constitutional court ruling. On what will be a nerve-wracking day for euro traders, the highest court in the euro zone’s most important creditor country is due to rule on the constitutionality of the zone’s two bailout vehicles, the temporary European Financial Stability Facility and the permanent European Stability Mechanism. If the constitutional court were to render the EFSF/ESM illegal, it would introduce chaos into the central infrastructure around which the monetary union’s 17 member nations have built their debt crisis resolution strategy. Even if the court granted approval but conditioned it on the German parliament overseeing the funds’ activities, this could add unwanted uncertainty to the process. Mr. Draghi’s plans to buy Italian and Spanish bonds would suffer, because he insists that countries must first seek financing through these bodies before the ECB buys their bonds. Wednesday, Sept. 12: Dutch elections. A victory for the Dutch Socialist Party, which was until recently leading the polls, would upend a German-led coalition of euro-zone countries that favor fiscal austerity as a solution to the region’s troubles. It would add more political uncertainty to the euro crisis. Wednesday, Sept. 12: European bank regulations proposal. On this jam-packed day, the European Commission will release its proposal for bank regulatory reform in which it is expected to push for sweeping oversight of euro-zone banks by the ECB. The problem again is Germany, which wants to retain oversight of its small lenders. Yet another source of intra-euro-zone tension. Thursday, Sept. 13: FOMC’s two-day meeting concludes. Will the Fed launch a third round of “quantitative easing” or not? Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested last week that he would back another round of “QE” bond-buying. But other committee members, including potential swing voter Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, seem lukewarm to the idea. There could be a disappointment selloff in both stocks and risky currencies if the Fed holds pat, but there’s also
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iPunter Supreme	06-Sep-2012 11:41        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	" ... The Singapore stock fear epidemic is very hard to cure..." It is is not correct. As long as there are people, there will be a stock market.     The stock market is simply a neutral trading place for stocks in which people         of all means and disposition can participate in. Those who play the game the               right way will profit, while those who play the wrong way will suffer big losses...
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iPunter Supreme	06-Sep-2012 11:35        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Stock markets and stock players are the same everywhere in the world,     Whether it is in the USA, Europe, China or anywhere else...             As long as humans are playing the stock market, results will be the same all                 over the place, regardless of where..because stocks play is all psychological...
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Tomique Master	06-Sep-2012 11:25        Tomique About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	The Singapore stock fear epidemic is very hard to cure.   We need to really become investors and not playing and punting on shares.   With constant fear in the minds of everyone, and with only bettors left in the marketplace, it is daunting and probably impossible to grow a vibrant stock market. We need dynamism and trust in the market and not always suspicion about this sector.   We need change in outlook and someone must come to save this sector from going downhill because it is the spine of our economy.
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iPunter Supreme	06-Sep-2012 10:55        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	I suppose by a 'quick punt' sifu means a very short-term trade... which is good.   My view is also that punts can be short-term punts (quick punts) or long-term punts.         All are simply punts. If a person makes a long-term position, it is a punt nevertheless,               since he can also lose all his profits if he holds on for any length of time. Thus, time-frme                     itself does not negate the fact that a punt is still a punt. This is due to the roller-coaster                           nature of the stock market, where only uncertainty exists at every moment in time... stockmarketmind      ( Date: 06-Sep-2012 10:48) Posted: A quick punt. http://stockmarketmindgames.blogspot.sg/2012/09/a-quick-punt.html
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stockmarketmind Master	06-Sep-2012 10:48        stockmarketmind About Contact  Quote this Post!   Yells: "stockmarketmindgames"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	A quick punt. http://stockmarketmindgames.blogspot.sg/2012/09/a-quick-punt.html
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iPunter Supreme	06-Sep-2012 09:18        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	In stocks one must always be on the defensive (jaga badan)...     Being defensive means not to be too trusting of stocks,         because if one is too trusting of stocks, one will tend to " mau" (whack big).         The consequences of " mau" can be very, very devastating...
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goondusamy Veteran	06-Sep-2012 08:45        goondusamy About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood: Yells: "BonBon is half beast half human "
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	This cute puppy is calling for its bitch eh...kekeke...lololol...(," )(" .) JUNWEI9756      ( Date: 05-Sep-2012 15:55) Posted: SIFU I EMAIL U URGENT URGENT REPLY REPLY ONLINE OSO !!!!!!!
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tanglinboy Elite	06-Sep-2012 07:31        tanglinboy About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood: Yells: "hello!"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Dow flat again. Only positive 11 points.
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rutheone1905 Veteran	06-Sep-2012 01:15        rutheone1905 About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	DOW in green, oblivious of    ISM Manufacturing PMI contraction?? hm good sign lor.
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skk888 Veteran	05-Sep-2012 23:21        skk888 About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Merkel just told her lawmakers she object unlmited bond buying -.- The Europeans are such .....xxxxxx.. i think they shouldnt have come together in the first place... different cultures and people are not willing to accommodate others..  warrenbegger      ( Date: 05-Sep-2012 23:01) Posted: So many good news coming out, I think will force some of them to act fast    :)
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warrenbegger Elite	05-Sep-2012 23:01        warrenbegger About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood: Yells: "Anyhow Buy Anyhow Die ^_^"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	So many good news coming out, I think will force some of them to act fast    :)
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warrenbegger Elite	05-Sep-2012 22:55        warrenbegger About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood: Yells: "Anyhow Buy Anyhow Die ^_^"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	I totally agreed. Great sex and great rape is very different. All start in the mind of human, into action, and to cause and effect   :) iPunter      ( Date: 05-Sep-2012 12:29) Posted: The physical world, and everything in it, including money, can never be 'evil'.      But only humans are capable of great good... and evil too...
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Flyordie Veteran	05-Sep-2012 21:31        Flyordie About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood: Yells: "Sifu, Online !!!! Sea Pek Urgent !!!!"
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Apa Lu mau? We holiday happily in Vietnam now... JUNWEI9756      ( Date: 05-Sep-2012 15:55) Posted: SIFU I EMAIL U URGENT URGENT REPLY REPLY ONLINE OSO !!!!!!!
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JUNWEI9756 Supreme	05-Sep-2012 15:55        JUNWEI9756 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 1  Alert Admin	SIFU I EMAIL U URGENT URGENT REPLY REPLY ONLINE OSO !!!!!!!
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