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iPunter Supreme	12-Aug-2011 23:02        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	This is so true...     And it boggles the mind such a backward step is taken...   xing78      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:52) Posted: if the intention for the politician is to cause a short squeeze with margin call when the short selling ban is lifted after 15 days, it could back fired and cause more selling after that cause no trader would want to buy up any counter and hold for long term given the bad economic conditions. rotijai      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:14) Posted: i believe the ban on short selling in europe will make those big bears even happier.. cause they can short again at a higher juicy peak after 15 days.. why don't the euro leaders focus on the economy instead? finding ways to stimulate the economy instead of just keep printing $$.. as for this, we need to thank sg government for being smarter than these euro leaders.. cause i believe if a recession hits sg, the government will ask us to hold hands and go through it and recover.. instead of blaming this and that.. like our euro n the us leaders (u see obama blaming how he inherited the mess and how incoorperative GOP is.. and how GOP blames demo..
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xing78 Elite	12-Aug-2011 22:52        xing78 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	if the intention for the politician is to cause a short squeeze with margin call when the short selling ban is lifted after 15 days, it could back fired and cause more selling after that cause no trader would want to buy up any counter and hold for long term given the bad economic conditions. rotijai      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:14) Posted: i believe the ban on short selling in europe will make those big bears even happier.. cause they can short again at a higher juicy peak after 15 days.. why don't the euro leaders focus on the economy instead? finding ways to stimulate the economy instead of just keep printing $$.. as for this, we need to thank sg government for being smarter than these euro leaders.. cause i believe if a recession hits sg, the government will ask us to hold hands and go through it and recover.. instead of blaming this and that.. like our euro n the us leaders (u see obama blaming how he inherited the mess and how incoorperative GOP is.. and how GOP blames demo..) iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:06) Posted: The market can only become more interesting...
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xing78 Elite	12-Aug-2011 22:42        xing78 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	i also feel shorting is good to provide liquidity. they should maybe introduce daily stop limit like china a market where trading halt automatically with +/- 10% change. by the way china market cannot do shorting. LOL iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:30) Posted: Precisely... and hedging is legitimate and an age-old practice...    andreytan      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:18) Posted: Shorting is hedging, Shorting is a cover for the long. Shorting is not immoral. stop blamimg shorting for the misery. If your fundamental are good, what can the mkt do to you???
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iPunter Supreme	12-Aug-2011 22:30        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Precisely... and hedging is legitimate and an age-old practice...    andreytan      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:18) Posted: Shorting is hedging, Shorting is a cover for the long. Shorting is not immoral. stop blamimg shorting for the misery. If your fundamental are good, what can the mkt do to you???
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andreytan Veteran	12-Aug-2011 22:18        andreytan About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Shorting is hedging, Shorting is a cover for the long. Shorting is not immoral. stop blamimg shorting for the misery. If your fundamental are good, what can the mkt do to you???
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rotijai Supreme	12-Aug-2011 22:14        rotijai About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	i believe the ban on short selling in europe will make those big bears even happier.. cause they can short again at a higher juicy peak after 15 days.. why don't the euro leaders focus on the economy instead? finding ways to stimulate the economy instead of just keep printing $$.. as for this, we need to thank sg government for being smarter than these euro leaders.. cause i believe if a recession hits sg, the government will ask us to hold hands and go through it and recover.. instead of blaming this and that.. like our euro n the us leaders (u see obama blaming how he inherited the mess and how incoorperative GOP is.. and how GOP blames demo..) iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 22:06) Posted: The market can only become more interesting...
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iPunter Supreme	12-Aug-2011 22:06        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	The market can only become more interesting...
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louis001 Master	12-Aug-2011 21:44        louis001 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	whether you like it or not.....high-frequency trading (BlackBox)  ...fasten your seat-belt.... Business Times 12/8: .....Najeeb Jarhom, AmFrasers Securities strategist, said the fleeting jolt in the STI came from a select group of day traders and algo traders who are equipped for a 'nimble chase'. 'Today, we saw investors reacting to what was an oversold market, so it had to rebound,' he said. 'But it wasn't as though the rebound was a bottoming of the STI it was more like investors taking advantage after shorting the market.' The STI's trade volume has ballooned to average 777 million since Aug 5, compared with about 350 million recorded last week. As SGX REACH comes online next Monday - which spells more high-frequency trading - some expect volatility to reign supreme in the local market. 'High-frequency trading has totally changed the dynamics of the market,' said Lee Kok Joo, head of research at Phillip Securities in Singapore. 'The program trading operates on very small bid sizes. They try to profit on small beta spreads with high volumes as well. With program trading as part of the equation, it will definitely lead to more volatility.'////
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Gaecia Elite	12-Aug-2011 20:17        Gaecia About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	harlow risktaker,  many thanks for your wise  contributions to this forum & willingness to  share your  insights with us. i'll drop u a pm over the wkend  yup. cheers. risktaker      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 12:37) Posted: let me give u some insight of whats happening. Many big coy will cut jobs in the next few months especially after seasonal play. Most orders should have been placed by now. However manufacturing data are still in a weak spot. US has to indentify the spending cuts by oct/nov. which eventually ripple thru its economy. As we know QE2 isnt too effective so we doubt there will be another round of QE3 but we do believe in policy change. At this moment we expect global economy to grow at its slowest pace in 2012 and eurpe and US has a 50/50 chance to go into recession. Cash is king now. if u want to know more pls pm me i will send u an analysis.
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Gaecia Elite	12-Aug-2011 19:14        Gaecia About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI 2850.59 +54.37 1.91% Today's report card,  sure looks fantastic! HSI +0.13%  and Nikkei -0.20% ended almost flat today. STI is the outperformer, so  good right?
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xing78 Elite	12-Aug-2011 18:15        xing78 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Don't worry too much. Europe is looking green. As long the low of S& P 500 holds above 1170 at the close tonight, we should be on the right track of a short term reversal / bounce into next week. Good Luck :p      iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:52) Posted:
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iPunter Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:52        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
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rotijai Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:45        rotijai About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	luckily i dumped my ghk as well.. despite huge losses.. :( anyway NOL reported 60+ mil net losses.. looks like shipping line is doing bad.. which also reflects the current economy.. Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:40) Posted: It is a  HUGE drop. GSP, come Monday u sure dye. The whole town will be shorting you, just like Cosco. rotijai      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:37) Posted: tat's a big drop in profit.. looks like MBS has indeed taken the market shares from RWS.. revenue drops by 17% and cost goes up by 12% if dj drops big tonight.. things will be scary for gsp on monday anyway.. i am  cheering for this.. :)
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Gaecia Elite	12-Aug-2011 17:40        Gaecia About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	It is a  HUGE drop. GSP, come Monday u sure dye. The whole town will be shorting you, just like Cosco. rotijai      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:37) Posted: tat's a big drop in profit.. looks like MBS has indeed taken the market shares from RWS.. revenue drops by 17% and cost goes up by 12% if dj drops big tonight.. things will be scary for gsp on monday anyway.. i am  cheering for this.. :)   Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:34) Posted: Ya lah
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rotijai Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:37        rotijai About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	tat's a big drop in profit.. looks like MBS has indeed taken the market shares from RWS.. revenue drops by 17% and cost goes up by 12% if dj drops big tonight.. things will be scary for gsp on monday anyway.. i am  cheering for this.. :)   Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:34) Posted: Ya lah! iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:26) Posted: Then many will go like this...
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rotijai Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:34        rotijai About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	S& P will go up the most at about 1240.. if it can break the 200ma, it will be back to bull rally.. no such thing as real bear rally..etc if market wanna crash it will crash now or sep/oct.. if it doesnt we will continue riding on bull until next year. andreytan      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:09) Posted: If the S& P 500 stay abv 1173 for 4 sections , we can very well comfirm this correction is over, and mkt to rally, of course, up and down uptrend to 1350 and abv by yr end.. But truthly this is a bear rally, please take profit of cut min losses when necessary.  going forward , i think the weekly indicater will be side way to up. good luck to all,     andreytan      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 02:23) Posted: Chances is great that this is just a correction. this is the third time S& P touch 11XX and bounce back strongly, hope this round it is no different.  the first one after hitting this level rally for a  1 mth plus or so, the   2nd one hit this level and rally till this crash, so the third one may rally and last till end of the yr.
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Gaecia Elite	12-Aug-2011 17:34        Gaecia About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Combined   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Ya lah! iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:26) Posted: Then many will go like this...  Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:07) Posted: i think genting sp  results  might have some prob...
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rotijai Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:31        rotijai About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	39% drop in profit.. :) iPunter      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:26) Posted: Then many will go like this...  Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:07) Posted: i think genting sp  results  might have some prob...
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spicy88 Senior	12-Aug-2011 17:26        spicy88 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	I saw what you saw yesterday and today was the confirmation for some counters. Congrats on your entry! alexchia01      ( Date: 11-Aug-2011 10:58) Posted: Did you guys see what I see? There are many rebound in the making. However, it's still too early to confirm this. By end of today, if market close well and tomorrow, market open positive, I'll start Buying. For now, it's too late to short and too early to buy, just sit back and watch the show.
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iPunter Supreme	12-Aug-2011 17:26        iPunter About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Then many will go like this...  Gaecia      ( Date: 12-Aug-2011 17:07) Posted: i think genting sp  results  might have some prob...
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