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will040
    18-Aug-2009 14:32  
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Ausgroup Ltd August 25, 2009


richtan      ( Date: 18-Aug-2009 14:25) Posted:



Trade Summary shows more buy-ups, see my chart analysis (but dyodd n BOSAYOR):
5GJ (AusGroup)


 WEIGHTED AVG PRICE :  0.5747   LAST DONE PRICE :  0.575 
 SPREAD/PRICE RATIO :  0.0000   AVG TRADE SIZE :  46.529 
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Last Trades Vol BuyVol Mid SellVol
0.565 14 439 439 0 0
0.570 72 2,587 1,382 0 1,205
0.575 74 3,848 2,053 0 1,795
0.580 48 2,804 290 0 2,514
TOTAL 208 9,678 4,164 0 5,514

 
 
richtan
    18-Aug-2009 14:25  
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Trade Summary shows more buy-ups, see my chart analysis (but dyodd n BOSAYOR):
5GJ (AusGroup)


 WEIGHTED AVG PRICE :  0.5747   LAST DONE PRICE :  0.575 
 SPREAD/PRICE RATIO :  0.0000   AVG TRADE SIZE :  46.529 
< />
Last Trades Vol BuyVol Mid SellVol
0.565 14 439 439 0 0
0.570 72 2,587 1,382 0 1,205
0.575 74 3,848 2,053 0 1,795
0.580 48 2,804 290 0 2,514
TOTAL 208 9,678 4,164 0 5,514
 
 
richtan
    18-Aug-2009 10:55  
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Imo, Ausgroup is also forming cups with handle similar to Straits Asia (SAR), see my chart posting in SAR

 

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This is only my view n I may be right or wrong, so dyodd and SOBAYOR.

 

 
richtan
    18-Aug-2009 10:13  
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Trade Summary shows more buy-up:
5GJ (AusGroup)


 WEIGHTED AVG PRICE :  0.5760   LAST DONE PRICE :  0.575 
 SPREAD/PRICE RATIO :  0.0087   AVG TRADE SIZE :  55.192 
< />
Last Trades Vol BuyVol Mid SellVol
0.565 12 404 404 0 0
0.570 13 583 142 0 441
0.575 42 2,008 840 0 1,168
0.580 32 2,469 228 0 2,241
TOTAL 99 5,464 1,614 0 3,850
 
 
grass8eater
    18-Aug-2009 10:01  
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the market should recover .....
 
 
richtan
    17-Aug-2009 23:12  
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richtan
    17-Aug-2009 23:10  
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    17-Aug-2009 21:51  
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The candlestick showing Closing Marubozu. Indication of reversal trend will happen but this stock is a "lookout". Once there is an indication, we can "lock-in" again when the bullish engulfing pattern happens... DYODD..

rgds, star-trader

 

 
 
grass8eater
    17-Aug-2009 16:58  
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Smiley ha ha, take your time to buy
 
 
richtan
    17-Aug-2009 09:46  
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China May Boost Energy, Mining Acquisitions by Half (Update2)
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By John Duce


Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- China, unfazed by failures to invest in Rio Tinto Group and Unocal Corp., will boost spending on oil and mining acquisitions by at least half this year to take advantage of lower valuations after commodity prices slumped.

State-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. yesterday agreed to buy Australia’s Felix Resources Ltd. for about A$3.5 billion ($2.9 billion), a day after Sinochem Corp., China’s biggest chemicals trader, offered to buy Emerald Energy Plc for 532 million pounds ($881 million) to gain oil fields in Syria and Colombia.

China National Petroleum Corp.’s plan to buy Repsol YPF SA’s Argentine unit may push Chinese purchases of overseas commodity assets to $43 billion this year, a 48 percent increase on 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“The Chinese don’t have enough nickel, don’t have enough oil, and they don’t have enough copper,” Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings and the author of books including “Investment Biker” and “Adventure Capitalist”, said in a telephone interview yesterday. “There’s a crisis coming. They are going around the world buying up what they can. They’re preparing for a rainy day.”

Bids for resources by China, whose $2.1 trillion in currency reserves are the world’s largest, have been met with opposition in the U.S. and Australia. Neither concern over its growing influence nor the arrest of four Rio executives in Shanghai have stopped Chinese companies from buying assets abroad as the nation’s 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) economic stimulus spurs demand.

‘Bolder Deals’

“China will see larger and bolder deals,” said Brian Gu, the Hong Kong-based head of mergers and acquisitions for greater China at JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third-ranked adviser by transaction value this year. “The growing outbound mergers and acquisitions activity is going to be a long-term trend and the volume and activity are here to stay.”

The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index, which tracks 19 raw materials, dropped 36 percent last year, the biggest annual decline since at least 1957. The measure has gained 15 percent this year on signs that the recession may be ending.

Chinese energy companies have spent at least $13 billion on overseas assets since December as they take advantage of lower valuations caused by the slowdown.

Yanzhou, China’s fourth-biggest coal miner, is offering A$18 a share for Felix, including a dividend and stock in a spin off of a unit of the Australian company.

‘Inferior’ Offer

The offer, recommended by Felix’s board, is “inferior” and shareholders should reject it, Sophie Spartalis, an analyst with Macquarie Group Ltd., said in a report today. A bid of between A$23 to A$25 a share would be “more reasonable,” she wrote.

Felix rose 4.1 percent to A$17.60 in Sydney trading. Yanzhou climbed 2.3 percent in Hong Kong to HK$12.40 while its Shanghai shares rose 3.7 percent to 20.72 yuan.

The state-owned parents of PetroChina Co., China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and Cnooc Ltd. are studying investments in companies in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Central Asia, according to JPMorgan’s Gu and Mike Arruda, a lawyer at Jones Day in Hong Kong who advises on mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry. Both declined to disclose details of deals they are advising on.

Controlling Stake

China National Petroleum, the parent of PetroChina and the nation’s biggest oil company, is considering offering $13 billion to $14.5 billion for a controlling stake in Repsol’s unit, three people familiar with the matter said last month.

China Petrochemical Corp., the country’s second-biggest oil company, in June agreed to buy Geneva-based Addax Petroleum Corp. for C$8.3 billion ($7.6 billion) in China’s biggest overseas takeover to date.

Purchasing Addax, which has oil reserves in Iraq’s Kurdish territory, shows Chinese oil companies are “going for bigger transactions,” said Arruda, who is advising on what he described as “significant” acquisitions. “These deals seem to reflect an appetite we have not seen before.”

China bought record volumes of oil and iron ore in July, according to customs figures released Aug. 11.

The world’s fastest-growing major economy consumes more than a third of the world’s aluminum output, a quarter of its copper production, almost a tenth of its oil and accounts for more than half of trading in iron ore. Last year, China bought $211 billion worth of iron ore, refined copper, crude oil and alumina, according to government data.

Demand, Imports

China’s oil consumption doubled in the last decade, rising to 8 million barrels a day last year from 4.2 million barrels in 1998, according to BP Plc’s Statistical Review. The world’s third-largest economy imported 3.6 million barrels of oil a day last year, meeting about 45 percent of its needs.

China’s increasing reliance on imported crude means the scale of acquisition deals has to increase, said Paul Ting, president of New Jersey-based Paul Ting Energy Vision LLC, a consulting company specializing in Chinese oil and gas markets.

The country’s crude needs may rise to more than 11 million barrels a day in five years with China’s ageing oilfields unable to produce the extra capacity needed, Ting said.

China National Petroleum said on May 13 it wants overseas crude production to match domestic output by 2020. Chairman Jiang Jiemin said CNPC produces less than 8 percent of its oil overseas and foreign acquisitions and ventures must be increased. “We want overseas production to contribute half,” he said at the time.

Australian Opposition

Bids for resources by China have been met with opposition from lawmakers in Australia.

Melbourne-based Rio, the world’s third-largest mining company, abandoned a tie-up with Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chinalco, in June. The arrest of four Rio executives in July has strained relations between the countries. They were formally arrested on charges of trade secrets infringement and bribery, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate said Aug. 11, according to a Xinhua report.

Some 57 percent of Australians said Chinese mining investments should be resisted because the nation’s interests would be “better served” with local ownership, according to a poll of 890 people conducted by Essential Research in April.

Opposition to Chinese investment helped block Cnooc’s $18.5 billion bid for Unocal in 2005 while Haier Group Corp. lost out in the race to acquire U.S. appliance maker Maytag Corp. in the same year.

Unocal, Repsol

Cnooc, 66 percent-controlled by state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp., abandoned its cash offer for Unocal after being outmaneuvered by Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company. Chevron purchased the El Segundo, California-based oil and gas producer for $17.8 billion amid political opposition to the Chinese approach in Washington.

CNPC’s approach for Repsol’s Argentine unit is unlikely to face such obstacles from Spain, according to Nitin Sharma, an analyst at JPMorgan Cazenove Ltd. in London.

“We do not believe that the Spanish government will veto Repsol YPF plans to divest a controlling stake in YPF,” Sharma wrote in a report last month.

To contact the reporter on this story: John Duce in Hong Kongt . Jduce1@bloomberg.net Last Updated: August 14, 2009 04:40 EDT
 

 
richtan
    15-Aug-2009 02:11  
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Hi dionnazhao,

I had previously created a thread under "General", "Trading Techniques",  "Learning TA"

I had just compiled and created 2 more new threads for all forumers and especially dedicated to newbies under

(1) "General", "Trading Techniques",  "Some recommended good Trading and TA books"

(2) "General", "Trading Techniques",  "Advices to newbies"



dionnazhao      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 14:31) Posted:



ok. richtan.

may i know where can i find those TA book...

got chinese vision or not?

 

 
 
dionnazhao
    14-Aug-2009 14:31  
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ok. richtan.

may i know where can i find those TA book...

got chinese vision or not?

 
 
 
bennykusman
    14-Aug-2009 14:30  
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4Q on aug ? oh.. ok2.. thanks

richtan      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 14:18) Posted:

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bennykusman      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 13:28) Posted:

is ausgroup 2Q report out ald


 
 
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bennykusman      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 13:28) Posted:

is ausgroup 2Q report out ald ?

dionnazhao      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 11:41) Posted:

then why today drop a lot..


 
 
richtan
    14-Aug-2009 14:14  
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Hi dionnazhao,

Just look at any stock charts and u will notice tat stocks dun go up in one straight line, bound to have profit-taking,

corrections and consolidation.

To succeed in trading, I always said:

"Learn to master TA n u are the master of your own trades."

"Learn how to fish n u can fend for yourself forever, relying on tothers n forever u r dependent on others n at their mercy"

"There is no easy way n short-cut to success in life, including trading, all are own hardwork"
 
I had created a thread dedicated to newbies: "Learning TA" under "General", "Trading Techniques", where u can learn TA for free,

of course u can also buy TA books, I had recommended a few, click on my nick to search for it n also read my past advices n my

3 golden mantras.

Take your time to read, dun rush, keep track where u started n stopped, not forgetting newer posts,

remember "Rome was not built in one day"



dionnazhao      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 11:41) Posted:

then why today drop a lot...

richtan      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 10:19) Posted:



This should be good news for Ausgroup:

Asian Stocks Gain on Higher Metal Prices; Leighton Advances
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By Jonathan Burgos and Satoshi Kawano

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, putting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index on course for its highest level in 10 months, after increased metal prices boosted commodities companies.

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, rose 1.6 percent. Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese trading company that gets more than a third of its sales from resources, climbed 3.4 percent. Leighton Holdings Ltd., Australia’s biggest construction company, advanced 8 percent after forecasting higher earnings this fiscal year.

“Resilience in the commodity market will likely prompt investors to snap up Japanese trading houses, while the weaker dollar will drive down exporters,” said Juichi Wako, a senior strategist at Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings Inc.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.8 percent to 114.23 as of 9:47 a.m. in Tokyo, on course for its highest close since Sept. 25. The gauge has gained 62 percent from the lowest in more than five years on March 9, as improved economic statistics and corporate earnings fanned optimism the global economy is recovering.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.1 percent to 10,628.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 1.5 percent, while New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index added 0.6 percent. South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced 1.7 percent.

Stocks on the MSCI gauge are valued at an average 24.8 times estimated profit, compared with 17 times for the MSCI World Index. About 41 percent of the companies on the Asian measure that have reported quarterly earnings since early July have beaten estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A gauge of six metals in London climbed 3.6 percent yesterday to the highest level since Sept. 30. Copper rose 3.2 percent in New York.

Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 0.1 percent. The gauge climbed 0.7 percent in New York yesterday as better-than-estimated earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. overshadowed an unexpected decline in retail sales. Banking shares gained after investor John Paulson’s hedge fund bought stakes in banks, sending the KBW Bank Index 3.1 percent higher, the most this week.

The S&P 500 earlier dropped as much as 0.5 percent following government reports on retail sales and initial jobless claims that were worse than economists had estimated.

To contact the reporter for this story: Jonathan Burgos in Singapore at jburgos4@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 13, 2009 21:11 EDT


 

 
dionnazhao
    14-Aug-2009 13:39  
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Historical Events
06 May 2009 AusGroup 3rd Quarter Results
10 February 2009 AusGroup 2nd Quarter Results
13 November 2008 AusGroup 1st Quarter Results
31 October 2008 AusGroup Ex-Dividend DIVIDEND : SGD 0.0061 FINAL ONE-TIER TAX
Record Date: 04 Nov 2008
Payable Date: 14 Nov 2008


bennykusman      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 13:28) Posted:

is ausgroup 2Q report out ald ?

dionnazhao      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 11:41) Posted:

then why today drop a lot..


 
 
bennykusman
    14-Aug-2009 13:28  
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is ausgroup 2Q report out ald ?

dionnazhao      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 11:41) Posted:

then why today drop a lot...

richtan      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 10:19) Posted:



This should be good news for Ausgroup:

Asian Stocks Gain on Higher Metal Prices; Leighton Advances
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By Jonathan Burgos and Satoshi Kawano

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, putting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index on course for its highest level in 10 months, after increased metal prices boosted commodities companies.

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, rose 1.6 percent. Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese trading company that gets more than a third of its sales from resources, climbed 3.4 percent. Leighton Holdings Ltd., Australia’s biggest construction company, advanced 8 percent after forecasting higher earnings this fiscal year.

“Resilience in the commodity market will likely prompt investors to snap up Japanese trading houses, while the weaker dollar will drive down exporters,” said Juichi Wako, a senior strategist at Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings Inc.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.8 percent to 114.23 as of 9:47 a.m. in Tokyo, on course for its highest close since Sept. 25. The gauge has gained 62 percent from the lowest in more than five years on March 9, as improved economic statistics and corporate earnings fanned optimism the global economy is recovering.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.1 percent to 10,628.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 1.5 percent, while New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index added 0.6 percent. South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced 1.7 percent.

Stocks on the MSCI gauge are valued at an average 24.8 times estimated profit, compared with 17 times for the MSCI World Index. About 41 percent of the companies on the Asian measure that have reported quarterly earnings since early July have beaten estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A gauge of six metals in London climbed 3.6 percent yesterday to the highest level since Sept. 30. Copper rose 3.2 percent in New York.

Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 0.1 percent. The gauge climbed 0.7 percent in New York yesterday as better-than-estimated earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. overshadowed an unexpected decline in retail sales. Banking shares gained after investor John Paulson’s hedge fund bought stakes in banks, sending the KBW Bank Index 3.1 percent higher, the most this week.

The S&P 500 earlier dropped as much as 0.5 percent following government reports on retail sales and initial jobless claims that were worse than economists had estimated.

To contact the reporter for this story: Jonathan Burgos in Singapore at jburgos4@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 13, 2009 21:11 EDT


 
 
dionnazhao
    14-Aug-2009 11:41  
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then why today drop a lot...

richtan      ( Date: 14-Aug-2009 10:19) Posted:



This should be good news for Ausgroup:

Asian Stocks Gain on Higher Metal Prices; Leighton Advances
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By Jonathan Burgos and Satoshi Kawano

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, putting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index on course for its highest level in 10 months, after increased metal prices boosted commodities companies.

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, rose 1.6 percent. Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese trading company that gets more than a third of its sales from resources, climbed 3.4 percent. Leighton Holdings Ltd., Australia’s biggest construction company, advanced 8 percent after forecasting higher earnings this fiscal year.

“Resilience in the commodity market will likely prompt investors to snap up Japanese trading houses, while the weaker dollar will drive down exporters,” said Juichi Wako, a senior strategist at Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings Inc.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.8 percent to 114.23 as of 9:47 a.m. in Tokyo, on course for its highest close since Sept. 25. The gauge has gained 62 percent from the lowest in more than five years on March 9, as improved economic statistics and corporate earnings fanned optimism the global economy is recovering.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.1 percent to 10,628.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 1.5 percent, while New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index added 0.6 percent. South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced 1.7 percent.

Stocks on the MSCI gauge are valued at an average 24.8 times estimated profit, compared with 17 times for the MSCI World Index. About 41 percent of the companies on the Asian measure that have reported quarterly earnings since early July have beaten estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A gauge of six metals in London climbed 3.6 percent yesterday to the highest level since Sept. 30. Copper rose 3.2 percent in New York.

Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 0.1 percent. The gauge climbed 0.7 percent in New York yesterday as better-than-estimated earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. overshadowed an unexpected decline in retail sales. Banking shares gained after investor John Paulson’s hedge fund bought stakes in banks, sending the KBW Bank Index 3.1 percent higher, the most this week.

The S&P 500 earlier dropped as much as 0.5 percent following government reports on retail sales and initial jobless claims that were worse than economists had estimated.

To contact the reporter for this story: Jonathan Burgos in Singapore at jburgos4@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 13, 2009 21:11 EDT

 
 
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This should be good news for Ausgroup:

Asian Stocks Gain on Higher Metal Prices; Leighton Advances
Share | Email | Print | A A A



By Jonathan Burgos and Satoshi Kawano

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, putting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index on course for its highest level in 10 months, after increased metal prices boosted commodities companies.

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, rose 1.6 percent. Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese trading company that gets more than a third of its sales from resources, climbed 3.4 percent. Leighton Holdings Ltd., Australia’s biggest construction company, advanced 8 percent after forecasting higher earnings this fiscal year.

“Resilience in the commodity market will likely prompt investors to snap up Japanese trading houses, while the weaker dollar will drive down exporters,” said Juichi Wako, a senior strategist at Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings Inc.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.8 percent to 114.23 as of 9:47 a.m. in Tokyo, on course for its highest close since Sept. 25. The gauge has gained 62 percent from the lowest in more than five years on March 9, as improved economic statistics and corporate earnings fanned optimism the global economy is recovering.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.1 percent to 10,628.28. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index climbed 1.5 percent, while New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index added 0.6 percent. South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced 1.7 percent.

Stocks on the MSCI gauge are valued at an average 24.8 times estimated profit, compared with 17 times for the MSCI World Index. About 41 percent of the companies on the Asian measure that have reported quarterly earnings since early July have beaten estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

A gauge of six metals in London climbed 3.6 percent yesterday to the highest level since Sept. 30. Copper rose 3.2 percent in New York.

Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index added 0.1 percent. The gauge climbed 0.7 percent in New York yesterday as better-than-estimated earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. overshadowed an unexpected decline in retail sales. Banking shares gained after investor John Paulson’s hedge fund bought stakes in banks, sending the KBW Bank Index 3.1 percent higher, the most this week.

The S&P 500 earlier dropped as much as 0.5 percent following government reports on retail sales and initial jobless claims that were worse than economists had estimated.

To contact the reporter for this story: Jonathan Burgos in Singapore at jburgos4@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 13, 2009 21:11 EDT
 
 
richtan
    13-Aug-2009 23:12  
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Below is my chart analysis for sharing and exchange pointers.

My TA chart is posted to share n exchange pointers with those TA practitioner whom believes in TA.
 
If u are a TA detractor, plse just ignore n refrain from peeping at my chart posting n start

making unconstructive comments and plse do not be so childish or lunatic as to abuse the

rating system by rating it as "bad post", accumulating for yourself and your

next generation, "bad" karma for your "bad" deeds.

If u think it is a bad post, then be constructive and kindly post your TA for sharing.

This is only my view n I may be right or wrong, so dyodd and SOBAYOR.

 

Ausgroup has quite similar chart pattern as Straits Asia (SAR) n may or may not follow the same upward

trajectory tat u see in SAR when it completes the handle of cup.

 
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