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(SINGAPORE) The stock market in 2009 may have regained much of the ground lost during the US sub-prime bear market of 2008, but the same cannot be said of the structured warrants market.

There, turnover last year sank to $10.9 billion, down by half from 2008 and by 61 per cent from 2007’s all-time high of $28 billion.

Such has been the drop in interest that the once-promising segment’s 2009 tu… more

The DXY does not mirror the United States trade position in the global economy. It is heavily weighted to Europe, undervalues the Canadian Dollar, ignores South Korea Taiwan and by necessity China. A firm cannot settle a trade flow in the DXY nor is it particularly useful as a hedge…

It is understandable that the world should look for a new economic savior but China cannot support the global economy on her shoulders alone. If lower consumption and GDP have really arrived in the United States, they will not be far behind in China.

Bouncing from 78.6% Fibonacci retracement support, quickly correcting the oversold situation. Hopefully the rally will run out of steam here, first resistance around 92.00. However, holiday-thin conditions this week mean we cannot rule out a fairly large ‘extension’ higher. Worryingly, at-the-money implied volatility has not increased, holding around the average…

‘WE cannot afford to have investors think the stock market is an extremely safe place where you’re sure to make money. Because it’s not – whatever we do, you can’t ensure that.’
This was said by then-deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong eight-and-a-half years ago in an interview with BT. It was March, 2001. 9/11 was still a fiendish plot in the making and Enron was still on Fortune magazine’s ‘10… more

INVESTORS in Singapore cannot be blamed for looking enviously at the red-hot Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets where, as the global financial crises begins to fade, the initial public offering (IPO) fever has spread like wildfire.
Considering that a large number of mainland firms are listed here, many find it surprising that the China IPO frenzy has failed to catch on.
Only a handful of listing… more

Reuters – News Corp, which is trying to stem newspaper revenue declines, could charge for access to its news websites by the middle of next year, and might break off its relationship with Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle e-reader if it cannot get better terms.

Disgruntled investors who lost large sums of money in the structured notes debacle are questioning why they cannot be extended the kind of ‘goodwill’ which was given to investors of GreatLink Choice (GLC) investment-linked insurance products.
Many are also hoping that the proactive stance taken by insurer Great Eastern Life, which sold the GLC products, would lead to similar compensation from fina… more

THE structured notes fiasco may have caused thousands to lose their investments, but it was resolved fairly and without political pressure, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang.

THIS IS NOT MAS’ JOB

‘MAS does not, and cannot, micro-manage financial institutions in their operations, including the sale of structured product… more

ALL 210 owners at the Horizon Towers condominium will get a share of a $1.88 million sum which is the bank interest earned on a $50 million deposit from the estate’s failed collective sale.

FROM PILLAR TO POST

‘We cannot lose sight of the fact that the non-appealing parties together have (with the appellants) been literally driven … more