Posts Tagged ‘speculation’
EUR-USD: To Exit or Not to Exit, that is the Question
November 15th, 2009 | 
Author: As far as US monetary policy is concerned, the answer to this question became fairly clear this week. The weak labour market data had already prompted speculation that an exit from the ultraloose monetary policy was still a long way off. This week, comments from several US policymakers confirmed this…
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Tags: Answer, exit, labour, labour market data, market, monetary policy, policy, question, speculation, ultraloose, US, way, week | 
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All tools to avoid property boom, bust
FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday said the government will use every tool at its disposal ‘in a calibrated fashion’ to prevent boom and bust in the property market. One day after the Monetary Authority of Singapore served notice of further action to cool the housing market if needed, in the face of growing speculation risks, Mr Tharman spoke about the need to manage the property cy… more
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Questions begin as summer ends on Wall Street
AS Wall Street prepares to get back to work tomorrow after today’s Labor Day holiday, which marks the unofficial end to the summer, the question investors face in what is likely to be a volatile month is who will be dominating the action, bulls or bears?
A year ago, investors returned from their end-of-summer weekend to face rampant speculation over Lehman Brothers’ fate and what would soon become… more
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Tags: action, AS Wall, bulls, day, end, fate, holiday, investors, labor, labor day, Lehman, lehman brothers, month, question, rampant speculation, speculation, Street, summer, today, tomorrow, Wall Street, weekend, year |
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CFTC considers limits on energy positions (Reuters)
Reuters – The chief regulator of U.S. commodities markets, Gary Gensler, is serious about limiting speculation in energy futures trading and will move to provide details about managed funds’ contract positions in an attempt to make markets more transparent.
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Tags: attempt, commodities, contract, contract positions, energy, energy futures, futures trading, Gary Gensler, managed funds, regulator, Reuters, speculation, trading, U.S. |
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Homes from sold-out projects back on market
(SINGAPORE) Some buyers who managed to lay their hands on units at projects sold out recently are trying to get lucky for the second time – by selling what they snapped up, for a profit.
This brings to mind the government’s warning last week – that some element of speculation is back in the property market. Industry watchers say, however, that subsales are common for fully sold projects and spec… more
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Tags: element, government, industry, industry watchers, market, market industry, profit, property, second time, Singapore, spec, speculation, time, warning, week |
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FX Briefing: EUR-USD Treading Water
Whereas the upbeat quarterly figures are sparking fresh waves of speculation on US stock markets in particular, they have had little impact on the Forex markets so far. Although favourable equity markets usually tend to boost EUR-USD, the Forex market has just been treading water: EURUSD started the week at…
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Tags: equity, EUR-USD, EURUSD, Forex, forex market, forex markets, impact, market, quarterly figures, speculation, stock, stock markets, treading water, US, water, Waves, week |
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