1 June 2011

Today the world is so green...
North and South American Indexes


IndexCountryChange% ChangeLevelLast Update

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]	Dow Jones Industrial Average	United States	+106.53	+0.86%	12,548.11	3:52pm ET
	S&P 500 Index	United States	+12.51	+0.94%	1,343.61	3:52pm ET
	Brazil Bovespa Stock Index	Brazil	+373.72	+0.58%	64,327.65	3:37pm ET
	Canada S&P/TSX 60	Canada	-3.84	-0.49%	787.53	3:37pm ET
	Santiago Index IPSA	Chile	+20.46	+0.42%	4,865.78	3:32pm ET
	IPC	Mexico	+147.44	+0.41%	35,786.82	3:32pm

European Indexes


IndexCountryChange% ChangeLevelLast Update

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]	FTSE 100	England	+51.12	+0.86%	5,989.99	11:40am ET
	Euronext 100	Europe	+9.18	+1.30%	714.07	12:09pm ET
	CAC 40	France	+64.41	+1.63%	4,006.94	12:06pm ET
	DAX	Germany	+133.39	+1.86%	7,293.69	12:30pm ET
	Swiss Market Index	Switzerland	+83.91	+1.30%	6,554.71	11:31am

Asian Indexes


IndexCountryChange% ChangeLevelLast Update

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]	Australia ASX All Ordinaries	Australia	+42.82	+0.90%	4,788.90	4:56am ET
	Shanghai SE Composite Index	China	+37.11	+1.37%	2,743.47	3:15am ET
	Hang Seng	Hong Kong	+499.81	+2.16%	23,684.13	4:01am ET
	Mumbai Sensex	India	+271.22	+1.49%	18,503.28	6:30am ET
	Nikkei 225	Japan	+188.76	+1.99%	9,693.73	2:00am ET
	Taiwan TSEC 50 Index	Taiwan	+165.16	+1.87%	8,988.84	1:31am

How tepid is the U.S. economy?
So lukewarm that economists at Goldman Sachs last week cut their economic growth forecast for the second time in a month, only to warn a few days later that "we already see downside risk to that estimate."[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Headed in the wrong direction?

Goldman now sees the U.S. economy struggling to limp forth at a 3% pace in the second quarter, down from 3.5% just three weeks ago and 4% at the start of the year. The firm expects the economy to have added just 150,000 jobs in April – down from 244,000 in March and well below the 178,000 CNNMoney forecast.
Economist Zach Pandl rounds up the usual suspects, blaming high oil prices, manufacturing disruptions triggered by the earthquake in Japan and various other temporary factors (such as tornadoes in the South and a drop in defense spending).
But those alone can hardly account for all the slack in what was supposed to be a reasonably vigorous recovery by now, he says. All signs point toward a broad-based slowdown, rather than one tied to temporary factors.
"Special factors do seem important, but they cannot explain all the recent weakness in the data, and the economy does seem to have slowed," Pandl writes in a note to clients Friday. "We are somewhat puzzled by this because many of the trends that made us more optimistic around yearend 2010—progress in private sector deleveraging, easier credit and financial conditions, and an improving labor market—are still in place."
Pandl notes that the firm's analyst index – which tracks new orders, sales and shipments, employment, materials prices and inventories – has fallen to levels last seen during the spring 2010 slowdown that ended only when the Fed promised to stoke up activity with the bond-buying plan dubbed QE2. If you think the Fed is going to have trouble walking away from quantitative easing, you aren't alone.
Goldman is hardly the only firm to be humming this tune lately. Economists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch last week cut their second-quarter growth forecast to 2%, warning that a run of "dreary" data doesn't seem likely to end suddenly.
But Goldman was so bullish at the end of last year that a pronounced darkening in its outlook is ominous – and there is every reason to believe the bad news isn't over. Another day, another giant problem for Ben Bernanke.
"If the data flow fails to improve in coming months," says Pandl, "we may need to consider a further downgrade to our US growth forecasts."

The inflation rate in Malaysia was last reported at 3.2 percent in April of 2011. From 2005 until 2010, the average inflation rate in Malaysia was 2.77 percent reaching an historical high of 8.50 percent in July of 2008 and a record low of -2.40 percent in July of 2009.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The rally in U.S. stocks stalled Tuesday afternoon, as investors weighed a batch of weak U.S. economic data against hopes of a fresh bailout for Greece.

At the start of the session, stocks advanced more than 1% following gains in European markets. The rally was sparked by a Wall Street Journal article that reported Germany is shifting its stance to consider lending more money to Greece.

Previously, German officials had argued private investors in Greece should share some of the burden in any new bailout, but according to the Journal, Germany is now considering lending additional assistance -- even without private bondholders getting involved.

But after the strong start, stocks began to soften after U.S. data showed a decline in home prices, regional manufacturing activity and consumer confidence.
Home prices continue downward spiral - StockTwits



With less than two hours remaining in the session, the Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) rose 79 points, or 0.6%. All but one of the Dow's components were in positive territory -- with Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500), Pfizer (PFE, Fortune 500), and Chevron (CVX, Fortune 500) leading the advance.

The S&P 500 (SPX) added 9 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) gained 25 points, or 0.9%.

May has been a rough month for the stock market, as investors wrestle with signs of a slower recovery. The Dow is down about 2.9% from the beginning of the month, and the S&P 500 is down 2.4%.
"The market is battling between growing fears that the U.S. economy is headed toward another downturn, and some progress on the European debt problems," said Peter Tuz, president at Chase Investment Counsel.
He added that there are some renewed talks of a double-dip in the housing market, while the recent spike in gas prices is weighing on consumer sentiment.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- European stocks moved sharply upward Tuesday amid speculation the European Union could provide additional aid for Greece, while Asian stocks rallied on strong manufacturing data from Japan.
The advance in Europe came after a report in the Wall Street Journal said Germany may abandon its push for an early rescheduling of Greek debt, which could set the stage for another round of emergency funding for Athens.

"Risk assets are rallying overnight, after a WSJ story said that Germany is considering dropping its push for a rescheduling of Greek bonds, in order to facilitate a new aid package for Greece," analysts at Deutsche Bank wrote in a note to investors.

Concerns about the Greek economy, which is beset by massive public debt, have been festering for over a year. While the EU and the International Monetary Fund have already approved billions of dollars in loans for Greece, the nation continues to struggle.
Germany and some other European powers had argued that additional aid for Greece should be tied to more austerity measures. But supporters of more aid say the Greek economy is too weak to handle further cutbacks.
European markets ended the session modestly higher, with stocks in Frankfurt gaining 1.9%, London's FTSE 100 rose nearly 0.9% and the CAC 40 in Paris added 1.6%.
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In the currency market, the euro rose 0.6% against the U.S. dollar.
Meanwhile, stocks in Asia also moved sharply higher.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong closed 2% higher, and the Shanghai Composite index rose 1.4%.

Japan's auto aftershock
Stocks in Japan jumped 2%, after a survey of manufacturers showed a projected 8% increase in output for May and 7.7% in June, according to analysts at Nomura Securities.

"If the June forecast were met, the level of production that month would return to broadly the same level as in February prior to the earthquake," according to a report from Nomura. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
First Published: May 31, 2011: 7:34 AM ET

Wah...so many updated info here...good job! syabassssssss [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Greetings to all.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. SV

Congrats to all that made profit yesterday [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] . I did not meet my target for last month. But I am not giving up. I am ready to march and plan to meet this month's target.

Let's all profit....... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

today i cannot monitor market la...
so i play a game:

bjc open how much??? close how much?

davors: open 1.20; close 1.18

ejam77 wrote:hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

Hi Bro. I am fine, thank you. Adalah sikit sikit..... cukup makan aje.....ada profit and losses too.......
Kena belajar lebih tekun niiiii.

I wish you success in today's trading yaaa [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

good morning...

Chandra wrote:

ejam77 wrote:hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

Hi Bro. I am fine, thank you. Adalah sikit sikit..... cukup makan aje.....ada profit and losses too.......
Kena belajar lebih tekun niiiii.

I wish you success in today's trading yaaa [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

over 7month i've trade....not much untong wooooo.....yaaaaa...need more tekun belajar [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...lets do it together!

sun wrote:good morning...

Good Morning Sun [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

ejam77 wrote:

Chandra wrote:

ejam77 wrote:hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

Hi Bro. I am fine, thank you. Adalah sikit sikit..... cukup makan aje.....ada profit and losses too.......
Kena belajar lebih tekun niiiii.

I wish you success in today's trading yaaa [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

over 7month i've trade....not much untong wooooo.....yaaaaa...need more tekun belajar [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...lets do it together!

let's learn and earn~
my investment age oso still baby stage... 4 months only... rugi lagi.. wahahaha~

ejam77 wrote:

Chandra wrote:

ejam77 wrote:hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

Hi Bro. I am fine, thank you. Adalah sikit sikit..... cukup makan aje.....ada profit and losses too.......
Kena belajar lebih tekun niiiii.

I wish you success in today's trading yaaa [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

over 7month i've trade....not much untong wooooo.....yaaaaa...need more tekun belajar [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...lets do it together!

today no time to trade until lunch......haiz! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...

congrat to all make money yesterday, today will continue the bull. i no time monitor stock yesterday [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

davors wrote:

ejam77 wrote:

Chandra wrote:

ejam77 wrote:hi.....Sis.....how r u?...did manage profit lately?

Hi Bro. I am fine, thank you. Adalah sikit sikit..... cukup makan aje.....ada profit and losses too.......
Kena belajar lebih tekun niiiii.

I wish you success in today's trading yaaa [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

over 7month i've trade....not much untong wooooo.....yaaaaa...need more tekun belajar [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ...lets do it together!

let's learn and earn~
my investment age oso still baby stage... 4 months only... rugi lagi.. wahahaha~ [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

We are all babies in BB trading.... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] . But with faith and continous learning (from the Sifu's here) we will be among the best trades..... Betul Cikgu Sun..

support each other.......oooo yeeeaaahhhhhh [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Chandra, you are right... well said, we are in one big happy family learn and excel together [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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What's the outlook on BJ CC today.........boleh masuk???