Archive for September, 2010

Time to Sell: Currencies?

Brian Stutland, of Stutland Equities, tells CNBC options investors are paying the lowest rate in emerging market currencies and its cheap to sell. View full post on All News, Video and Posts related to TOPIC: Currencies

Bernanke: Teach us out of the next crisis

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told a crowd of schoolteachers in Washington Thursday they can help prevent the next big financial crisis by teaching students personal finance basics of saving and budgeting. View full post on Economic news – CNNMoney.com

Nintendo Sinks as 3D Launch Misses Holiday Sales

Shares in Nintendo fell sharply on Thursday after it said the previous day its new 3D-capable handheld game machine would go on sale next year, missing the crucial year-end shopping season. View full post on All News, Video and Posts related to TOPIC: Currencies

Excess Liquidity Declines as European Banks Require Less Fund from ECB

Demand for the 6-day tender and 3-month LTRO was much less than expected, indicating banks dependence of the ECB as a source of funding has dropped. The central bank lent 29.443B euro in the 6-day tender, expiring on October 6 with the number of participating banks falling to 50 from View full post on Action Insight [...]

Regulators: Much to do on Wall Street reform

The Federal Reserve has 50 new rules to write, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has 44 new rules to write. The Securities and Exchange Commission has 100 rules and 20 studies on its plate. And Treasury has two new agencies and an oversight council to set up. View full post on Economic news – CNNMoney.com

Forget Superman, charter schools are waiting for Oprah!

While we are only just approaching October, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for the charter school movement. Since the documentary Waiting for Superman opened in select theaters last week, a cast of notables have announced a cascade of donations and investment pledges for charters, and it looks it’s just the beginning of [...]

Australian dollar lifted by stockpiling

Australian dollar hits 26-month high against greenback as data reveal central banks have been adding commodity-linked currencies to reserves View full post on FT.com – Currency Markets News and Data

Yuan Focus

China is likely to speed up the international convertibility of the yuan as it will take the wind out of the yuan-bashing sail, notes Andrew Leung, founder of Andrew Leung International Consultants. He shares his thoughts, with CNBC’s Bernard Lo & Karen Tso. View full post on All News, Video and Posts related to TOPIC: Currencies

Playing the Weak Dollar

A look at which companies stand to benefit from the dollar’s slide, with Bill Spiropoulos, Corestates Capital Advisors, and Michael Yoshikami, YCMNET Advisors. View full post on All News, Video and Posts related to TOPIC: Currencies

7 Firms to Benefit as Dollar Weakens: Market Pro

The dollar hit a new 8-month low this week. As we head into the fourth quarter, which companies stand to benefit the most if the greenback continues to slide? Bill Spiropoulos, CEO of CoreStates Capital Advisors, shared his best plays. View full post on All News, Video and Posts related to TOPIC: Currencies