Archive for February, 2007

Energy, Metals Futures Decline 

Treasury prices had been weaker earlier Tuesday, but lately government fixed-income securities were turning things around and bidding to continue last week’s rally.
The 10-year note was up 1/32 in price to 99 16/32, yielding 4.69%, and the 30-year bond was gaining 2/32 to 99 15/32, yielding 4.78%.
Closer in, the two-year was unchanged at […]

Crude Oil Prices Ease 

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To me, the story at eBay (EBAY) was Skype’s amazing results. eBay is still roundly trashed for having made that acquisition, but […]

Fire crews make urgent call for help to tackle doorstep abuse 

FIREFIGHTERS who offer life-saving advice and fit fire alarms are calling for special training to deal with abuse on the doorstep.
Some have been bitten by dogs while attempting to carry out fire safety checks, while others have been refused entry to homes.
They want guidance on how to deal with hostile receptions when they […]

Shorten calls for enrolment campaign ahead of election 

Union delegates from across Australia have been urged to ensure people aged between 18 and 30 are politically aware and enrolled to vote.
Australian Workers Union (AWU) national secretary Bill Shorten has told the union’s conference on the Gold Coast the movement will have to battle for hearts and minds ahead of the next federal poll.
Mr […]

A brush with history as art college celebrates centenary 

THE work of leading Scots artists is to be showcased at a major exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Edinburgh College of Art.
The city council is to play host to the three-month celebration of the famous institution, which is organising a year of special centenary events.
Some of the best-known former students and academics, […]

FXCM Apologizes 

Yesterday and part of today, FXCM had technical difficulties and their trading platform was unavailable. Anyone who had open positions from last week couldn’t manage their trades. They sent out an apology today and offered to reimburse those clients who suffered a loss on open positions during the outage. They pretty much stated that they […]

Commodities Prices Mixed 

Trend Following was my eight-year “hazardous journey” for the truth about trend-following trading. was meant to fill a void in a marketplace inundated with books about finance and trading, but that lacked any resource or reference to the best strategy to make money in the markets: trend-following trading.
I have come to learn […]

Bernanke urges action on budget deficits 

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that the administration and federal regulators are closely monitoring financial markets in the wake of the biggest sell-off in stock prices in more than five years but so far the markets appear to be “working well.”
Bernanke said there did not appear to be […]