Personal bankruptcies up in Dec qtr
Personal bankruptcies in the December quarter were up only slightly from a year before. There were 6,770 new bankruptcies in the December quarter, an increase of 2.1 per cent from the pervious December quarter, the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA) said on Thursday. ITSA is the federal government agency responsible for administering and regulating…
How this CFD trader made $20,000 in one week
A 9 percent jump in India’s ‘Nifty 50′ Index in the week following July’s pull-back saw part-time, twenty-something CFD trader Karthik Ganesh make over $20,000. Having initially dabbled in options four years ago, Ganesh quickly gravitated to trading indices with IG Markets where 24-hour markets offer the flexibility to ‘trade out’ whenever he wants. Choosing…
How to know if a share price has bottomed or topped
Question: What are the indications that a share price has bottomed or topped its current trend? Response: There are many ways to potentially identify if a share has bottomed or topped in a current trend. One of the most popular ways to identify the end of a trend is through technical analysis. Often the…
Inflation-fighting investments
Just as we were starting to feel confident again that the worst of the credit crunch was behind us, fear is creeping back into global markets – this time over the threat of inflation. And investors have a reason to be fearful. Trillions of dollars have been pumped into the global economy via “stimulus packages”,…
Does Any Financial Institution Lend for Investment in Forex?
By Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT When it comes to investing or trading forex, there is generally no need to seek out a financial institution for funds. Most forex and CFD brokers offer spot trading on a leveraged basis. Some brokers offer as much as 400-to-1 leverage, which means that you only need…
Home ownership dream ebbing away
The Australian dream of home ownership is slipping away, leaving a threat of a US-style collapse in house prices, according to a team of university researchers. Analysis by researchers from South Australia’s Flinders University has revealed home ownership in the 10 years from 1996 rose only 0.8 per cent despite strong economic growth and low…
Is the carry trade coming back from the dead?
By Kathy Lien, Director of Currency Research, GFT If you have spent more than one month in the foreign exchange market, you have probably encountered the term “carry trade.” A carry trade simply involves buying a currency with a high interest rate and funding it with a currency pair that has a lower interest rate. …
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Economy ready to fire, experts say
The first anniversary of the onslaught of the global financial and economic crisis has been marked by a run of positive economic leads suggesting Australia will be the first stgeloped country to emerge from the downturn. Private sector surveys for August are pointing to an economy that will soon be “firing on all cylinders”, increasing…
When junior miners catch a bid, gains will be fast & furious
Every so often I’m asked to describe the role of juniors in the commodities industry. And I simply reply, “They’re like rabbits”. Rabbits are seemingly insignificant and useless animals. But in actuality they serve a critical role in the food chain as a valuable source of nourishment for larger animals. Like rabbits, juniors are seemingly…
