Gold isn’t the only metal to shine this year March 10, 2010 THE recent wobble in the financial markets highlights the fragile state of the economic recovery. One minute risky assets looked like they will perform strongly, and the next investors were rushing to safe-havens. What investors look for in this environment is a safe-haven asset with risk-like characteristics. Platinum and palladium could be just the ticket. [...]
Inflows into ETFs can guide future success March 10, 2010 ANNIVERSARIES are dominating the thoughts of investors this week. Yesterday marked 10 years since the Nasdaq crashed in the wake of the dotcom bubble. And a year ago this week, the US and UK stock markets both troughed, heralding the start of an almost miraculous rise in equities over the past year which many observers [...]
INVESTORS’ GLOSSARY March 10, 2010 TIME DECAY This refers to the ratio of the price of a covered warrant relative to its time to expiry. A covered warrant is referred to as a wasted asset, which means its value deteriorates over time. For example, a covered warrant entitles the holder to purchase stock at a specified price (strike price) on [...]
LISTED PRODUCT NEWS March 10, 2010 DEUTSCHE OFFERS INDONESIA ETF Deutsche Bank’s ETF division db x-trackers has launched the world’s first UCITS III-compliant China and Indonesia ETFs. Listed in Singapore, the China ETF tracks the CSI 300, which replicates the performance of A-shares that are listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen indexes. DB x-trackers is scheduled to launch the Indonesia ETF, [...]
Companies need to do more to bring women to the boardroom March 10, 2010 KATHRYN Bigelow’s Oscar triumph was certainly timely, the filmmaker becoming the first female recipient of the Best Director gong on the eve of International Women’s Day, Monday’s global celebration of women’s achievements. However, there are few signs that Bigelow represents a growing vanguard of women filmmakers, her industry being just one more in which the [...]
Use Fibonacci analysis to identify key levels March 9, 2010 STERLING’S dramatic drop against the dollar last week hit headlines across the world as traders feared that the pound would hit parity against the euro and fall to new lows against the greenback. But for some, the move was simply an extension of an ongoing drop. Traders who pay attention to Fibonacci levels were prepared [...]
NEW RULES TO STABILISE EUROZONE March 9, 2010 BORIS SCHLOSSBERG DIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT The euro is a currency without a country and that has always been its weakness. Its members share a common monetary plan but practise disparate fiscal policies – a structure which has been sorely tested by the Greek crisis. But after Greece agreed to austerity measures, the immediate [...]
The Kiwi can’t keep up this strength for long March 9, 2010 COMMODITY currencies such as the Australian dollar and the New Zealand dollar have been in vogue over the past year as traders look to capitalise on rising commodity prices and take a punt on the global economic recovery. It is no surprise, therefore, that Forex.com has added the US dollar-South African rand to its list [...]
Rate cuts will undermine the South African rand’s health March 9, 2010 COMMODITY currencies such as the Australian dollar and the New Zealand dollar have been in vogue over the past year as traders look to capitalise on rising commodity prices and take a punt on the global economic recovery. It is no surprise, therefore, that Forex.com has added the US dollar-South African rand to its list [...]
