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The Traders Thread - Monday 17th November (TRAD)     

Greystone - 16 Nov 2008 17:30

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Greystone - 16 Nov 2008 17:32 - 4 of 48

Hello traders!

Apologies for the delay....

The technical difficulties sadly mean there is no Weekly Chart View this week.
Supermum will return with her chart next weekend.

Have a good week!

G.

Greystone - 17 Nov 2008 06:25 - 5 of 48

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 56.18 points at 13,598.84,
while the Nikkei was recently up 1.83 points to 8,617.14.

Happy trading!

G.

Kyoto - 17 Nov 2008 06:49 - 6 of 48

george_osborne_1114159c.jpgMorning all. Friday's market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

Saturday

The shadow chancellor, who breached political protocol by potentially talking down the pound, said the Prime Minister was pursuing a "scorched earth" policy with the intention of leaving the economy in ruins for a Tory government to inherit.
Gordon Brown risks 'collapse of sterling' says George Osbourne

There has been a sharp rise in the number of companies seeking a winding up petition in the months of July, August and September, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice this morning.
UK company bankruptcies rise 13 per cent

It could be a movie script: 20 men and women gather in a secret location with just a few hours to save the world from disaster. There are dubious Russians, a discredited American and some wily Orientals, but the obvious leaders are two European superheroes: a serious Scottish nerd and a dashing Napoleon lookalike from France. What will they come up with?
'Group of 20' summit could turn out to be the beginning of something quite important

Russia and the EU agreed today to pile pressure on President Bush to accept far-reaching changes to the global financial system at the G-20 summit in Washington.
Russia and EU attempt to outflank US on G20 global finance revolution

Homeowners will have to wait a decade before property prices return to 2007 levels, a leading estate agent said yesterday. Average house prices are tumbling at a rate of 78 a day and are set to fall in total by 16 per cent this year and 11 per cent by the end of 2009, according to a forecast from Savills. This will bring the average value down from 182,080 in December 2007 to 136,123.
House price recovery 'could take ten years'

Freddie Mac, the US mortgage giant, yesterday admitted that it is so overwhelmed by its liabilities that without government backing, it would no longer be a viable business. The company said that it had lost $13.7 billion (9.2 billion) in the third quarter of the year and begged for $13.8 billion from the US Treasury in rescue funds.
Freddie Mac says it is worth less than zero

Administrators grappling with the European arm of the failed investment bank Lehman Brothers have told creditors their task is "10 times as big and as complicated" as the unwinding of Enron.
Lehman administrators' task will dwarf Enron, creditors told

PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has around 300 employees working on the Lehman administration, is being paid 4m a week, the accounting firm revealed yesterday. By contrast, the monthly wage bill for Lehman's remaining 1,100 bankers is 8m 2m a week though that does not include planned "small retention bonuses".
Lehman's administrators paid more than the bankers

Sunday

"We, the Leaders of the Group of Twenty, held an initial meeting in Washington on November 15, 2008, amid serious challenges to the world economy and financial market." Blah blah blah.
G20 Summit Communiques in full

World leaders pledged yesterday to cut taxes and boost government spending to drag their economies out of recession, and to begin work on a new system for regulating the battered global financial system.
Second G20 summit planned for London

Amid the breathless build-up to the Washington summit, a far more significant event has received very little attention.
Paulson torpedoes his own TARP

Ford, Chrysler and GM are desperate to tap into cash set aside for the financial sector.
Detroit dinosaurs call for bank-style bailout

BRITAINs beleaguered carmakers are to make their first appeal for direct financial assistance from the government this week, asking for cheap loans to fund their finance arms and help the restructuring of their manufacturing operations.
Car firms ask Darling for cheap loan deals

George Osbourne was at the centre of a political storm last night after being accused of lacking judgment in predicting a 'run on the pound' amid Britain's gravest financial crisis since the Thirties.
Osborne faces storm over warning of run on pound

BRITISH LAND will intensify the gloom surrounding the commercial-property market this week when it reports the net value of its assets has declined by as much as a quarter in only six months.
British Land assets crash

THE insurance entrepreneur Clive Cowdery is considering a possible bid for Clerical Medical, the life assurer that forms part of HBOSs 6 billion insurance empire.
Clive Cowdery targets Clerical Medical

Suddenly the world is full of redundant bankers, wondering what to do next. Perhaps Steve Barley has some answers. Here he reveals how he used his City skills to become a highly efficient house husband.
'I used my City skills to become a highly efficient house husband'

Monday

The worlds second-largest economy contracted 0.4 per cent in the third quarter, according to government figures, confirming its status as a nation in recession after two consecutive quarterly declines.
Japan tumbles into first recession since 2001

The IMF said that major world economies should reduce taxes by a minimum of two per cent of gross domestic product. This would mean Britain cutting taxes by a total of 30 billion or more.
Gordon Brown needs to cut average family's tax bill by at least 1,000, warns International Monetary Fund

Business turnround experts have accused credit insurers of withdrawing cover from scores of UK suppliers indiscriminately, making it doubly difficult for businesses to be saved at a time of deepening recession. The comments highlight the tension emerging between the financial sector and the business community as credit insurers weigh up the risks of maintaining cover amid a deteriorating economic outlook.
UK credit insurance tensions rise

The Financial Services Authority and the Treasury are expected to declare the sector adequately capitalised as early as this week, adding that no society is in need of a cash injection from the taxpayer.
British building societies set for a clean bill of health

Property website Rightmove's monthly survey showed sellers have reduced their asking prices by 2.9% this month from October - the biggest fall since December last year and the largest ever for a November.
Property sellers forced to slash prices by record margins

So the world has run out of money and Britain is about to go under? Not true. The lurid headlines fanning the flames are based on inaccuracies, says Dan Roberts.
Inaccurate headlines are fanning the flames

The toxic combination of falling commodity prices and the global financial crisis is wreaking havoc on small-cap energy companies in the oil, gas and mining sectors.
Small-cap miners 'devastated' by credit crunch

Russia has been losing $10bn in foreign reserves a week since it snatched South Ossetia and ramped up the new Cold War with nuclear threats.
Russia's banal reality lies in between energy superpower and bankrupt state

Kyoto - 17 Nov 2008 06:56 - 7 of 48

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Kyoto - 17 Nov 2008 07:27 - 8 of 48

The Monday Press Roundup

Kyoto - 17 Nov 2008 08:22 - 11 of 48

PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Nov 17

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PRESS DIGEST - Canada - Nov 17

Greystone - 17 Nov 2008 12:34 - 37 of 48

Midday Market Overview

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End-of-day Market Overview
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