Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei was down 11.66 points at 10,101.58, whiole the Hang
Seng ended the morning off 71.69 points at 20,063.81.

Happy trading!

G.

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The pace of economic decline has moderated or stabilised in most parts of the US, the Fed said on Wednesday, with manufacturing, residential property and even employment showing signs of improvement.
Beige Book suggests recession is easing

Renewed concern about the effectiveness of the Bank of England's quantitative easing policy surfaced on Wednesday after the release of data showing consumer borrowing is down to its lowest level for 15 years.
Lending data raises quantative easing fears

The market action we have seen unfolding so far is very similar to the recovery from the March 2003 lows at the end of the dotcom bear market.
'Stockmarkets climbing wall of worry'

Britains leading institutional investors are considering joining forces to bypass investment banks in a protest over the fees they charge for rights issues.
Institutional investors ready to bypass banks in protest at rights-issue fees

Prices in financial markets always balance supply and demand. But when the price changes themselves influence the supply and demand, some odd things happen.
Is high frequency trading a good or bad thing?

For decades, though, scientists have toyed with a tantalizing alternative theory of petroleum formation: What if chemical reactions between water and minerals deep in Earth's mantle could send black gold bubbling up into the crust? Alexander Goncharov of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C and a team of researchers have shown that just such a thing is possible.
Earth's Mantle: Untapped Oil Source?

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

BRBY S&P: downgraded to hold from buy
EZJ Citigroup: upgraded to buy from hold, tp reiterated 370
HFD HSBC: downgraded to neutral from overweight, tp cut to 350 from 400
KAZ Cazenove: reiterated outperform
LMI Citigroup: upgraded to buy from hold, tp raised to 1618 from 1190
SN. Charles Stanley: reiterated hold

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