Latest News in Home Insurance – Jan 28, 2008
January 28, 2008 by Be Safe Insure
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Dollar Falls Against Euro on Raised Bets on Half-Point Fed Cut
Bloomberg – The dollar has dropped against 13 of the other major currencies since the Fed made an emergency cut in borrowing costs by three-quarters of a percentage point on Jan. 22 to prevent credit market losses from causing a recession. `Too Early …
U.S. stock futures declined on Monday
FXStreet.com – Daily Market Report U.S. stock futures declined on Monday Mon, Jan 28 2008, 14:24 GMT by Wachovia Research Team Wachovia Good Morning, … In the currencies markets, the European majors were relatively quiet despite the fresh equity losses. The yen and …
Seized-Up Credit Market Spurs Record Stock Trading (Update2)
Bloomberg – CME Group Inc., NYSE, the LSE and Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. may also report record earnings for 2007, according to analysts … Derivatives, which are contracts derived from stocks, bonds, loans, currencies and commodities, or linked to specific events …
TAKE-A-LOOK-Global shipping market news
Reuters UK – TAKE-A-LOOK-Global shipping market news … LNG flow awaits supply, non-US demand: exec [ID:nN18522497] > Commodity currencies … cancels sale process, shares sink [ID:nBNG271481] > DryShips to defer stock …
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index tumbles nearly 4 percent on worries of …
International Herald Tribune – TOKYO : Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index fell nearly 4 percent Monday amid … latter half of last week, but a drop on Wall Street Friday hit the Tokyo market … In currencies, the dollar fell to 106.24 yen, from 107.00 yen late Friday in New York.
Forex – Major currencies steady in tame start to busy week
Forbes – LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Major currencies were steady as a busy week for data got off to a quiet start, with the yen weakening a touch amid sharp falls on Asian stock markets and the … Reserve’s emergency rate cut last week, and poor market …
Yen rises on risk aversion as Asian equities slide
Reuters – Stock markets remain a driving force for currencies as market players seek clues on whether to tiptoe back to risky carry trades, in which the low-yielding yen is used as a source of cheap funds to buy higher-yielding currencies. Sterling fell against …
The dollar fell versus the European currencies on Thursday
FXStreet.com – Daily Market Commentary The dollar fell versus the European currencies on Thursday Mon, Jan 28 2008, 07:23 GMT by Cornelius Luca … and that the State of the Union will bring to fore a decent stimulus package helped the stock …
Yen Rises as Stock Slump Spurs Sales of Higher-Yielding Assets
Bloomberg – Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — The yen rose against all 16 of the most-active currencies as … gained the most against the South African rand as China’s benchmark stock index … dealer in Tokyo at Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank by market …
Business brisk at gold exchange in Ho Chi Minh City
International Herald Tribune – The stock market is weakening and the dong is likely to appreciate this year because of a soft U.S. dollar. “For poor workers, gold is still the best protection against the declining value of the currencies,” said a construction contractor, Nguyen Van …
