GESO, an eastern German utility holding company for which EnBW is accepting bids until the beginning of next week, may fetch 700 million to 950 million euros, two of the people said, declining to be identified because details of the transaction are private. Australian bank Macquarie Group Ltd. may be among the bidders, they said.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Mac Bank on the lookout again????????
The view from the right of the field
The challenge of today's Daily Reckoning is to separate the short-term trends in financial markets from the long-term trends in geopolitical history. It's a big challenge. But let's break it down and see where we go. And let's begin with U.S. Bank Wells Fargo.
The Dow Jones slipped under 10,000 at the end of the day Wednesday largely because analyst Dick Bove changed his call on Wells Fargo from "neutral" to "sell." Bove said the quality of the company's third quarter earnings was, "pretty poor." "If you take a close look at the earnings, what you can see is that the improvement is due to a hedging profit made on the mortgage service portfolio, about $3.6 billion...You can also see that they cut their tax rate," he told Dow Jones news wires.
Imagine that; a major bank boosting earnings with one-off events. This is why we said last week that quarterly earnings (and whether they are above or below analyst expectations) don't always tell you what you need to know about a business. Granted, Bove is still bullish on Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America. But his comment set off a small chain reaction on the Street.
It was a weird reaction too. Stocks fell and the Aussie dollar briefly faltered against the greenback. But commodities like oil and gold continued to power ahead. Oil is at a 12-month high and trading over US$81. Gold futures again traded above $1,060. And the U.S. dollar kept falling against commodities and other currencies.
So does this disprove our trading idea that the dollar index is due for a rally? Nope. The index could make a new low below 70. And that would certainly confirm what we already know: the rest of the world is on to America's habit of living way above its means. The dollar index could plumb a new low until there is an improvement in America's trade deficit or its fiscal deficit. However...
Don't discount the rally! "We should be prepared for a counter trend rally," wrote Slipstreamer Murray Dawes earlier this week. "RSI are entering long term oversold levels (although in a downtrend they can remain oversold for long periods of time of course and so are not a good trading signal against the trend) and market news is constantly bearish the US dollar so trader positions may be getting a bit full up on the short side."
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Glowing Economy
Oils aint Oils Sol!!!!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
The jobless rate fell to 5.7 percent, the first drop in five months, as employment unexpectedly surged by 40,600, the bureau of statistics reported yesterday in Sydney. The nation’s currency jumped to a 14-month high and is headed for its biggest weekly gain in more than four months as traders bet the central bank will raise interest rates on Nov. 3.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
NZ 1 Westpac 0 ?????
According to the bank, the New Zealand High Court is set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday, however a binding order from the court means that no announcement will be made until October 8.
"The trading halt is necessary as Westpac will be making an announcement in relation to the outcome of the court case on New Zealand Structured Finance Transactions between Westpac and New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (IRD)," Westpac said on Wednesday.
Analysts have flagged that Westpac could face a potential bill of $NZ903 million ($A728.28 million), while The Australian Financial Review newspaper said a rise in the interest charge on the original claim has pushed the figure close to $NZ996 million.
The legal stoush between Westpac and the New Zealand tax authorities started on June 30.
good trading
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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