StockBlog.com http://www.stockblog.com Word on The Street Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Forex Weekly Trading Forecast – 05.21.2012 http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/forex-weekly-trading-forecast-05-21-2012/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/forex-weekly-trading-forecast-05-21-2012/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:00 +0000 michelherbert http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/forex-weekly-trading-forecast-05-21-2012/ 2012-05-19 07:49:00
michelherbert

First we have seen the critical breaks towards risk aversion. Then we saw the emergence of momentum behind the deleveraging. Will we graduate to the next phase: panic?

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There are many comparisons being made to current Euro-region market conditions and those back in the second quarter of 2010 when trouble just started brewing for Greece.

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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/euro-%c2%91buying-time%c2%92-may-not-work-this-time-as-crisis-intensifies/feed/ 0 US Dollar Makes a Break to 16-Month Highs as Fear Creeps In http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/us-dollar-makes-a-break-to-16-month-highs-as-fear-creeps-in/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/us-dollar-makes-a-break-to-16-month-highs-as-fear-creeps-in/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 12:35:00 +0000 JamesBalfour http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/us-dollar-makes-a-break-to-16-month-highs-as-fear-creeps-in/ 2012-05-19 07:35:00
JamesBalfour

Though the benchmark currency eased back into the final 48 hours of this past trading week, the dollar nevertheless posted another impressive run through the entire period.

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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/obama-presses-ailing-europe-to-focus-on-growth/feed/ 0 New Zealand Dollar to Follow Stocks on Euro Crisis, Global Growth Bets http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/new-zealand-dollar-to-follow-stocks-on-euro-crisis-global-growth-bets/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/new-zealand-dollar-to-follow-stocks-on-euro-crisis-global-growth-bets/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:36:00 +0000 tincups987 http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/new-zealand-dollar-to-follow-stocks-on-euro-crisis-global-growth-bets/ 2012-05-19 05:36:00
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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/new-zealand-dollar-to-follow-stocks-on-euro-crisis-global-growth-bets/feed/ 0 Dollar Stumbles but Doesn’t Break Trend Into Week End http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/dollar-stumbles-but-doesn%c2%92t-break-trend-into-week-end/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/dollar-stumbles-but-doesn%c2%92t-break-trend-into-week-end/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:32:00 +0000 JamesBalfour http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/dollar-stumbles-but-doesn%c2%92t-break-trend-into-week-end/ 2012-05-19 05:32:00
JamesBalfour

The Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index put in for its first two-day bearish performance in three weeks Thursday and Friday, but this was more a technical development than a trend change.

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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/dollar-stumbles-but-doesn%c2%92t-break-trend-into-week-end/feed/ 0 How this newly minted Chelsea fan is getting ready to face Bayern Munich http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/how-this-newly-minted-chelsea-fan-is-getting-ready-to-face-bayern-munich/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/how-this-newly-minted-chelsea-fan-is-getting-ready-to-face-bayern-munich/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:10:39 +0000 http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/how-this-newly-minted-chelsea-fan-is-getting-ready-to-face-bayern-munich/ 2012-05-19 05:10:39

How this newly minted Chelsea fan is getting ready to face Bayern Munich

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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/how-this-newly-minted-chelsea-fan-is-getting-ready-to-face-bayern-munich/feed/ 0 Shawn Langlois’s London Sketch: Chelsea’s run shakes this expat’s foundation http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/shawn-langloiss-london-sketch-chelseas-run-shakes-this-expats-foundation/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/shawn-langloiss-london-sketch-chelseas-run-shakes-this-expats-foundation/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:05:41 +0000 messuprabuyeshoes http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/shawn-langloiss-london-sketch-chelseas-run-shakes-this-expats-foundation/ 2012-05-19 05:05:41
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A funny thing happened when one formerly soccer-loathing MarketWatch reporter moved from California to London. He became a Chelsea fan. But don’t tell anybody.

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]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/shawn-langloiss-london-sketch-chelseas-run-shakes-this-expats-foundation/feed/ 0 Facebook Banker Morgan Stanley Props Up Price It Helped Boost – Bloomberg http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/facebook-banker-morgan-stanley-props-up-price-it-helped-boost-bloomberg/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/facebook-banker-morgan-stanley-props-up-price-it-helped-boost-bloomberg/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 09:32:41 +0000 http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/facebook-banker-morgan-stanley-props-up-price-it-helped-boost-bloomberg/ 2012-05-19 04:32:41

Facebook Banker Morgan Stanley Props Up Price It Helped Boost Bloomberg Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter in Facebook Inc. (FB)'s initial public offering, stands to take a hit from a stock market debut that stoked disappointment among investors in the largest social network. The bank stepped in to prop up the stock from … and more

]]> http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/facebook-banker-morgan-stanley-props-up-price-it-helped-boost-bloomberg/feed/ 0 J.P. Morgan Struggles to Unwind Huge Bets http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/j-p-morgan-struggles-to-unwind-huge-bets/ http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/j-p-morgan-struggles-to-unwind-huge-bets/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 09:20:30 +0000 RockStock http://www.stockblog.com/2012/05/j-p-morgan-struggles-to-unwind-huge-bets/ 2012-05-19 04:20:30
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J.P. Morgan is struggling to extricate itself from disastrous wagers by traders such as the “London whale.” Losses would grow if the banking company sells its positions into a market that has turned against its positions.

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