Enjoying as much of this stuff as we can stand ping.
Posted on 01/18/2015 10:51:35 AM PST by expat_panama
Enjoying as much of this stuff as we can stand ping.
What that first graph tells me is that going off the gold standard in 1970 created market chaos.
The first trading of the new week.
http://gulfnews.com/business/markets/abu-dhabi-index-leads-rally-in-gulf-as-crude-recovers-1.1443090
Abu Dhabi index leads rally in Gulf as crude recovers
ADX general index ends up nearly 1.7% higher
By Siddesh Suresh Mayenkar, Staff Reporter
Published: 17:17 January 18, 2015
Dubai: The Abu Dhabi index led gains in the GCC on Sunday in a rally triggered by rebounding crude even as investors eyed December quarter results.
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange General Index ended 1.65 per cent higher at 4,555.27, after rising as much as 4,580.72.
“The rally was mainly triggered by strong performance in crude and a rebound in international markets,” said Marwan Shurrab, fund manager and head of trading at Vision Investments & Holdings.
Oil advanced, capping the first weekly gain since November, after the International Energy Agency lowered forecasts for supplies from outside the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and an industry report showed US companies reduced drilling activity.
Brent for March settlement rose 3.9 per cent to end the session at $50.17 a barrel.
In stocks specific movements on the ADX, International Fish Farming Holding ended the trade 14.94 per cent higher at Dh5.54, while National Corp for Tourism and Hotels closed 14.55 per cent higher at Dh6.30. Out of a total of 31 companies traded on the exchange, shares of 19 companies rose, while shares of 7 companies fell.
Elsewhere, the Dubai Financial Market General Index also ended 1.48 per cent at 3,899.53. Arabtec, which was the most active stock in trade in terms of value, ended 2.56 higher at Dh3.20. Union Properties ended 4.72 per cent higher at Dh1.33.
Elsewhere in the region, other indices like the Tadawul index along with Qatar Exchange also advanced.
The Tadawul All Share TASI index ended up nearly 1 per cent, while Muscat Securities MSM 30 Index also advanced 1.11 per cent at 6,591.13. Qatar Exchange Index ended 0.45 per cent higher at 11,916.42.
Earnings in focus
“I see focus coming back to earnings as we saw Emirates NBD was one of the few to announce its results. The market would also focus on potential distribution of dividends that we have been seeing for the past couple of years,” said Shurrab.
Emirates NBD rose more than 2 per cent in trade after posting strong results.
Emirates NBD reported a net profit of Dh5.1 billion for the full year, up 58 per cent compared to 2013. Total Income for the year 2014 grew by 22 per cent to Dh14.4 billion.
“The growth that we saw year on year show strength in the banking system and recovery that we have seen over the past couple of years in the UAE’s economy.” said Shurrab.
Saudi Basic Industries Corp, one of the world’s largest petrochemicals groups and the country’s biggest listed company, reported a 29 per cent drop in fourth-quarter net income on Sunday. SABIC ended the trade more than 1.5 per cent higher.
After said and done (and if trend holds), possibly the best economic news of the past 5 years.
Looks like the US Dollar has peaked, at least for the time-being. That would account for the oil price news of the past few days.
http://www.dailyfx.com/forex_market_news/us-dollar-index
I have a friend who is in the foreign Currency market. He LOVES Market Volatility. He makes his decisions to buy, sell, short-sell on a computer program he first developed in 1989, and has improved it since then. He tells me that a “stable” market is very bad for him.
How did he do on the Swiss Franc the other day? I see some hedge funds are going under. Lot of people got caught with their pants down on it.
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/01/16/six-in-ten-retail-forex-traders-lose-money-each-quarter/
2:21 pm ET Jan 16, 2015
Six in Ten Mom-and-Pop Currency Traders Lose Money Each Quarter
By Erik Holm
FXCM Inc., a currency-trading platform for mom-and-pop investors, on Thursday revealed that its clients had taken a massive hit when the Swiss central bank surprised the world and abandoned its efforts to create a ceiling for its currency.
But that shouldn’t be a huge surprise. After all, about two-third of FXCM’s U.S. clients lose money each quarter. In last year’s third quarter, the most recent available, 68% of the firm’s active U.S. accounts were unprofitable.
That figure holds true across much of the industry. Among six of the biggest firms that allow U.S. retail traders to play in the currency market, a weighted average of 38.3% were profitable, according to Forex Magnates. In other words, more than six in ten were unprofitable.
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We could say that since chaotic gold market prices didn't exist in the U.S. before the 70's because the gold market wasn't legal. Other countries had chaotic gold prices and after the 70's Americans were allowed to have 'em too. Kind of like saying Obama selling out to Castro 'created' Cuban cigars for Americans...
--yet every time he buys low & sells high he's reducing volatility. Not to worry, markets will have wild swings as long we have life and change ---and more so as long as traders have emotions.
That’s true. A gold backed dollar should of course track gold.
I was more observing the increased noise/volatility in the graph following 1970.
Adding the variables of money supply manipulation and interest rate manipulation by the central banks increased the “chaos” in the stock market.
Prior to 1970 it seems that stocks increased steadily based on actual growth rather than fickle interest rates and monetary policy.
This is a pretty good summary of us going off of the gold standard
Nixon Shock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Shock
Everest Macro Hedge Fund Blows Up After Nearly $1 BIllion In Swiss Franc Losses
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3247991/posts
Anybody in here going to Davos this week? It’s where the elite meet. To bad they couldn’t harness all the hot air coming out of there this week.
Some people can say that especially when just comparing two decades before '70 to the four after, but looking at the seven decades before '70 stock index swings look much worse before:
I’ve piddled around with currencies in a minor way and only have the nerve when the dollar is at a high which provides a margin of error and improves return, plus I stick to only 1st world currencies, very cautious. When the dollar calms down and declines I bring it back into dollars. Not going to make me rich because the opportunities aren’t frequent enough, but the return is OK. There have been several pronounced dollar spikes since 2008. I’ve usually gone into Euro, which is looking very poorly lately, $1.15 last I checked. Normally that would look like an opportunity since the dollar is still strong. Something feels wrong though, especially since the Swiss have done what they have done, so I’ll sit that one out.
Every time I think Wikipedia has bottomed out I find they’ve gone and reached new lows.
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