Weekly Property News with Brett Alegre-Wood – 7th October 2009. I’m blown away by the number of articles on house prices this week and ask ‘Are prices really rising or just lack of supply?’ There’s definitely a rise and it’s helping to boost confidence, but be warned the economy maybe subdued due to mortgage availability. [...]
Welcome to this week’s property news. Today, we uncover just how much banks are making from us as we’re told of their increased profit margins. We’ll compare SVR to LIBOR and work out exactly how little benefits they’ve passed on to us. One economist spoke up to tell us why she predicts a painful end [...]
We’ve just wrapped up a very busy week, culminating in a fantastic book launch at Borders, Charing Cross. If you didn’t make it down then check out the video on our blog. A big thank you for those who’ve purchased the 3+1 Plan book. We are still on the Top 100 List on Amazon and [...]
www.YourPropertyClub.com – The question on everyone’s lips is: Should small prints be made bigger? Customers from Skipton Building Society are fuming after news broke that their SVR ceiling will be scrapped. The building society previously promised its borrowers that the SVR would never be more than 3% above the BoE base rate. But on this [...]
Trading Around the Dollar Trading Around the Dollar Traders around the world are increasingly confounded as to how to trade the US Dollar. After multiple scares and momentum shifts pertaining to debt limits, potential Quantitative Easing, and of course soverign debt downgrades, many folks are throwing up the white flag on the Greenback and instead [...]
We use the Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) as a contrarian indicator, and the recent shift towards selling points to … To get on the mailing list for the SSI and other reports from author David Rodriguez, e-mail subject line Distribution list to drodriguez@dailyfx.com How do we interpret the SSI? Watch an FXCM Expo Presentation that [...]
Dollar Falls vs Yen as US Stock Fall on Bear Stearns News US equities fell lower today after Bear Stearns needed an injection of funds from the Fed and JP Morgan. The stock of the firm plummeted 40%, increasing risk aversion. As a result, the Yen strengthened and the Swiss Franc reached parity with the [...]
American companies join in investing in Sri Lanka. The State and Private Economic Cooperation Conference opened in Colombo today. The US – Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Conference is being held with the support of Barack Obamas administration. The US State Department, the US Trade Representative Office, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington, the Sri [...]
Find more News at www.fxtimes.com. Speculation of a China interest rate increase – due to its very high inflation during October – and news that China will impose new investment rules to curb foreign flows into its domestic real estate market – as well as a move by South Korea to add new capital controls [...]
5 Reasons To Fear The Stock Market Is the stock market a place to make money or is it a financial wolf in sheeps clothing? Read more on Investopedia via Yahoo! Finance Malaysian Stock Market May Extend Gains The Malaysian stock market has finished higher now in back-to-back sessions, adding more than a dozen points [...]