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Chronology of the economic cycle

December 23, 2007 by DanielXX

By: DanielXX I saw this in a journal and thought it provided a good overview of how inflation relates to the economy as well as the wealth effect of the stock market. If you refer to the picture, inflation has an effect on both interest rates and individuals’ wages which in turn determine spending power [...]

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in Categories: Investing

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Short-selling Part 2

December 17, 2007 by DanielXX

By: DanielXX Continue from Short-selling Part 1 We start with the SBL account, an abbreviation for Shares Borrowing and Lending. This is the traditional method for short-selling, whereby one borrows from a pool of ready-for-lending securities in order to sell short. This enables the trader to hold longer than if he were doing “naked” short-selling, [...]

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in Categories: Active Trading

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Short-selling Part 1

December 16, 2007 by DanielXX

By: DanielXX Long-time readers of my blog would know that I have so far been quite resistant to trying to profit from short-selling. But not for moral reasons, for really there is nothing immoral about taking the view that markets will go down and hence backing up that view by selling first before buying up [...]

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in Categories: Active Trading

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Lian Beng Chairman and Director Sold 10m Shares

December 14, 2007 by DanielXX

By: Derek Lim The Chairman and Managing Director of Lian Beng, Ong Pang Aik sold 10000000 shares to Kim Eng Securities Pte. Ltd. Read the full details here. The folks in CNA forum is debating if this is a good sign – seems to me that there are more negative sentiments. I am not vested [...]

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in Categories: Shares and Derivatives