Stock Trading & Investing Update - Week 8

As we come to the end of October we have seen the Australian dollar momentarily reached parity with the US Dollar, Gold trading above $US1300 an ounce, a number of commodities trading at prices not seen in over a century and the US is entering mid-term election. Continued....

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How Wall St Shafted Main St U.S.A

This video is as discussion between Rosner and Elliot Spitzer about the smoking gun and what to do about it. It's well worth a listen.

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What the Price Distribution is Saying

By Dan Denning for Daily Reckoning 

Australian stock market is currently in .........what he calls a "price distribution." If the market confirms to past charting patterns, then it will test the top of the distribution and break out (which may or may not be a "false break out") or it will trend back towards the bottom of the range (where it may break below). Read on....

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Not Adding Up????

By Murray Dawes for Daily Reckoning

I have been poring over my charts for the last few days and have noticed some large divergences opening up in our markets. The ASX 200 is underperforming the US markets massively at the moment. I find this fact quite intriguing when you consider that the Australian Dollar has been rallying strongly on the back of strong commodity prices caused by the threat of QE2. Something is not adding up.

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US aims to rebalance world economy

By Damian Paletta and David Wessel 

From:The Wall Street Journal 

THE US will use G20 finance ministers meetings to advance efforts to "rebalance" the world economy so it is less reliant on US consumers. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he would also use the meeting to advance efforts to move toward establishing "norms" on exchange-rate policy, and to persuade others the US doesn't aim to devalue its way to prosperity. Continued...

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The Food Crisis of 2010

By Chris Mayer - The Daily Reckoning

"I think we have a food crisis right now."
– Hussein Allidina, head of commodities research, Morgan Stanley........

Investors are not as dumb as they sometimes seem. They see the world's governments fighting over currency issues. They see that the likely outcome is that these governments weaken their currencies. As one does it, the other weakens in response. Then the other weakens it more. And so on and so forth. And before you know it, you need a $20 bill to buy a cup of coffee. Read On....

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Americans Woefully Unprepared for Retirement

By Ben Rooney, staff reporter (CNNMoney.com)

Americans are woefully unprepared to pay for retirement, according to research released Thursday. On average, U.S. workers would need to have an additional $48,000 when they retire at 65 to ensure they don’t run shy of cash in retirement, the Employee Benefit Research Institute said. Continued....

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