Index Continues Strong, 4100 Approach?

JAKARTA, Make Money Blog - Stock Price Index (CSPI) is gettingclose to the position of 4100. In late trading Wednesday(03/28/2011) composite index had gained 11 points.Thin composite index closed up 11.189 points, or 0.27 percent, to4090.573. While thin LQ 45 index rose 2.177 points, or 0.30percent, to 706.083. Kompas100 index rose 2.89 points, or 920.27.Foreign investors continued to buy up shares in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Net purchases by foreign investors reached Rp 515.86billion. While the total value of...

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Turn Gold prices to Lowest Level since January?

NEW YORK, Make Money Blog - Gold futures fell to their lowest levelsince January last trading day on Thursday (03/22/2012) local time.At 13:44 pm New York time, the price of gold contract for Aprildelivery fell 0.5 percent to 1642.50 dollars per troy ounce on theComex in New Yor...

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Comex Gold Weaker On Chart Consolidation Following Recent Gains?

By Jim Wyckoff  Of Kitco NewsEditor’s note: Catch the Latest Happenings with Kitco Video News!(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures are moderately lower in early U.S. trading Wednesday, as the market is consolidating on the charts the recent price gai...

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What Gold Sees, and Ben Bernanke Does Not?

By Jerry BowyerLast August I wrote a short series for Forbes.com on valuation techniques for gold, (Some Thoughts For The Gold Bulls, The Case Against Buying Gold, and At $1,850/Ounce, Does Gold Still Glitter?)...

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Bernanke Says U.S. Banks Can Survive EU Worst Case Scenario!!

U.S. banks with capital at risk in Europe can survive a worsening economic outlook there, and even a recession at home, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Capitol Hill on Wednesd...

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Comex Gold Posting Modest Gains On Tepid Short Covering, Bargain Hunting; Bernanke Awaited!

By Jim Wyckoff  Of Kitco NewsEditor’s note: Catch the Latest Happenings with Kitco Video News!(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices are just modestly higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, on a corrective, short-covering bounce from Tuesday’s selling pressure. Some mild bargain hunting buying interest is also featured early Wednesd...

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Five Tips to Tweet to the Millions Like Steve Martin?

Steve Martin, long one of our most literate and cerebral of comedians, has of late taken a fancy for the small screen. The very small screen of 140 characters that is Twitt...

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This story appears on the March 26, 2012 cover of Forbes.Amid the threat of a Greek debt default and a recession in Europe, Carlos Slim Helú has some words of advice for political leaders: You’re doing it wrong. Slim, a Mexican entrepreneur who built a $69 billion fortune over nearly five deca...

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The World's Richest Man On Fixing The Global Economy?

PAGE 2 OF 3Even before that report came out Slim was eager to rebut the charges of high prices when I mentioned them. “That’s what competitors say, but if that were true, they would take the market from us,” he says, bristling a bit. “The customers are not fools.” He pulls out a chart from a December report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch showing wireless revenues at 4 cents per minute in Mexico, nearly as low as the U.S., with 3 cen...

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The World's Richest Man On Fixing The Global Economy?

page: 3 of 3 The Carlos Slim Health Institute has spent about$20 million since 2001 on organ transplants in Mexico, a nation with one of the lowest rates in Latin America for organ ­donations after death....

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Bonds Preferred As Emerging Market Flow Slows?

Bond Make Money Blog ~Foreign investment flows into emerging market stocks and bond funds slowed in the week to March 7, according to EPFR Global, a fund tracking service in Cambridge, Ma...

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After Gold's No-QE3 Plunge, Market Clear For Another Rally?

Make Money Blog; Gold’s violent plunge on Wednesday sent chills down the spines of investors, who ran for the exits as the yellow metal fell nearly $100 at one point. ...

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Think Twice Before Jumping On Facebook's IPO Bandwagon?

The company set off a frenzy when it filed to raise as much as $10 billion in cash through the IPO,...

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Fuel Up, Air & Cement Issuer subject to Negative Sentiment?

Jakarta - Investors are still wary of stocks will rise in fuel price subsidy plan. Because the chances of some issuers growth will be retarded due to rising fuel price...

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AIG Gets Big Insider Bet, Bernanke Snuffs Out Gold, Silver?

Gold and silver both sold off hard on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered an upbeat assessment of the state of the U...

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The Fed and The Power To Redirect and Redistribute Wealth?

Interest Rates A butterfly flapping its wings in a rain forest is nothing compared to a central banker flapping his lips....

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