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guards80 Supreme	10-Jan-2017 16:50        guards80 About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI 3000!!!!!!!!!!!
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Goldfinger Supreme	10-Jan-2017 15:43        Goldfinger About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Golly - 2 more points to STI 3000. Common STI components - all together pull.
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WanSiTong Supreme	10-Jan-2017 14:53        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	European markets seen lower with fresh concerns over Italian banks Bourses in Europe should start Tuesday' s session moving south as concerns over the Italian banking system and the implementation of an OPEC deal continue to grow. Two Italian banks, Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca, which were rescued last year, are to propose a deal with disgruntled shareholders that could cost the banks more than 600 million euros ($ 634 million). According to Reuters, the two banks are seen as The next big issue in the Italian banking system. Meanwhile, oil prices extended seen as U.S. trading on Monday as investors remain concerned that record crude exports from Iraq will affect the implementation of the OPEC deal to cut production. On Tuesday' s calendar will be the release of the World Bank Global Economic Prospects report. President Barack Obama is also giving a farewell address later in the day.
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Goldfinger Supreme	10-Jan-2017 09:56        Goldfinger About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	STI 10pts more to 3000! Will we see by end today? -)
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WanSiTong Supreme	10-Jan-2017 09:52        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	ASX down 0.8%, Nikkei slips 0.3%, Kospi off 0.3% Asian markets started Tuesday on the back foot, after the Dow retreated further from the 20,000 mark and oil prices plunged as much as 4 percent overnight. On the economic data calendar, Australia will announce November retail sales, while China' s Consumer Price index and Producer Price index are due. " Inflation data from China could set the regional tone. Consumer prices are projected to show a modest slowing in growth rates, but the PPI is forecast to accelerate from 3.3 percent to 4.6 percent," said Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets in A note on Tuesday. Crude prices dropped 4 percent on Monday during US hours, on concerns that record Iraqi crude exports and rising US production would undermine the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries recent deal to cut supply. In Iraq, oil exports from the southern Basra ports reached a record high Of 3.51 million barrels per day in December, Reuters reported. U.S. crude fell $ 2.03 at $ 51.96 a barrel, while Brent finished down $ 2.16 at $ 54.94.   Asian Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Australia ASX All Ordinaries Australia -50.90 -0.87% 5,806.80 8:29pm ET   Shanghai SE Composite Index China -3.66 -0.12% 3,167.57 8:34pm ET   Hang Seng Hong Kong +6.94 +0.03% 22,565.63 8:34pm ET   Mumbai Sensex India -32.68 -0.12% 26,726.55 7:15am ET   Nikkei 225 Japan -56.30 -0.29% 19,398.03 8:29pm ET   Taiwan TSEC 50 Index Taiwan -4.33 -0.05% 9,338.09 8:29pm ET
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WanSiTong Supreme	10-Jan-2017 09:08        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Stocks To Watch SGX, ISOTeam, CITIC Envirotech, F& N, CapitaLand, Yanlord, CEFC, Cheung Woh
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WanSiTong Supreme	10-Jan-2017 08:24        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Oil down 4 percent on concerns over rising Iraqi exports, U.S. output NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled by 4 percent on Monday on concern that record Iraqi crude exports and rising U.S. output would undermine OPEC' s efforts to curb global oversupply. US crude futures (CLc1) settled down $ 2.03 at $ 51.96 a barrel, while Brent futures (LCOc1) settled down $ 2.16 at $ 54.94 a barrel. In Iraq, OPEC' s second-biggest producer, oil exports from the southern Basra ports reached a record high of 3.51 million barrels per day (bpd) in December, the oil ministry said. OPEC members agreed in November on the first deal to cut oil output since 2008, limiting supplies to 32.5 million bpd starting Jan. 1 for six months. Iraq' s oil ministry underscored that the high levels from the south would not affect the country' s decision to cut January production to comply with the OPEC agreement. But some still concerned over the feasibility of the cuts, which would have to come from the north. " We have compliance with the Gulf countries, but the rest of the slate is looking a bit shaky," said Robert Yawger, director of the futures division at Mizuho Securities USA. " With the big numbers coming out of the southern port of Basra for December ... it' s implying that Iraq may be the first big crack in the wall of the OPEC agreement," he added. Sources also told Reuters that Iraq' s State Oil Marketing Company had given three buyers in Asia and Europe full supply allocations for February. The lower optimism comes even though Russia, one of the world' s largest crude producers, is apparently sticking with the agreement to cut. Russian energy market sources told Reuters the country' s output had fallen by 100,000 bpd in the first week of the month. Kuwait' s oil minister added on Monday that an OPEC committee will meet in Vienna on Jan. 21-22 to monitor compliance and agree on a " final monitoring mechanism." Last week, U.S. energy companies added oil rigs for a 10th week in a row, Baker Hughes data showed, with some forecast expecting the U.S. rig count will rise to 850-875 by the end of the year. Dealers say that the recent uptick in U.S. shale hedging to protect future output for 2018 and beyond could put more pressure into the market. They add that high inventories nationwide are still a hurdle for the market. " The price weakness ... calls attention to some bearish news that the market had been willing to ignore, such as the high level of (fourth quarter) supply still in transit to consumers and the uptrend in US drilling rigs and actual oil production, " Said Tim Evans, energy futures specialist at Citigroup, said in a note.
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WanSiTong Supreme	10-Jan-2017 07:45        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Symbol Name Price   Change %Change DJIA Dow Industrials 19887.38   -76.42 -0.38% S& P 500 S& P 500 Index 2268.90   -8.08 -0.35% NASDAQ NASDAQ Composite 5531.82   10.76 0.19%   U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday, with and utilities lagging, as investors geared up for the start of earnings season and digested falling oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 75 points, with Goldman Sachs contributing the most losses. The S & P 500 slipped about 0.4 percent, with energy and utilities falling more than 1 percent. US oil prices dropped 3.76 percent to settle at $ 51.96 per barrel, amid US production worries. The three major indexes posted new all-time intraday highs on Friday, as the Dow came within a third of a point of hitting the psychological mark of 20,000. " Markets have been focused on his economic policies, ... but there has always been uncertainty," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial. " Market participants are trying to figure out which Trump they are going to get." " The concern that we would express is that there is a lot of excitement about these policies, but they have not been enacted yet," said Bill Northey, chief investment officer at the Private Client Group at U.S. Bank. However, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said in a speech the central bank should step aside, as the economic crisis is " largely done." Lockhart is due to retire from his post in February. Separately, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said the US central bank should step up its pace of interest-rate increases from the once-a-year pattern it has pursued since 2015, warning of lung risks if it does not. " I expect that appropriate. Monetary policy will need to normalize more quickly than over the past year, " Rosengren said in prepared remarks. Overseas, European equities fell broadly, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 index sliding 0.5 percent as the banking sector shed around 2 percent. U.K. stocks bucked the trend, however, as the FTSE 100 rose 0.38 percent on the back of a falling pound. Read more....
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KaijuEddy Member	09-Jan-2017 18:57        KaijuEddy About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	I am bullish for STI in 2017. My STI chart is below: https://tradingsgstock.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/first-blog-post/
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WanSiTong Supreme	09-Jan-2017 17:49        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Straits Times Index  2,981.54   0.64% +18.91 ▲   Volume: 2,142.2M Value: $881.2M Gainers/Losers: 265/177 Singapore shares close higher STI records fifth consecutive rise THE Straits Times Index advanced for the fifth consecutive trading session on Monday, gaining 18.91 points at 2,981.54, most likely in response to Friday' s US jobs report that raised the likelihood that Wall Street would enjoy a decent Monday itself, with hopes that the Dow Jones Industrial Average might close above 20,000 for the first time ever. That this might be the case was the signal from the futures market where the Dow futures traded in positive territory throughout local trading hours. At 5pm however, it had dipped marginally into the red. The STI' s rise takes its 5-day total to just over 100 points or 3.3 per cent. Overall volume, however, remained weak at 2.1 billion units worth S $ 881.2 million, versus S $ 1.14 billion on Friday. There were 265 rose versus 177 falls, Excluding warrants.
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WanSiTong Supreme	09-Jan-2017 16:53        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Europe markets mostly lower euro zone data eyed FTSE rises as sterling falls European Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   FTSE 100 England +18.47 +0.26% 7,228.52 3:34am ET   Euronext 100 Europe -1.44 -0.15% 940.27 3:19am ET   CAC 40 France -12.69 -0.26% 4,897.15 3:19am ET   DAX Germany -30.98 -0.27% 11,568.03 3:34am ET   Swiss Market Index Switzerland +1.29 +0.02% 8,418.75 3:34am ET Asian Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Australia ASX All Ordinaries Australia +48.70 +0.84% 5,857.70 12:10am ET   Shanghai SE Composite Index China +16.92 +0.54% 3,171.24 2:29am ET   Hang Seng Hong Kong +55.68 +0.25% 22,558.69 3:08am ET   Mumbai Sensex India +22.60 +0.08% 26,781.83 3:34am ET   Nikkei 225 Japan     19,454.33 Jan 6   Taiwan TSEC 50 Index Taiwan -29.80 -0.32% 9,342.42 12:31am ET
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risktaker Supreme	09-Jan-2017 11:04        risktaker About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Flexible   Mood: Yells: "Posts are opinions. Do not take it as investment advise "
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	No one can stop the Super Bull :) We will charge up the market into 20k !!
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risktaker Supreme	09-Jan-2017 10:53        risktaker About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Flexible   Mood: Yells: "Posts are opinions. Do not take it as investment advise "
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Dow will hit 20k Tonight and STI will hit 3k This week !! Enjoy the rally - Super Huat Coming
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Goldfinger Supreme	09-Jan-2017 09:48        Goldfinger About Contact  Quote this Post!
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Less than 1% to that 3,000pts STI mark.
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WanSiTong Supreme	09-Jan-2017 09:04        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Stocks To Watch SembMarine, Secura, GKE, KSH, Ascendas i-Trust, Cosco
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WanSiTong Supreme	07-Jan-2017 08:25        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Symbol Name Price   Change %Change DJIA Dow Industrials 19963.80   64.51 0.32% S& P 500 S& P 500 Index 2276.98   7.98 0.35% NASDAQ NASDAQ Composite 5521.06   33.12 0.60%   Dow comes within a whisker of hitting 20,000 S & P, Nasdaq close at all-time highs as tech pops U.S. equities closed higher after hitting all-time highs on Friday as the technology sector led, while investors parsed through key employment data. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 65 points, with Goldman Sachs and Walt Disney contributing the most gains, and reached a new all-time intraday high. The Dow also came within 0.37 points of hitting 20,000 for the first time. The S & P 500 gained 0.35 percent and posted intraday and closing record highs, with information technology advancing 1 percent. " The Dow has been approaching 20,000 for several weeks now. Strong jobs news, combined with optimism about the incoming administration' s policies is lifting stocks," said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones. The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in December, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists polled by Reuters expected an increase of 178,000. The unemployment rate came at at 4.7 percent, in line with expectations. " This report is very good," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors. " The fantastic thing here is the jump in hourly wages." Average hourly wages rose 10 cents to $ 26, representing a 2.9 percent annualized gain. Other data released Friday included November factory orders, which fell 2.4 percent, more than expected. Read more ...
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WanSiTong Supreme	06-Jan-2017 17:33        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Straits Times Index  2,962.63  0.29%+8.49▲   Volume: 2,180.2M Value: $1,143.1M Gainers/Losers: 250/179 Singapore stocks finish firmer, STI rises for 4th straight day ONLINE investment guide Investopedia defines the " January effect" as a seasonal increase in stock prices during the month of January that often occurs at the start of each year. " Analysts generally attribute this rally to an increase in buying, which follows the drop in price that typically happens in December when investors, engaging in tax-loss harvesting to offset realised capital gains, prompt a sell-off," said Investopedia. " Another possible explanation is that investors use year-end cash bonuses to purchase investments the next month." Whatever the reasons for the phenomenon, the local stock market enjoyed its own version of the " January effect" this week when the Straits Times Index, which ended flat for 2016, burst into life during the first week of 2017, gaining a total of 81.87 Points or 2.8 per cent, including Friday' s 8.49 point rise.
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WanSiTong Supreme	06-Jan-2017 16:45        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	European Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   FTSE 100 England -2.72 -0.04% 7,192.59 3:28am ET   Euronext 100 Europe -3.20 -0.34% 937.97 3:13am ET   CAC 40 France -21.98 -0.45% 4,878.66 3:13am ET   DAX Germany -17.19 -0.15% 11,567.75 3:28am ET   Swiss Market Index Switzerland +3.93 +0.05% 8,396.42 3:28am ET
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WanSiTong Supreme	06-Jan-2017 16:44        WanSiTong About Contact  Quote this Post!   Mood:
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	Asian Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Australia ASX All Ordinaries Australia +3.90 +0.07% 5,809.00 12:11am ET   Shanghai SE Composite Index China -11.09 -0.35% 3,154.32 2:29am ET   Hang Seng Hong Kong +46.32 +0.21% 22,503.01 3:09am ET   Mumbai Sensex India -32.88 -0.12% 26,845.36 3:27am ET   Nikkei 225 Japan -66.36 -0.34% 19,454.33 1:15am ET   Taiwan TSEC 50 Index Taiwan +14.08 +0.15% 9,372.22 12:30am ET
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risktaker Supreme	06-Jan-2017 12:06        risktaker About Contact  Quote this Post! Style: Flexible   Mood: Yells: "Posts are opinions. Do not take it as investment advise "
x 0   x 0  Alert Admin	only nikkei down .... all others is up what ... Asia = japan ?? WanSiTong      ( Date: 06-Jan-2017 12:00) Posted: Asia Shares Once Again at Mercy of Dollar Moves Japan shares dropped Friday amid yen strengthened as traders awaited U.S. jobs data for clues on Federal Reserve rate actions. Japan' s Nikkei Stock Average declined 0.9% in early trade after a decline in the dollar sent the yen stronger. A strong yen makes Japanese exports expensive. The index was last down 0.4%. The yen has strengthened 0.6% against the dollar since the Tokyo share market closed on Thursday. Nvestors are preferring to err on the side of caution ahead of US non-farm payrolls data, due later in the global trading day. A weaker number could prompt the Fed to pull back on its rate-raise trajectory. The US is expected to add 183,000 jobs in December according to consensus estimates polled by the WSJ. Meanwhile, China guided the yuan 0.9% stronger against the dollar Friday, its biggest increase since 2005, when the central bank surprised markets by removing its dollar peg. The Shanghai Composite was flat but in positive territory as investors bet on large-cap stocks in monopolized industries. This after Beijing urged a reform towards public-private ownership in these sectors to attract capital. Asian Indexes   Index Country Change % Change Level Last Update   Australia ASX All Ordinaries Australia +2.40 +0.04% 5,807.50 10:33pm ET   Shanghai SE Composite Index China -3.64 -0.11% 3,161.78 10:38pm ET   Hang Seng Hong Kong +95.96 +0.43% 22,552.65 10:38pm ET   Mumbai Sensex India +51.45 +0.19% 26,929.69 10:44:10pm ET   Nikkei 225 Japan -83.71 -0.43% 19,436.98 10:33pm ET   Taiwan TSEC 50 Index Taiwan +14.43 +0.15% 9,372.57 10:33pm ET
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