Fifty Chinese brokerages have vowed to pledge a total of 100 billion yuan ($15.7 billion) to back up stock purchases, as regulators move to further prop up the shaking market, reported Securities Times.
For oil traders and speculators the summer months continue to deliver stellar trading opportunities, and whilst equity investors are wringing their hands, the WTI contract shows no signs of wanting to reverse just yet.
Here in the UK in the 1970’s one of the most popular TV comedy series was one called Dad’s Army. The series was set during the second world war, and followed the exploits and adventures of the Home Guard which was established to protect the country in the event of an invasion.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to release its July meeting minutes, giving investors a glimpse into the bank’s discussions regarding an interest rate hike. At the moment, many believe there is a 50/50 chance that the bank will raise rates in September, though unforeseen economic conditions around the world could postpone those plans.
A national property information platform is set to be established by 2017, paving the way for a possible new property tax, according to a document released by the Ministry of Land and Resources on Thursday.
For silver investors, and those who rushed headlong into buying when silver prices hit the $50 per ounce price point, it is perhaps the monthly chart which makes depressing reading, with the meteoric rise now reflected in an equally dramatic fall, and mirroring what has happened which in the price of gold.
As speculative commodity traders, there are few occasions when it is hard not to make money, and certainly at present we have several stand out opportunities. These opportunities are rare, but when they occur, it’s time, as they say to ‘fill your boots’.
For gold investors and gold bugs, the current malaise in the price of gold is both relentless and remorseless with each minor rally promptly engulfed by a wave of heavy selling. As someone wrote a few weeks ago, gold bugs consider the market to be functioning correctly when the price of gold is rising, and incorrectly when the market is falling.
China’s new yuan-denominated loans reached 6.56 trillion yuan (1.07 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, the central bank said Tuesday.
Greek proposal rejected by Europe.
