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FXCM's Balance Sheet
The FXCM Group has released its most recent balance sheet. The numbers reflect the group's financial strength and status as of June 30, 2008. Highlights include:
- Over $95 Million in Capital (Assets Minus Liabilities)
- Over $125 Million In Operating Cash (Excludes Client Funds)
FXCM believes that financial transparency in the retail forex industry is more important than ever in light of … [visit site to read more]

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Oil Prices And US Stock Market Close
Options expiration week is off to a stellar start. Volatility abounds. Oil prices have been bouncing around ($114-$115), with equities trying to follow their lead. This correlation won't last, but I can't tell you how long it will go on. The Dow was swinging around a 100+ range, to end in the green. Financials, overall, made a decent showing for no good reason (certainly not on fundamentals). Pumping was going on in the consumer discretionary sector, and they have been beaten down, … [visit site to read more]

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Monday: Daily Forex Market Commentary
EURO

The euro depreciated vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar today as the single currency tested bids around the US$ 1.4905 level and was capped around the $1.5085 level. The common currency has not traded this low since February. A further decline in crude oil prices for September delivery added to the pair's downturn. Traders briefly priced in a small bid to the euro after European Central Bank member Liebscher reported there is "no room for … [visit site to read more]

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The Fed Will Hold The Line On Interest Rates - At Least For Now
By William Patalon III

With oil trading near a three-month low (and corn now at a four-month low), U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers may have just the ammunition they need to hold the line on interest rates for the foreseeable future - or at least until their Sept. 16 policymaking meeting.

On the other hand, threats of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and geopolitical turmoil in Iraq, Turkey, Nigeria - and now the fireworks between Russia and … [visit site to read more]

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Oil Continues Slide, US Markets Up Monday
The Bulls on Wall Street pulled ahead once again as the slide in Oil Prices continue due to weakening demand. It is becoming clearer week after week that the Auto Makers, especially in the US, are in serious trouble; leased vehicles can not be resold, Trucks are sitting in lots, and drivers just aren’t driving much.

The slowdown in Auto Sales, coupled with American’s resistance to drive during times of high gasoline prices have lowered US oil demand to a point where Oil Trade speculators are … [visit site to read more]

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Buying Stocks For The First Time? Consider An ETF First
If you are an investing newbie and considering buying some stocks for your first time, there is a better way to go: exchange traded funds (ETFs).

First consider who you are: Are you 30 and starting your career, retired and wanting to see your money surplus, or are you risk intolerant and feel the need for security? If any of these are so, then why not an ETF instead of a single stock, visit site to read more]

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So Far, Olympic Success Hasn't Materialized For ETFs, But There's Still Time
Let the exchange traded funds (ETFs) begin! Oh, and the Games, too.

China has officially kicked off the Beijing Summer Olympics, and investors will soon have their many questions answered: Will the games have any impact on ETFs? Will growth continue after the athletes have all packed up and returned home?

Not all is going smoothly at the moment, however: China's Shanghai Composite Index has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 19 months as investors sell airlines and other market … [visit site to read more]

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The Politics And Money Behind Big International Biofuel Moves
The Bush administration is standing strong on its intensive ethanol push. So why is a top American company shifting its emphasis to Brazil? The answer is that there are too many political question marks in the developing U.S. biofuels market.

Let’s look at what went down in Washington this week. None other than Dubya’s successor, Texas Governor Rick Perry, had filed a request with the Environmental Protection Agency to halve ethanol requirements because he says they are causing … [visit site to read more]

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When A Bear Is On The Loose, Don't Give Up On Your ETFs
Many stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have taken a mauling from the bear market, and commodities ETFs are doing their best to fight it off, but they may stumble just from sheer exhaustion.

Financials were the first to be attacked, then U.S. companies that sold consumer goods, real estate, airline and industrials, reports Gary Gordon for ETF Expert.

And then the bear went after international areas such as Europe and Asia, as the market there seemed to move in lockstep with the … [visit site to read more]

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As Shipping Stocks Sink, Should You Jump Onboard?
Investing in the shipping sector has not been for the faint of heart recently. As commodities have lost their luster, so have the industries that are lumped in with them, such as the shippers, the fertilizers, and large industrial mining equipment manufacturers.

These 4 shippers are all Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks: Tsakos Energy & Navigation (TNP), Genco Shipping (GNK), TBS International (TBSI), and … [visit site to read more]

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Increasing Options Volume In Double Inverse ETFs Crowding Out VIX Options?
One year ago this month, VIX options peaked in popularity. As the graphic below from IVolatility.com shows, VIX options continue to trade at impressive volumes of about 100,000 contracts per day, but this number is about 30% below the levels from August-November of last year.

Part of the reason for this change in trading patterns is that some of the portfolio hedging trades formerly … [visit site to read more]

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Brazil's Tupi Production Plans
Brazil's Tupi field in the Santos basin is a potentially enormous discovery. Will its flows of oil be large enough to change the view of analysts who have foreseen a sharp drop in global oil production starting some time after 2010?

The report cited below from The Financial Times (8/4/08) sheds some light on the question by revealing Petrobras' latest thinking. From a strategic viewpoint, PBR has announced that it will re-deploy its skilled engineering personnel from … [visit site to read more]

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Rupert Murdoch Linked To An ETF? With New Index, It's Possible
The Global Dow Index is the brainchild of Rupert Murdoch, and it's an innovative new index for exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track on a global level. The index's components will be selected by the editors of The Wall Street Journal, making this index feel even closer to home.

Murdoch, who is based in Mumbai, has this point-of-view on the innovation of the index: The world is changing and how we measure that change financially and economically is an opportunity … [visit site to read more]

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ETFs Are Tested As Even BRIC Economies Feel U.S. Slowdown
As the United States continues to experience a serious economic slowdown, exchange traded funds (ETFs) face many challenges as even the BRIC economies are feeling the repurcussions.

Regardless of whether or not the United States is truly in a recession, it is undeniable that it has experienced a serious economic slowdown based on a number of different factors. As the BRIC economies all currently fight inflation, exports from these countries will be adversely affected by the slowdown here, … [visit site to read more]

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