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<title><![CDATA[ARM to miss out on FTSE 100 entry]]></title>
<link>http://armnews.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/arm-to-miss-out-on-ftse-100-entry/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ARMnews</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Every quarter, the FTSE committee, review which companies should join and leave the FTSE 100. The ne]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resumo do mercado]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/resumo-do-mercado-3/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/resumo-do-mercado-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hoje os principais índices da renda variável no mercado externo encerraram em queda, refletindo resu]]></description>
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<td style="text-align:justify;">Hoje os principais índices da renda variável no mercado externo encerraram em queda, refletindo resultados ruins no âmbito corporativo e o discurso do presidente do Banco Central Europeu, informando a  retirada dos estímulos monetários.segundo Trichet  a autoridade monetária irá gradualmente retirar o montante injetado no mercado durante a crise, uma vez que nem todas as medidas tomadas pela instituição serão necessárias no futuro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Novamente  as ações das techs aparecem puxando as perdas, sentindo os efeitos negativos do resultado da Dell, que apresentou queda de 53% no lucro entre o terceiro trimestre de 2008 e 2009, ao somar ganhos de US$ 337 milhões. O número também é metade do esperado pelo mercado, o que contribuiu para uma visão pessimista quanto às ações da companhia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os papéis da terceira maior fabricante de computadores do mundo fecharam o pregão com uma queda de 9,96% na Nasdaq.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No lado positivo dos índices, as ações de laboratórios farmacêuticos registraram as maiores valorizações do dia, como o Merck &#38; Co, que registrou uma valorização de 3,20%, e Pfizer, com uma alta de 1,38%.</p>
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<td>Dow Jones</td>
<td>-0,14</td>
<td>10.318</td>
<td>+3,71</td>
<td>+17,57</td>
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<td width="1"><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></td>
<td>S&#38;P 500</td>
<td>-0,32</td>
<td>1.091</td>
<td>+0,92</td>
<td>+20,83</td>
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<td>Nasdaq</td>
<td>-0,50</td>
<td>2.146</td>
<td>-0,22</td>
<td>+36,08</td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Europa</strong><br />
Seguindo a tendência de Wall Street, as principais bolsas da Europa fecharam esta sexta-feira em queda. O destaque da sessão ficou por conta da revisão de estimativas de bancos para grandes corporações do velho continente.</p>
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<td>FTSE 100</td>
<td>-0,31</td>
<td>5.215</td>
<td>-0,06</td>
<td>+18,50</td>
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<td>DAX 30</td>
<td>-0,68</td>
<td>5.663</td>
<td>-2,93</td>
<td>+17,72</td>
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<td>CAC 40</td>
<td>-0,82</td>
<td>3.729</td>
<td>-3,70</td>
<td>+15,91</td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Ásia</strong><br />
O índice Nikkei fechou o dia com desvalorização, pressionado pelo desempenho das empresas do setor de tecnologia.<br />
Em uma reunião em Pequim nesta sessão, o porta-voz do banco central chinês, Zhou Xiaochuan, afirmou que &#8220;o país deve permanecer vigilante sobre a excessiva produção industrial depois que o plano de US$ 586 bilhões impulsionou novos investimentos urbanos&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Essa declaração foi o suficiente para provocar incerteza em relação a China e fez com que o índice Xangai também encerrasse o dia em queda.</p>
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<td>Nikkei</td>
<td>-0,54</td>
<td>9.498</td>
<td>-8,09</td>
<td>+8,58</td>
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<td>Hang Seng</td>
<td>-1,06</td>
<td>22.403</td>
<td>+0,38</td>
<td>+57,38</td>
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<td>Shangai Composite</td>
<td>-0,37</td>
<td>3.308</td>
<td>+7,74</td>
<td>+81,70</td>
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<title><![CDATA[Resumo do Dia]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/resumo-do-dia/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/resumo-do-dia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tivemos um bom inicio de semana, hoje a Bovespa fechou em alta de  2,71%, cotada em 66.214 pontos, c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Tivemos um bom inicio de semana, hoje a Bovespa fechou em alta de  2,71%, cotada em 66.214 pontos, com volume financeiro de R$ 6,20 bilhões.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A segunda-feira (9) foi recheada de notícias positivas, por exemplo, o do G-20 trouxe expectativas tranqüilizantes, visto que os bancos centrais ao redor do mundo não deverão retirar os estímulos até que a economia global possa caminhar com seus próprios pés.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No cenário corporativo a Net ficou entre as maiores altas do índice Bovespa. A empresa concluiu a emissão de títulos de sua dívida no mercado externo, com a pretensão de utilizar os recursos financeiros em expansão, pré-pagamento de dívida existente e outros investimentos corporativos.</p>
<p>A Eucatex anunciou o encerramento do Plano de Recuperação Judicial, iniciado há dois anos e afirmou que todas as obrigações que a empresa possuía dentro desse plano foram cumpridas no prazo previsto.</p>
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<td width="46%">Ibovespa</td>
<td width="26%">66.214</td>
<td width="26%">2,71</td>
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<td width="46%">Merval</td>
<td width="26%">2.279</td>
<td width="26%">2,35</td>
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<td width="46%">S&#38;P 500</td>
<td width="26%">1.093</td>
<td width="26%">2,22</td>
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<td width="46%">Nasdaq</td>
<td width="26%">2.154</td>
<td width="26%">1,97</td>
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<td width="46%">CAC 40</td>
<td width="26%">3.785</td>
<td width="26%">2,11</td>
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<td width="26%">5.620</td>
<td width="26%">2,40</td>
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<td width="46%">FTSE 100</td>
<td width="26%">5.235</td>
<td width="26%">1,80</td>
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<td width="46%">Nikkei</td>
<td width="26%">9.809</td>
<td width="26%">0,20</td>
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<td width="46%">Shanghai Composite</td>
<td width="26%">3.176</td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">0,36</p>
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<p>Carteira Teórica</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hoje nossa recém carteira apresentou um ganho de 2,44% no dia, enquanto o Índice Bovespa avançou 2,71% no mesmo período, o diferencial da Carteira esta sendo na semana que é onde estamos tendo um bom  avanço de 10,43%.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-1135  aligncenter" title="imagem...." src="http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/imagem.jpg" alt="imagem...." width="258" height="296" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Esse ganho é superior ao CDI que hoje esta com rendimento em torno de 8,63% aa.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bolsas sem tendência]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/bolsas-sem-tendencia-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/bolsas-sem-tendencia-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hoje é feriado no Brasil, mas lá fora tem mercado e pelo que estamos observando, ele não esta tenden]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Hoje é feriado no Brasil, mas lá fora tem mercado e pelo que estamos observando, ele não esta tendencioso, na Europa por exemplo enquanto o FTSE 100, recua as praças francesas e espanholas caminham rumo a alta.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por aqui a tendência altista passou e agora em tendência de baixa, os analistas da Focques recomendam atenção para os suportes de 61.447 pontos e 61.378 pontos, quem apostou que teríamos um final de ano com ganhos é melhor começar a rever sua estratégia e apertar o cinto de segurança.</p>
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<td style="text-align:left;">FTSE 100</td>
<td style="text-align:left;">-1,34</td>
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<td>Nikkei</td>
<td>-2,31</td>
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<td>IBEX 35</td>
<td>0,27</td>
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<td>CAC 40</td>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercados se recuperando]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/mercados-se-recuperando/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[                  &#8220;Nos EUA, a crise é uma tsunami. Aqui, se ela chegar, vai chegar uma marolin]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Nos EUA, a crise é uma tsunami. Aqui, se ela chegar, vai chegar uma marolinha que não dá nem pra esquiar&#8221;. Esta foi a frase utilizada pelo presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva para definir a crescente deterioração econômica vista no exterior em meados de outubro do ano passado &#8211; que gerou diversas críticas. A onda de estragos da crise mostrou que merecia mais consideração ao afogar o mundo em um cenário recessivo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Há exato um ano, o Ibovespa encerrava a sessão de 27 de outubro de 2008 em seu menor patamar em três anos. Fechando abaixo dos 30 mil pontos, o índice brasileiro repercutia a continuidade dos sinais de enfraquecimento da atividade econômica internacional e as perspectivas de que o pior da crise ainda estava por vir.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mas o caminho que levou o Ibovespa até ali se destacava por alguns pontos. No primeiro deles, os mercados globais sofriam com a falta de crédito, fruto da maior preocupação com o sistema financeiro internacional. Com as fontes para captação de recursos cada vez mais escassas, e temendo a uma onda de falências e calotes, as instituições financeiras passaram a restringir o crédito.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dentro daquele contexto, outro ponto contribuiu para o que viria mais a frente. Em meados de setembro de 2008, o Bank of America firmou um acordo de compra do banco de investimentos Merrill Lynch por US$ 50 bilhões, criando assim a maior companhia de serviços financeiros do mundo. &#8220;Adquirir uma das maiores empresas de gestão, mercado de capitais e de consultoria é uma grande oportunidade para nossos acionistas&#8221;, afirmou Ken Lewis, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) do Bank of América, semanas antes de o Ibovespa testar tal mínima.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Enquanto isso, o governo norte-americano se preocupava em não deixar repetir com a AIG o ocorrido com o Lehman Brothers. Sem conseguir levantar capital, o terceiro maior banco dos EUA pediu concordata após a desistência de seus possíveis compradores &#8211; Barclays Capital e o próprio Bank of America -, que não conseguiram garantias governamentais suficientes para convencê-los a correr o risco e adquirir o gigantesco passivo da instituição. Para evitar que o mesmo acontecesse com a maior seguradora do país, a AIG, o governo dos EUA assumiu o controle da companhia depois da aprovação de um plano de ajuda no montante de US$ 85 bilhões &#8211; socorro este que depois viria a aumentar de tamanho consideravelmente.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Crise agrava, governos se mexem</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Todos estes eventos, somados à preocupação dos mercados frente aos deteriorados indicadores econômicos globais, não apenas influenciaram nos 29.435 mil pontos do Ibovespa em outubro de 2008, como também anunciaram os tempos difíceis que estavam por vir.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Com a mudança na estrutura dos mercados após a crise do crédito, um dos mais afetados foi o consumo, que experimentou uma queda generalizada no mundo inteiro, puxando para baixo uma das principais engrenagens econômicas. O principal exemplo de economia global afetada por esta premissa foram os EUA, que têm nada menos que 2/3 de seu PIB atrelado ao consumo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Visando estimular as economias, descongelar o mercado de crédito e reaquecer as vendas, &#8220;foi aberta a temporada&#8221; de pacotes, estímulos e corte nos juros ao redor do globo. Nos EUA, após muita discussão, o governo aprovou um pacote de ajuda de US$ 700 bilhões ao sistema financeiro do País, além de ter adotado uma série de facilidades fiscais para estimular o consumo interno, como o programa Cash for Clunkers, que reduzia impostos sobre a venda de carros.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por aqui, o governo brasileiro também apostou na redução de impostos, por exemplo, do IPI (Imposto sobre Produto Industrializado), que intensificou as vendas de eletrodomésticos, automóveis e artigos como materiais de construção. Além disso, cabe destacar que a autoridade monetária brasileira efetuou uma série de afrouxamentos monetários para manter sob controle a economia do País. De janeiro a julho, a taxa Selic passou de 13,75% para 8,75% ao ano &#8211; menor patamar histórico. Regiões como Reino Unido, Japão e China também aprovaram pacotes de estímulo econômico em decorrência da crise e viram seus juros básicos experimentarem baixos patamares.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Mercados: medidas tomadas, quem se recuperou?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Um ano depois da pior baixa do Ibovespa em três anos, sinais de recuperação começam a aparecer nas economias, ao passo que indicadores econômicos mostram números gradualmente melhores. Por aqui, números da confiança do consumidor, da produção da indústria e do mercado de trabalho seguem surpreendendo positivamente. O principal índice de ações da bolsa paulista acumula valorização superior a 100% em doze meses, impulsionado pelos fortes fundamentos do País que atraem olhares externos à BM&#38;F Bovespa.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Na China, apontada como um dos últimos países a sentir os efeitos da crise financeira, o PIB mostrou crescimento de 8,9% durante o terceiro trimestre deste ano, impulsionado pelos programas de expansão de crédito promovidos pelo governo durante o período. O índice Shanghai Composite também mostra recuperação e acumula alta de 69% em 12 meses.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nos EUA, as bolsas também apresentam alta, embora mais tímidas, demonstrando que os investidores, apesar de cautelosos, estão mais confiantes com uma recuperação do país. O índice Dow Jones, que concentra as blue chips norte-americanas, soma nestes 12 meses variação de 17,77%, seguido de uma alta de 21,7% do índice S&#38;P 500 e de valorização de 38% do Nasdaq. Na Europa, apesar da situação econômica ainda estar debilitada, principalmente no leste europeu, os índices FTSE 100, DAX 30 e CAC 40, da Inglaterra, Alemanha e França, respectivamente, somam alta de 33,47%, 31,3% e 17,2% no período.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Também se recuperando, as commodities, grandes afetadas pela crise financeira, voltaram a apresentar números positivos nas bolsas. O barril de petróleo, por exemplo, chegou a ser negociado a US$ 150 na metade de 2008, antes de cair para abaixo de US$ 40. Atualmente o preço da commodity oscila na casa dos US$ 80 por barril, demonstrando alta de 100% frente à sua mínima.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Brasil: de País subdesenvolvido a economia promissora</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Em um cenário recessivo global, os fortes fundamentos apresentados pelo Brasil pesaram na decisão da agência de classificação de risco Moody&#8217;s de atribuir o grau de investimento à economia brasileira no último mês. A Moody&#8217;s era a última agência dentre as principais que faltava dar tal reconhecimento ao País &#8211; Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s e Fitch já haviam atribuído a nota ao Brasil no ano passado. As melhores perspectivas para o País seguem refletidas no bom desempenho de seus mercados e indicadores econômicos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os últimos balanços da BM&#38;F Bovespa apontam para uma crescente alta nos investimentos estrangeiros no País, o que mostra que os investidores de fora se mantêm confiantes no desempenho da economia e das empresas brasileiras.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Estes são alguns dos fatores que explicam uma recuperação do Ibovespa superior à dos principais benchmarks globais neste período. Muito se discute sobre os fundamentos deste impressionante rali do índice desde a mínima nos 29.435 pontos; de fato não se justificou a precificação de um tsunami à época, o que resta saber é se os preços dos ativos brasileiros fazem jus a um cenário de otimismo pela frente.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Não podemos também esquecer que a retomada do Ibovespa foi mais vigorosa porque o tombo há 12 meses também foi. Em 27 de outubro de 2008, o índice da bolsa paulista acumulava perda de 64,85% no ano, contra desvalorizações de 52,32% do Dow Jones, 55,28% do S&#38;P 500 e 56,08% do Nasdaq Index, por exemplo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> Fonte: Infomoney</p>
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<title><![CDATA[64% of the FTSE 100 are producing full HTML online reports]]></title>
<link>http://nexxarblog.co.uk/2009/09/16/64-of-the-ftse-100-are-producing-full-html-online-reports/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nexxaruk</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite a tough economic climate the UK trend towards full HTML reports continues to climb steadily.]]></description>
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<p>Despite a tough economic climate the UK trend towards full HTML reports continues to climb steadily. This year our benchmarking analysis has shown an increase to 64% of FTSE 100 producing their reports online. To give some context, in 2007 it was 37% of the market and in 2008 a huge increase to 58%.</p>
<p>The percentage of JPG shows remains steady. 11 of the FTSE-100 companies offer this kind of presentation. The share of PDF downloads has further decreased to 25% (previous year: 30%).</p>
<p><a title="FTSE 100" href="http://www.nexxar.com/marketresearch/ukftse100.html" target="_blank">View the FTSE 100 survey company by company &#62;&#62;</a></p>
<p><a title="Full survey" href="http://www.nexxar.com/marketresearch.html" target="_blank">View the full survey of over 400 companies in Europe and North America &#62;&#62;</a></p>
<p><a title="Communicate article" href="http://communicatemagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=417:uk-rules-the-waves-of-online-reporting&#38;catid=1:stories&#38;Itemid=115" target="_blank">UK rules the waves of online report: view Communicate article &#62;&#62;</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive pay keeps rising, Guardian survey finds]]></title>
<link>http://cgleaders.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/executive-pay-keeps-rising/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>santiagochaher</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[by Julia Finch &amp; Simon Bowers for The Guardian, September 14, 2009. Full and part-time directors]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>by <a title="Julia Finch" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/juliafinch" target="_blank">Julia Finch</a> &#38; <a title="Simon Bowers" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonbowers" target="_blank">Simon Bowers</a> for <a title="The Guardian" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>, September 14, 2009.</p>
<p><em>Full and part-time directors of <a title="Wikipedia FTSE 100" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100" target="_blank">FTSE 100</a> shared between them more than £1bn.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Executives at Britain&#8217;s top companies saw their basic salaries leap 10% last year, despite the onset of the worst global recession in decades, in which their companies lost almost a third of their value amid a record decline in the FTSE.</p>
<p style="border-collapse:collapse;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 13px;padding:0;">The Guardian&#8217;s annual survey of boardroom pay reveals that the full- and part-time directors of the FTSE 100, the premier league of British business, shared between them more than £1bn.</p>
<p style="border-collapse:collapse;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 13px;padding:0;">Bonus payouts were lower, but the basic salary hikes were more than three times the 3.1% average pay rise for ordinary workers in the private sector. The big rise in directors&#8217; basic pay – more than double the rate ofinflation last year – came as many of their companies were imposing pay freezes on staff and starting huge redundancy programmes to slash costs.</p>
<p style="border-collapse:collapse;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 13px;padding:0;">The Guardian data also shows that a coterie of elite bosses at the helm of multinational corporations are seeing their overall pay packets soar ever higher. The 10 most highly paid executives earned a combined £170m last year – up from £140m in 2007. Five years ago, the top 10 banked some £70m.</p>
<p style="border-collapse:collapse;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 13px;padding:0;">The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, <a title="Vince Cable" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Cable" target="_blank">Vince Cable</a>, said: &#8220;The Guardian&#8217;s analysis shows the breathtaking cynicism involved in a lot of executive pay deals, which are unrelated to either personal or corporate performance and involve people who are very well off helping themselves to larger salaries when private sector wages in many companies are being cut.&#8221;&#8230;(<a title="Article" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/14/executive-pay-keeps-rising" target="_blank">continue reading</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cadbury's sticks to the craft it knows]]></title>
<link>http://bournvillevillage.com/2009/09/07/cadburys-sticks-to-the-craft-it-knows/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hrwaldram</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The chocolate maker which made Bournville famous, Cadbury, has rejected an offer to be bought by Ame]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The chocolate maker which made Bournville famous, Cadbury, has rejected an offer to be bought by American company Kraft foods, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/07/cadbury-kraft-takeover-offer">it was reported today</a>.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-195" title="Cadburys Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars (Fair Trade)" src="http://bournvilletimes.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cadbury-dairy-milk-fairtrade-with-chocolate.jpg?w=400" alt="Cadburys Dairy Milk Chocolate Bars (Fair Trade)" width="400" height="267" /></p>
<p>Responsible for producing a household brand of chocolate loved by families across Britain, the chocolate factory today took a decision which would have made 1824 founder John Cadbury proud.</p>
<p>The board at Cadbury released a statement saying they had received a proposal from Kraft, and decided to reject it.In the stock exchange shares in Cadburys shot up to 786p, up 281p shocking the FTSE 100 index. The shre price now stands at 801p. In a statement Cadbury said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Board is confident in Cadbury’s standalone strategy and growth prospects as a result of its strong brands, unique category and geographic scope and the continued successful delivery of its Vision into Action plan. The Board believes that the proposal fundamentally undervalues the Group and its prospects</p></blockquote>
<p>Cadbury&#8217;s can be happily accredited with putting Bournville on the map, and John Cadbury and his family of quakers are well-known in our little community for setting up the Bournville Village Trust. The company took a step into new pastures in July this year with the announcement the chocolate was going to be sourced and produced in compliance with Fairtrade certificate rules &#8211; allowing the trademark purple dairy milk wrapper to bare the Fairtrade foundation stamp. This made Cadbury the first mass-market chocolate producers to do so.</p>
<p>Kraft&#8217;s investment in Cadbury would have contributed into saving jobs at the factory plant in Bristol, and money also would have gone into the Bournville plant. But Cadbury&#8217;s stalwart self-belief is enough to make e=anyone think they have future investment plans of their own for the brand. After their rejection from Cadbury, it is thought Kraft will look into buying chocolate competitors Nestle or Hersheys.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Challenges facing CIOs at the UK's leading companies]]></title>
<link>http://mubbisherahmed.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/challenges-facing-cios-at-the-uks-leading-companies/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mubbisherahmed</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy my blog, please recommend my blog for the Computerweekly IT Blog Awards 2009 in the CIO]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>If you enjoy my blog, please recommend my blog for the Computerweekly IT Blog Awards 2009 in the CIO/IT Director category at:</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/nominate"><strong><em>http://www.computerweekly.com/nominate</em></strong></a></p>
<p>Recently, <a title="Jeremy Oates and challenges facing UK CIOs" href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/analysis/2247425/q-jeremy-oates-accenture" target="_blank">Jeremy Oates, – Managing Director for Accenture systems integration &#38; technology did an interview for Computing magazine &#8211; 10/8/09 and was asked about the challenges facing CIOs at the UK&#8217;s leading companies</a>.</p>
<p>I enjoyed that interview and have responded by providing additional answers to Jeremy&#8217;s thoughts, as below:</p>
<p><strong>What is the biggest problem for FTSE 100 CIOs?</strong></p>
<p>I just wanted to discuss the Green IT issue in a bit more depth. CIOs need to recognise that the Green issue will be climbing higher and higher up the CIOs agenda. Addressing this is not just good business but a necessity. We are increasingly living in a world that faces an energy crisis and a pollution bombshell. Anything that we do that can lower our carbon footprint will be good PR, good business, provide a good ROI (For example, reducing travel expenses by video conferencing) and value for money. It is the duty of any corporate citizen to ensure that we leave a sustainable world for future generations.</p>
<p><strong>How can these problems be solved?</strong></p>
<p>In addition to your thoughts, there are once again, at a corporate level many initiatives that can be introduced that can address the problems that we now face. Every CIO should have a team looking after innovation and ensuring that it is horizon scanning to ascertain the technology that could be the next killer application or IT, ‘must have’.</p>
<p>Businesses’ need to ensure that they actively promote IT graduate placements (Discussed in my blog &#8211; The future graduate and the IT and computing skills shortage -<a href="http://tinyurl.com/skillshortage">http://tinyurl.com/skillshortage</a>) and women are encouraged to not only become IT graduates but to work within the IT arena.</p>
<p>Businesses also need to look at mobile workforces and how best to equip them (Phones vs Smartphones), how best to use social networking (bearing in mind the next generation knows no other way to communicate) and how to leverage Cloud Computing. In addition, ERP systems need to be utilised more efficiently as well.</p>
<p>The above will generate new ideas and solutions for new world problems.</p>
<p><strong>What are the challenges for enterprises considering cloud-based services?</strong></p>
<p>As outlined before, innovation and horizon scanning should mean that businesses start to research cloud computing and what it can do for businesses (Discussed in my blog &#8211; What is Cloud Computing? Its Pros/Cons and making it work &#8211; <a href="http://tiny.cc/mXOJA">http://tiny.cc/mXOJA</a>). The challenge will be whether businesses are prepared to take the same applications into a ‘test cloud environment’. The issue of security and enterprise data can then be tested. The risk here is that this is a double edged sword, whether to operate in the cloud or not!</p>
<p>£70 billion dollars is being pumped into global broadband infrastructures, so the question is not if but when!</p>
<p><strong>What is the biggest compliance issue facing FTSE 100 firms and how to prevent data loss and security breaches?</strong></p>
<p>I agree it is Security and in my view the one single reason for data loss is human error. Technology, for example can encrypt data but cannot stop an employee from leaving a physical paper file on the train or stop onlookers looking at sensitive data on the screen of a laptop. Business cultures need to change through education and understanding. Businesses should take the UK government’s view  &#8211; <a href="http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk/news_events/stories/PI.asp">http://www.nationalschool.gov.uk/news_events/stories/PI.asp</a> and ensure all employees handling information undertake appropriate exams/certifications.</p>
<p><strong>What is Accenture&#8217;s view on Digital Britain, particularly the next-generation optical-fibre rollout? Is 2Mbit/s as a universal service commitment (USC) good enough?</strong></p>
<p>To enable the UK to be a market leader for the next generation of product/services that will enter the market as a result of universal broadband coverage, we must be at the forefront of this technology. For example, Australia is spending $33 billion for broadband speeds of 100Mbit/s and the UK is enabling only 2Mbit/s. The statistics prove that the UK is equipped with better connectivity, or we risk being outperformed by countries that are investing  heavily in the telecoms infrastructure now rather than tomorrow.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[100% Invested in Spreadbets]]></title>
<link>http://spreadbuddy.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/100-invested-in-spreadbets/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spreadbuddy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[100% invested means 100% of equity investable capital put into brokers account to be drip fed into s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>100% invested means 100% of equity investable capital put into brokers account to be drip fed into stocks. About 50% was already invested in stocks but there is always a conflict between how much to invest in one go and the stop. If you assume a midcap will retrace about 10% when ftse100 retraces a normal 5-6%, then a stop of 20% for a long term investment is reasonable. The question to be answered is am I prepared to take a hit of £20k per £100k invested. The answer is no. The solution is to drip feed into the market and wait until profits from existing holdings will cover the stop of potential new holdings. So profits from my first 25% covered the potential loss on the next 25% before I put in a buy order. Then the profit from the 50% now held must cover the potential losses of the third 25% and so on. Not very clear perhaps.</p>
<p>I made a lot of mistakes in 2003/4. It was dithering in &#38; out during that period that got me serious on sorting out a strategy for the next time around. Things have been made easier this time with the assistance of stoploss protection from intraday trading profits. This time around I have purchased small quantities of everything I want to hold for the long term instead of buying one stock at a time with its maximum holding. That&#8217;s why I currently hold a lot of different companies. In addition I&#8217;m short term trading the same stocks long only with spread betting.  Currently 18 companies on spread bets. Best two performers MML &#38; WCC &#8211; both long term holds and <a href="http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/">spread bets.</a> Worse performers CHLD &#38; AU. &#8211; getting close to its stop &#8211; crazy <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Statwatch #14]]></title>
<link>http://mariusostrowski.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/statwatch-14/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The indices have all been happily continuing their rise from last week, buoyed by more positive 2nd-]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">The indices have all been happily continuing their rise from last week, buoyed by more positive 2nd-quarter results from across the markets &#8211; most notably, excellent results from eBay and AT&#38;T pushed the <strong>Dow Jones</strong> above 9000 for the first time since January, while the <strong>DAX</strong> rose above 5200 for the first time in about 9 months. The euro strengthened even more against sterling and dollar, while the dollar slipped slightly after Fed Chairman Bernanke&#8217;s decision to wind down the US quantitative easing programme. Libor and Euribor slid even lower, as banks appear unfazed by <strong>Chancellor Darling</strong>&#8217;s threats to take action against institutions who refuse to lend cheaply to small- and mid-cap corporations, while the markets as a whole seem to have taken the worse-than-expected <strong>-0.8pc drop in UK GDP</strong> fairly in their stride. Commodities have seen a rather quieter week, with some recent rises being wiped out in the case of corn and natural gas, and a decrease in the rise of gold with fears about the dollar&#8217;s renewed weakness. Finally, 10-year <strong>IRS rates</strong> have risen significantly, ahead of 5-year rates, themselves ahead of 2-year, as analysts (particularly in the UK) bet with more conviction on high and rising inflation in the coming years.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Markets summary:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=EURGBP">£/€ XR</a>: 0.8641 (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.0011</span> from last week)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GBPUSD">$/£ XR</a>: 1.6437 (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.0082</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=USDEUR">€/$ XR</a>: 0.7034 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.0057</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=572009&#38;ss=wsodissue">FTSE 100</a>: 4576.61 (<span style="color:#008000;">+187.86</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=569857&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dax</a>: 5229.36 (<span style="color:#008000;">+250.96</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=576473&#38;ss=wsodissue">Nikkei 225</a>: 9944.55 (<span style="color:#008000;">+549.23</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=599362&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dow Jones</a>: 9093.24 (<span style="color:#008000;">+349.30</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=593933&#38;ss=wsodissue">S&#38;P 500</a>: 979.26 (<span style="color:#008000;">+38.88</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">SONIA</a>: 0.42pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.01</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">EONIA</a>: 0.36pc (<span style="color:#999999;">0.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">Fed Funds</a>: 0.15pc (0.00)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">£ Libor 3m</a>: 0.92463pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.03562</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">€ Euribor 3m</a>: 0.92pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.03</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-240709">US$ Libor 3m</a>: 0.50188 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.00187</span>)</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Interest-rate swaps:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 2yr</a>: 1.79pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.04</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 5yr</a>: 2.90pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.03</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 10yr</a>: 3.71pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.06</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 2yr</a>: 2.28pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.17</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 5yr</a>: 3.74pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.20</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 10yr</a>: 4.36pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.21</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 2yr</a>: 1.47pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.07</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 5yr</a>: 2.97pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.09</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 10yr</a>: 3.85pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.10</span>)</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Commodities:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GB@IB.1">Brent crude oil</a>: $70.32 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$4.99</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@HO.1">Heating oil</a>: $1.81 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.17</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ng.1">Natural gas</a>: $3.68 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-$0.01</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ZE.1">Ethanol</a>: $1.51 (<span style="color:#999999;">$0.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@GC.1">Gold</a>: $953.10 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$15.40</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@SI.1">Silver</a>: 1388 (<span style="color:#008000;">+47</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@AL.1">Aluminium</a>: $0.8325 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.0475</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@HG.1">Copper</a>: 242.45 (<span style="color:#008000;">+21.3</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPL.1">Platinum</a>: $1182.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$69.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPA.1">Palladium</a>: $252.60 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.35</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@QC.1">Cocoa</a>: £1841.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+£68.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@RC.1">Coffee (Robusta)</a>: $1474.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$18.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@KC.1">Coffee (Arabica)</a>: $123.95 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$5.60</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@c.1">Corn</a>: 327.25 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-4.25</span>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Statwatch #13]]></title>
<link>http://mariusostrowski.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/statwatch-13/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marius Ostrowski</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[RIGHT. Finally, a Statwatch with some sense of continuity. The most significant event on the markets]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">RIGHT. Finally, a Statwatch with some sense of continuity. The most significant event on the markets this week was the very impressive 2nd-quarter result from Goldman Sachs, which drove up confidence in the banking sector overall, and saw the major indices post 3-figure rises. Confidence in the long-term recovery prospects for the EU and USA seems to be rising a little too, judging by the latest IRS figures; the euro has strengthened slightly against sterling and dollar, and the slight dips in Libor and Euribor might suggest that banks are becoming a little more agreeable to boosting liquidity in the market. And, last but not least, commodities have seemingly had a moderate-to-good week (with the sole exception of the corn index). Enjoy!</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Markets summary:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=EURGBP">£/€ XR</a>: 0.8630 (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.0031</span> from last week)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GBPUSD">$/£ XR</a>: 1.6355 (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.0152</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=USDEUR">€/$ XR</a>: 0.7091 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.0080</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=572009&#38;ss=wsodissue">FTSE 100</a>: 4388.75 (<span style="color:#008000;">+261.58</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=569857&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dax</a>: 4978.40 (<span style="color:#008000;">+402.09</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=576473&#38;ss=wsodissue">Nikkei 225</a>: 9395.32 (<span style="color:#008000;">+108.04</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=599362&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dow Jones</a>: 8743.94 (<span style="color:#008000;">+597.42</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=593933&#38;ss=wsodissue">S&#38;P 500</a>: 940.38 (<span style="color:#008000;">+61.25</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">SONIA</a>: 0.41pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.01</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">EONIA</a>: 0.36pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.02</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">Fed Funds</a>: 0.15pc (0.00)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">£ Libor 3m</a>: 0.96025pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.08475</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">€ Euribor 3m</a>: 0.95pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.06</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-170709">US$ Libor 3m</a>: 0.50375 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.00125</span>)</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Interest-rate swaps:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 2yr</a>: 1.75pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.03</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 5yr</a>: 2.87pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.05</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 10yr</a>: 3.65pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.05</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 2yr</a>: 2.11pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.01</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 5yr</a>: 3.54pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.01</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 10yr</a>: 4.15pc (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-0.04</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 2yr</a>: 1.4pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.11</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 5yr</a>: 2.88pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.18</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-us-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 10yr</a>: 3.75pc (<span style="color:#008000;">+0.20</span>)</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Commodities:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GB@IB.1">Brent crude oil</a>: $65.33 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$5.04</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@HO.1">Heating oil</a>: $1.64 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.11</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ng.1">Natural gas</a>: $3.69 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.32</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ZE.1">Ethanol</a>: $1.51 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.04</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@GC.1">Gold</a>: $937.70 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$25.20</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@SI.1">Silver</a>: 1341 (<span style="color:#008000;">+75</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@AL.1">Aluminium</a>: $0.785 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$0.06</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@HG.1">Copper</a>: 242.45 (<span style="color:#008000;">+21.3</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPL.1">Platinum</a>: $1182.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$69.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPA.1">Palladium</a>: $252.25 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$14.70</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@QC.1">Cocoa</a>: £1773.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+£64.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@RC.1">Coffee (Robusta)</a>: $1456.00 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$94.00</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@KC.1">Coffee (Arabica)</a>: $118.35 (<span style="color:#008000;">+$4.35</span>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@c.1">Corn</a>: 331.50 (<span style="color:#ff0000;">-6.50</span>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Statwatch #12]]></title>
<link>http://mariusostrowski.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/statwatch-12/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marius Ostrowski</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to change the contents of the weekly Statwatch yet again &#8211; quite apart from]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">I&#8217;ve decided to change the contents of the weekly Statwatch yet again &#8211; quite apart from sourcing the data from completely different online locations, specifically the <em>Financial Times</em> rather than BBC or Bloomberg for ease and consistency.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">New additions are: commodities (heating oil, natural gas, ethanol, platinum, palladium), a market interest rates summary (Sterling Overnight Index Average, Euro Overnight Index Average, Federal Funds, £ London 3-month inter-bank offered rate, € Euro 3-month inter-bank offered rate, US$ London 3-month inter-bank offered rate) and interest rate swaps (Euro 2-year, 5-year, 10-year; Sterling 2-year, 5-year, 10-year; US dollar 2-year, 5-year, 10-year). I&#8217;ve removed lead, nickel and the commodity index, simply because they are less informative statistics than the others.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Due to time constraints (and because of the restructuring), I&#8217;ve omitted to log the change on last week &#8211; I&#8217;ll restart that particular process next week.</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Markets summary:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=EURGBP">£/€ XR</a>: 0.8599</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GBPUSD">$/£ XR</a>: 1.6203</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=USDEUR">$/€ XR</a>: 0.7171</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=572009&#38;ss=wsodissue">FTSE 100</a>: 4127.17</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=569857&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dax</a>: 4576.31</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=576473&#38;ss=wsodissue">Nikkei 225</a>: 9287.28</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=599362&#38;ss=wsodissue">Dow Jones</a>: 8146.52</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=593933&#38;ss=wsodissue">S&#38;P 500</a>: 879.13</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">SONIA</a>: 0.42pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">EONIA</a>: 0.34pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">Fed Funds</a>: 0.15pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">£ Libor 3m</a>: 1.045pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">€ Euribor 3m</a>: 1.01pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/reports/FTReport.asp?dockey=MNY-100709">US$ Libor 3m</a>: 0.505pc</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Interest-rate swaps:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 2yr</a>: 1.72pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 5yr</a>: 2.82pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">€ 10yr</a>: 3.60pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 2yr</a>: 2.10pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 5yr</a>: 3.55pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-uk-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">£ 10yr</a>: 4.19pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 2yr</a>: 1.29pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 5yr</a>: 2.70pc</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html">$ 10yr</a>: 3.55pc</p>
<h3 style="text-align:justify;">Commodities:</h3>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=GB@IB.1">Brent crude oil</a>: $60.29</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@HO.1">Heating oil</a>: $1.53</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ng.1">Natural gas</a>: $3.37</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@ZE.1">Ethanol</a>: $1.47</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@GC.1">Gold</a>: $912.50</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@SI.1">Silver</a>: 1266</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@AL.1">Aluminium</a>: $0.725</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=US@HG.1">Copper</a>: 221.15</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPL.1">Platinum</a>: $1113.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@@DPA.1">Palladium</a>: $237.55</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@QC.1">Cocoa</a>: £1709.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=gb@RC.1">Coffee (Robusta)</a>: $1362.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@KC.1">Coffee (Arabica)</a>: $114.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=us@c.1">Corn</a>: 338.00</p>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:741px;width:1px;height:1px;">http://swapratesonline.com/current-euro-fixed-interest-swap-rates.html</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Statwatch #11]]></title>
<link>http://mariusostrowski.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/statwatch-11/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marius Ostrowski</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here’s the £/€ exchange rate, Brent Crude Oil Future $/barrel and Forex Gold Index $/oz. I&#8217;ve ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Here’s the <a rel="#someid0" href="http://www.x-rates.com/d/GBP/EUR/graph120.html">£/€ exchange rate</a>, <a rel="#someid2" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/143908/default.stm">Brent Crude Oil Future $/barrel</a> and <a rel="#someid3" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11632/default.stm">Forex Gold Index $/oz</a>. I&#8217;ve decided to remove the signatures on the anti-Gordon Brown petition, as that particular statistic has petered out somewhat &#8211; it&#8217;s had its moment, and it isn&#8217;t really going anywhere anymore. I&#8217;ve also opted to add the <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/currency/11/12/default.stm">£/$</a> and <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/currency/12/13/default.stm">$/€</a> exchange rates, some stock market indices, as well as a couple of important commodities, courtesy of the BBC and corroborated by <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html">Bloomberg</a>, and the overall index that tracks them.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In future I intend to attach some actual analysis to what are otherwise rather barren statistics, and thereby try and derive some tentative conclusions and perhaps predictions from them. In other words, bear with me&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The new commodity additions are: <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/40380/default.stm">Silver Index $/oz</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11658/default.stm">Aluminium Alloy Cash Unofficial Confirmed $/m tonne</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11637/default.stm">Copper Cash Unofficial Confirmed $/m tonne</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11641/default.stm">Lead Cash Unofficial Confirmed $/m tonne</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11662/default.stm">Nickel Cash Unofficial Confirmed $/m tonne</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11704/default.stm">Cocoa Futures £/m tonne</a> (US ICE), <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/11705/default.stm">Coffee &#8220;C&#8221; Futures US cents/pound</a> (US ICE), <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/149796/default.stm">Corn Futures €/m tonne</a> (Euronext Liffe), <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/commodities/40384/default.stm">Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index Cash Index</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The index additions are:<strong> </strong><a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/3/default.stm">FTSE 100</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/18/default.stm">Dax</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/11827/default.stm">Nikkei 225</a>, <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/2/default.stm">Dow Jones</a> and <a href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/11826/default.stm">S&#38;P 500</a>.<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">£/€ XR: 0.8562 (↑<span style="color:#008000;">0.0019</span> from last week)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">£/$ XR: 1.6341</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">$/€ XR: 0.7153</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">FTSE 100: 4236.28</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dax: 4708.21</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nikkei 225: 9816.07</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dow Jones: 8280.74</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">S&#38;P 500: 896.42</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Brent crude oil: $65.43 (↓<span style="color:#ff0000;">$3.67</span> from last week)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Gold: $932.50 (↓<span style="color:#ff0000;">$9.50</span> from last week)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Silver: $13.44</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Aluminium Alloy: $1410.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Copper: $4975.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lead: $1675.50</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nickel: $16175.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cocoa: £2475.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Coffee: 115.00¢</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Corn: €137.00</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Commodity Index: 121.02</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fechamento do mercado]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/fechamento-do-mercado-4/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/fechamento-do-mercado-4/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Índice Pontos Var.% Ibovespa Brasil 51.543 +0,15 Merval Argentina 1.614 +1,87 Dow Jones EUA 8.504 +0]]></description>
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<p align="center"><strong>Índice</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Pontos</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Var.%</strong></p>
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<td width="128">Ibovespa</td>
<td width="119">Brasil</td>
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<p align="center">51.543</p>
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<p align="center">+0,15</p>
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<td width="128">Merval</td>
<td width="119">Argentina</td>
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<p align="center">1.614</p>
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<p align="center">+1,87</p>
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<td width="128">Dow Jones</td>
<td width="119">EUA</td>
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<p align="center">8.504</p>
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<td width="89">
<p align="center">+0,68</p>
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<td width="128">S&#38;P 500</td>
<td width="119">EUA</td>
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<p align="center">923,33</p>
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<p align="center">+0,44</p>
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<td width="128">Nasdaq</td>
<td width="119">EUA</td>
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<p align="center">1.846</p>
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<p align="center">+0,58</p>
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<td width="128">DAX 30</td>
<td width="119">Alemanha</td>
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<p align="center">4.905</p>
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<p align="center">+2,01</p>
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<td width="128">FTSE 100</td>
<td width="119">Inglaterra</td>
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<p align="center">4.341</p>
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<td width="89">
<p align="center">+2,15</p>
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<td width="128">Nikkei</td>
<td width="119">Japão</td>
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<p align="center">9.940</p>
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<td width="89">
<p align="center">-0,19</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Var.%</strong></p>
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<td width="171">Dólar Comercial</td>
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<p align="center">1,9320</p>
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<p align="center">-1,58</p>
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<td width="171">Dólar Paralelo</td>
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<p align="center">2,0700</p>
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<p align="center">0,00</p>
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<td width="171">Dólar Turismo</td>
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<p align="center">2,0500</p>
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<p align="center">-0,97</p>
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<td width="171">Dólar/Euro</td>
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<p align="center">1,4153</p>
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<p align="center">+0,84</p>
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<td width="171">Real/Euro</td>
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<p align="center">2,7310</p>
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<p align="center">-0,88</p>
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<td width="171">Iene/Dólar</td>
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<p align="center">96,55</p>
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<td width="148">
<p align="center">+0,23</p>
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<td width="171">Treasury 10a</td>
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<p align="center">3,54</p>
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<p align="center">+0,02pp</p>
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<td width="171">Global40</td>
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<p align="center">130,10</p>
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<td width="148">
<p align="center">+0,19</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercados Nessa Tarde]]></title>
<link>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/mercados-nessa-tarde/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josué Silva</dc:creator>
<guid>http://josuesilva.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/mercados-nessa-tarde/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ibovespa Brasil 49.494 -3,66 Merval Argentina 1.507 -3,68 S&amp;P 500 EUA 893,04 -3,06 Nasdaq EUA 1.]]></description>
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<td width="139">Ibovespa</td>
<td width="153">Brasil</td>
<td width="114">49.494</td>
<td width="92">-3,66</td>
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<td width="139">Merval</td>
<td width="153">Argentina</td>
<td width="114">1.507</td>
<td width="92">-3,68</td>
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<td width="139">S&#38;P 500</td>
<td width="153">EUA</td>
<td width="114">893,04</td>
<td width="92">-3,06</td>
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<td width="139">Nasdaq</td>
<td width="153">EUA</td>
<td width="114">1.766</td>
<td width="92">-3,35</td>
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<td width="139">CAC 40</td>
<td width="153">França</td>
<td width="114">3.123</td>
<td width="92">-3,04</td>
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<td width="139">DAX 30</td>
<td width="153">Alemanha</td>
<td width="114">4.693</td>
<td width="92">-3,02</td>
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<td width="139">FTSE 100</td>
<td width="153">Inglaterra</td>
<td width="114">4.234</td>
<td width="92">-2,57</td>
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<td width="139">Nikkei</td>
<td width="153">Japão</td>
<td width="114">9.826</td>
<td width="92">+0,41</td>
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<title><![CDATA[BT Group (BT.A)- don't get excited by directors purchases]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/06/10/bt-group-bt-a-dont-get-excited-by-directors-purchases/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/06/10/bt-group-bt-a-dont-get-excited-by-directors-purchases/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I want to talk about share purchases made by BT Group plc (BT.A, 92.5p) Directors and PDMRs on June ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[I want to talk about share purchases made by BT Group plc (BT.A, 92.5p) Directors and PDMRs on June ]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Vodafone, Eaga and QinetiQ all disclose that non execs are buying shares]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/31/vodafone-eaga-and-qinetiq-all-show-non-execs-buying-shares/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/31/vodafone-eaga-and-qinetiq-all-show-non-execs-buying-shares/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve found that non execs outperform execs by somewhere between 7% and 11% amongst the direct]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve found that non execs outperform execs by somewhere between 7% and 11% amongst the direct]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesco checkout]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/31/tesco-checkout/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/31/tesco-checkout/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The CFO of Tesco (TSCO, 365p), Lawrie McIlwee, last Thursday May 28th sold 36,282 shares in the mult]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The CFO of Tesco (TSCO, 365p), Lawrie McIlwee, last Thursday May 28th sold 36,282 shares in the mult]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Update- a few questions on 3i (III)]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/26/update-a-few-questions-on-3i-iii/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 11:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/26/update-a-few-questions-on-3i-iii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking of taking some profits on 3i (III, 400p) (theoretical ex rights price 250p) There]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking of taking some profits on 3i (III, 400p) (theoretical ex rights price 250p) There]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Non-execs make better investors. Non-exec director dealings this week: Homeserve (HSV), National Grid (NG.), Genus (GNS).]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/23/non-execs-make-better-investors-non-exec-director-dealings-this-week-homeserve-hsv-national-grid-ng-genus-gns/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/23/non-execs-make-better-investors-non-exec-director-dealings-this-week-homeserve-hsv-national-grid-ng-genus-gns/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In our analysis we have found non execs to substantially outperform executive directors when it come]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In our analysis we have found non execs to substantially outperform executive directors when it come]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Experian (EXPN) - cautious following directors share sales]]></title>
<link>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/22/experian-negative-view-following-directors-share-sales/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>winnie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://followthedirectors.co.uk/2009/05/22/experian-negative-view-following-directors-share-sales/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We made some money out of Experian (EXPN, 474p) after buying in November 2007 following directors pu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[We made some money out of Experian (EXPN, 474p) after buying in November 2007 following directors pu]]></content:encoded>
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