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The downturn in commodities since the middle of July has been pretty vicious and this week it seemed to be made more tense by the way the market fell across the board as Hurricane Gustav squibbed it and didn’t prove to be the major destroying storm that many had feared.
The way, oil, gold, [...]

How so? We don’t have the space to go into it in any great detail, so here’s the thirty second version. A Triple A credit rating is normally reserved for those companies or governments that are deemed by the rating agency to be so financially reliable – beyond almost any doubt – that they will [...]

The market is down 40. The SFE Futures suggested an unchanged market this morning. All sectors bar the discretionary sector are down.
Resources and energy down 1.3% and 1.7% following the US’s downward lead overnight. Property down 1.3%. Financials down 0.5% despite the rise in financials on Wall Street.
Dow up 16. Up 37 at best. [...]

The podcast on this topic in the last newsletter proved so popular, I thought it would be an excellent topic for an article.
Before you decide to give your job the flick and trade for a living, let’s take a look at the pros and cons of being employed versus full-time sharetrading.
Employment [...]

Cudeco Limited (ASX:CDU) is a mining company that specialises in copper exploration and production.
The stock has been trading in a channel since November 2006, roughly between $2.5 and $5. This channel is slightly bearish as its support line goes through lower lows over the time (points A, B, C, D and E).

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The Reserve Bank cut the cash rate yesterday because it can see the economy is slowing, led by domestic demand.
But that isn’t as cut and dried as it seemed in the wake of the August 5 meeting of the RBA and then a series of poor figures for June.
Instead of gloom and [...]

A list of companies to record an initial or increase in substantial shareholdings:
* Goldman Sachs JB Were Group Holdings Pty Ltd increased its
interest in Tishman Speyer Office Fund on August 28 from 28 million
(8.2pc) to 32 million units (9.3pc).
* 452 Capital Pty Ltd became a substantial holder in Telecom
Corporation of New Zealand Ltd on August [...]

It appears that I am not the only one stocking up on ATP while the share price is low.It is ver reassuring when the company directors start buying up too.
Announced on: 02/09/2008
Change of Director’s Interest Notice
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available.
Information and documents given to ASX [...]

Again we have some great information from “Topstocks.” This time contributed by “Plat” a very popular and well informed professional share trader.
Topstocks are still offering a “Free Pro “account for one month with no strings attached. You can get there by clicking on the link provided on the right hand side of this page. So [...]