Rumors Pound Sterling

Rumors Pound Sterling

The greenback jumped sharply higher against the sterling and euro on rumors circulating earlier in the session over uncertainty over the UK political outlook. The dollar relinquished some of its strength to trade near 1.4180 versus the euro and 1.6190 against the pound.

The key May jobs data is due out tomorrow at 8:30 AM and traders will closely analyze the data to gauge the extent of the deterioration in the labor market. The unemployment rate is seen edging up further to 9.2% from 8.9% a month earlier while the non-farm payrolls are expected to post another loss of 520k jobs from 539k loss lost in April.

If the unemployment report is sharply better than expected, the likely scenario to materialize would be a rally in the US equity bourses, prompting a return to riskier assets which would ultimately be detrimental to the dollar.

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Forex Money Managment

Forex Money Managment

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Tokyo Stock Exchange

Tokyo Stock Exchange

The Tokyo Stock Exchange, or TSE, located in Tokyo , Japan , is the second largest stock exchange market in the world by market value, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. As of 31 December 2007, the Tokyo Stock Exchange had 2,414 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $4.3 trillion. The TSE is incorporated as a kabushiki kaisha with nine directors, four auditors and eight executive officers. Its headquarters are located at 2-1 Nihombashi Kabutocho, Chūō, and Tokyo , Japan . Its operating hours are from 9:00 to 11:00 am and from 12:30 to 3:00 pm. From April 24, 2006, the afternoon trading session started at its usual time of 12:30 p.m. Stocks listed on the TSE are separated into the First Section (for large companies), the Second Section (for mid-sized companies), and the "Mothers" section (for high-growth startup companies). As of March 2006, there are 1,721 First Section companies, 489 Second Section companies and 156 Mothers companies. The main indexes tracking the TSE are the Nikkei 225 index of companies selected by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan's largest business newspaper), the TOPIX index based on the share prices of First Section companies, and the J30 index of large industrial companies maintained by Japan's major broadsheet newspapers. 89 domestic and 19 foreign securities companies participate in TSE trading. Other TSE-related institutions include:

.The exchange's press club, called the Kabuto Club which meets on the third floor of the TSE building. Most Kabuto Club members are affiliated with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Kyodo News, Jiji Press, or business television broadcasters such as Bloomberg LP and CNBC. The Kabuto Club is generally busiest during April and May, when public companies release their annual accounts.

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Portuguese Stock Exchange

Portuguese Stock Exchange

The BM&F Bovespa is a São Paulo-based stock exchange. It is the fourth largest stock exchange in the Americas in terms of market capitalization, behind NYSE, Nasdaq, and Toronto Stock exchange. It is also the thirteenth largest in the world in terms of market capitalization (see list of stock exchanges). On May 8, 2008 , the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F) merged, creating the new BM&F Bovespa. The BM&F Bovespa is linked to all Brazilian stock exchanges, including Rio de Janeiro 's Boverj (BVRJ), where only government bonds are traded. The benchmark indicator of Bovespa is the 50-stock Índice Bovespa. There were 450 companies traded at Bovespa as of April 30, 2008 . On May 20, 2008 the iBovespa index reached its 10 th consecutive record mark closing at 73,516 points, with a traded volume of USD 4.2 billion or BRL 7.4 billion.The exchange has a pre-market session from 09:45am to 10:00am, a normal trading session from 10:00am to 05:00pm and a post-market session from 05:30pm to 07:00pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

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Korea Stock Exchange

Korea Stock Exchange

Korea Exchange (KRX) was created through the integration of the three existing Korean spot & futures exchanges (Korea Stock Exchange, Korea Futures Exchange and KOSDAQ) under the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act. The securities and futures markets of former exchanges are now operated as the business divisions of the KRX: the Stock Market Division, KOSDAQ Market Division and Derivatives Market Division. As of 31 December 2007, the Korea Exchange had 1,757 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $1.1 trillion. The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00am to 03:00pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance. Stock Market Division (former Korea Stock Exchange)

Stocks

Bonds

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

KOSDAQ Market Division (former KOSDAQ Stock Market, Inc.)

Stocks

Derivatives Market Division (former Korea Futures Exchange)

Index Instruments: KOSPI 200 Index Futures, KOSTAR Futures, KOSPI 200 Options

Single Stock Futures on 15 underlying stocks

Equity Options on 30 alternative underlying stocks

Interest Rate Instruments: 3-Years KTB Futures, 5-Years KTB Futures, 3-Years KTB Futures Options, MSB Futures

Foreign Exchange(FX) Instruments: USD/KRW Futures, JPY/KRW Futures, EUR/KRW Futures, USD/KRW Options

Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures, Lean Hog Futures.

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