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Korean Credit Ratings Safe After Kim Jong-Il Death (EWY, SKOR, KF, KEF, PKX, KEP, SKM)

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 9:33 am

If there was one issue which may have created uncertainty around the credit ratings of South Korea, it was the death of dictator Kim Jong-Il in North Korea.  We just recently ...
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Eight Countries With Credit Ratings Set to Rise Next Year

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

It seems that all of the nations around the world are facing sovereign credit ratings downgrades or warnings of downgrades. After the United States lost its prized "AAA" rating, the threat of downgrades ...
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Kim Jong-il Death Drives Uncertain Korean Trading (EWY, KF, KEF, SKOR, PKX, KEP, SKM, ATK, RTN)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 9:53 am

If there is one of several regions which can erupt rapidly, it is around the Korean Peninsula.  The death of Kim Jong-il (that photo is a tribute photo for him) after a ...
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Top Debt and Ratings Agency Actions (PKX, HOV, PENN, DRI)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 3:19 pm

Today's top debt rating story has to be the downgrade by Moody's of Italian bonds by three notches, from 'Aa2' to 'A2', while keeping a negative outlook on the country's ...
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Commodity Watch: Glencore Watch; Bracing for Cotton (XSRAY, LIZ, WMT, JCP, GPS, PKX, BP, RDS-A, XOM, CVX, COP, BRGYY, BHP)

Posted: March 28, 2011 at 4:14 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around ...
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Glencore Readies IPO, While Cotton Prices Predicted to Fall (XSRAY, LIZ, WMT, JCP, GPS, PKX, BP, RDS-A, XOM, CVX, COP, BRGYY, BHP)

Posted: March 28, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around ...
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No End In Sight for Rising Iron Ore Prices (PKX, BHP, RIO, VALE)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm

Some of the largest steelmakers in the world have been hoping to see a fall in the price of iron ore, but such a decline does not appear to be ...
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South Korea’s Rate Hike Surprise Versus U.K. & E.U. (EWY, KF, KEF, PKX, KEP, SKM, SKOR)

Posted: January 13, 2011 at 8:07 am

The news was expected to be setting up for headlines such as "No rate hikes from the Bank of England nor from the European Central Bank" this morning.  South Korea ...
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As Korean & European Fears Calm, Only Some ADRs Soar (ALU, RYAAY, MPEL, PKX, SKM, AIB, TTM)

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 3:37 pm

Wednesday was a strong day for U.S. stocks as at least some fears are waning on overseas pressure.  South Korea rallied as the skirmish between the two Koreas did not ...
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Korean-American ADR/ETFs React Sharply on New Military Skirmish (EWY, KF, KEF, PKX, KEP, SKM, ATK, RTN, LMT, SKOR)

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 10:30 am

War and the fear of war create uncertainty for financial markets.  If there is one place in the world that you can count on uncertainty rising from throughout the years ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (C, CY, DRYS, LRCX, ONNN, PSUN, PKX, RL)

Posted: October 13, 2009 at 7:50 am

These are this morning's top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms we have seen with about two hours until the market opens: Citigroup (C) Started as ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALU, BRLI, GPS, GD, PCK, PSO, PAS, PTR, PKX, RTP, COL, WXS)

Posted: January 9, 2009 at 7:17 am

The rate of downgrades versus upgrades is still coming out with a much more negative bias from Wall Street.  These are some of the downgrades and negative research calls we ...
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