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EastStop: 18/01/09 - 25/01/09
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Friday, 23 January 2009. The Singaporean Worker (vs the French). Having had the chance to work in a French bank for 5 months alongside the notoriously fun and leisure loving French, it is perhaps only natural that I put forth some observations here. A rather breath-taking tax rate of as high as 45%, not including the various fees, muncipal taxes, etc. And a shrinking (in deficit currently) social benefits pool which could basically mean tha...
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EastStop: When Hedges dont work ..
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Saturday, 17 January 2009. When Hedges dont work . In a trading environment, traders typically hedge their exposure to minimize their exposure to price risk in the event markets turn against them. The most efficient of all hedges is to have a back-to-back trade (meaning that the trader buys an asset and then sells the off the same asset at a profit) - effectively here, they would have earned a margin without any exposure to any underlying.
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EastStop: The Singaporean Worker (vs the French)
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Friday, 23 January 2009. The Singaporean Worker (vs the French). Having had the chance to work in a French bank for 5 months alongside the notoriously fun and leisure loving French, it is perhaps only natural that I put forth some observations here. A rather breath-taking tax rate of as high as 45%, not including the various fees, muncipal taxes, etc. And a shrinking (in deficit currently) social benefits pool which could basically mean tha...
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EastStop: Bottom in Singapore Housing still Far Off
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Thursday, 1 January 2009. Bottom in Singapore Housing still Far Off. The modus operandi of a slowdown as evident in the US and UK is as follows:. Equity Markets Collapse - Real Economy Slowdown (evident in drop in corporate profits) - Spike in Unemployment - Drop in Real Estate prices. Statistics can be manipulated. What's the point of keeping unemployment rate down when the job replacements are inferior? 3 January 2009 at 02:10. I believe the ...
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EastStop: The Aftermath of Financial Crises
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Saturday, 3 January 2009. The Aftermath of Financial Crises. So what happens after a financial crisis. To have a preview of the aftermath, it is necessary to look back into the past. Professors Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard, in a recent paper entitled “ The Aftermath of Financial Crises. 8221;, investigated the end-game across various countries. Some notable points brought up in the paper:. It is al...
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EastStop: 11/01/09 - 18/01/09
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Saturday, 17 January 2009. When Hedges dont work . In a trading environment, traders typically hedge their exposure to minimize their exposure to price risk in the event markets turn against them. The most efficient of all hedges is to have a back-to-back trade (meaning that the trader buys an asset and then sells the off the same asset at a profit) - effectively here, they would have earned a margin without any exposure to any underlying.
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EastStop: 04/01/09 - 11/01/09
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Tuesday, 6 January 2009. Is Singapore the new London? With deflationary pressures in full swing in the UK, it is not difficult to find a pint of beer. For less than a pound (approx 2.10 SGD), lunch for a quid. And endless clearance sales across all respectable retail chains like John Lewis. And the list goes on . Now, compare this to the article in asiaone: ' Tourists find Singapore pricey'. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A bout of Me. A Singapore...
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EastStop: Is Singapore the new London?
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Tuesday, 6 January 2009. Is Singapore the new London? With deflationary pressures in full swing in the UK, it is not difficult to find a pint of beer. For less than a pound (approx 2.10 SGD), lunch for a quid. And endless clearance sales across all respectable retail chains like John Lewis. And the list goes on . Now, compare this to the article in asiaone: ' Tourists find Singapore pricey'. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A bout of Me.
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EastStop: A new life awaits
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Ramblings from an Engineer and a Qualified Speech Therapist. Thursday, 1 January 2009. A new life awaits. A new life awaits, and I cannot wait to embrace life with all of me. A kid along the way? 4 November 2008 at 09:17. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A bout of Me. London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. The Aftermath of Financial Crises. Bottom in Singapore Housing still Far Off. A new life awaits. Singapore will be one of 10 slowest growing econom.