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5/21/2014
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GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares mostly ended higher on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, snapping a four-day losing streak supported
by a slightly weakening yen, while Yahoo Japan Corp soared after dropping its plan to buy mobile network operator eAccess Ltd from SoftBank
Corp.
European shares inched lower on Tuesday, held back by Vodafone after the world's second-largest mobile network operator reported 6.6 billion
pounds ($11 billion) in impairment costs.
Global stock indexes fell on Tuesday after disappointing earnings and forecasts, while the dollar fell for a fifth straight session against the yen.
U.S. Treasuries yields dipped after New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said the central bank will likely be slow in raising interest
rates.
A persistent fall in U.S. Treasury yields, reflecting uncertainty about global economic growth, has undermined the dollar.
The greenback could fall further against the yen if the Bank of Japan does not expand its asset purchase program.
GLOBAL ECONOMIES
China could miss its target for trade growth for a third consecutive year in 2014 as higher labor costs and weaker global demand hurt what has
been one of the economy's main engines, a senior commerce ministry official said on Tuesday.
Australia's central bank said the current low interest rate environment was having a desired effect on the economy and would be appropriate
for some time yet.
British inflation rose in April for the first time in 10 months, but as the increase was partly due to a late Easter holiday, which pushed up
transport costs, it was unlikely to alter interest rate expectations.
The Federal Reserve's super-easy policies, if pursued for too long, could have adverse consequences in the long run, two top Fed officials said on
Monday, although the biggest risk is not runaway inflation.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asia – Asian shares mostly ended higher on Tuesday, with Japan's The STOXX Europe 600 is trading on a 12-month forward price/earning
Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, snapping a four-day losing streak ratio of 14.3 times, against its 10-year average of 11.8 times, Thomson
supported by a slightly weakening yen, while Yahoo Japan Corp soared Reuters Datastream shows.
after dropping its plan to buy mobile network operator eAccess Ltd
from SoftBank Corp. US & Global Markets – Global stock indexes fell on Tuesday after
Hong Kong's benchmark index rose to a five-week closing high on disappointing earnings and forecasts, while the dollar fell for a fifth
Tuesday, helped by China Mobile after a broker upgrade pushed shares straight session against the yen.
of the telecom giant to their highest since January. The Hang Seng Index On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 137.55 points or
ended up 0.6 percent at 22,834.68 points, its highest close since April 0.83 percent, to 16,374.31, the S&P 500 lost 12.25 points or 0.65
14. percent, to 1,872.83 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 28.92 points
China shares lingered at three-week lows on Tuesday, as continued or 0.7 percent, to 4,096.89.
losses in the beverage sector offset most gains from financial and U.S. Treasuries yields dipped after New York Federal Reserve President
energy counters. William Dudley said the central bank will likely be slow in raising
While, Seoul's main stock exchange, the Korea Composite Stock Price interest rates.
Index (KOSPI) closed down 0.2 percent at 2,011.26 points on selling by A persistent fall in U.S. Treasury yields, reflecting uncertainty about
local institutions, but foreign investors were net buyers for a sixth global economic growth, has undermined the dollar.
consecutive session (Source Reuters, Research – @analispasar) Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note prices were up 6/32 to yield
2.512 percent, from 2.536 percent late Monday The greenback could
Europe – European shares inched lower on Tuesday, held back by fall further against the yen if the Bank of Japan does not expand its
Vodafone after the world's second-largest mobile network operator asset purchase program.
reported 6.6 billion pounds ($11 billion) in impairment costs. The dollar fell 0.2 percent to 101.29 yen. The pair also traded below its
Vodafone shed 5.5 percent, making it the biggest faller on the 200-day moving average - a key technical gauge - for a second straight
FTSEurofirst 300, after writing down the value of some of its European day.
businesses citing fierce competition and regulatory changes in Europe. Brent crude rose 32 cents to settle at $109.69 a barrel, supported by
The FTSEurofirst 300 index, which last week hit a six-year high of instability in Libya, while U.S. crude futures slipped 17 cents to settle at
1,372.81, closed down 0.1 percent at 1,357.00 points. $102.44.
Equity markets have been buoyed in recent weeks by a burst of Source Reuters, Research – @nikolasprasetia)
dealmaking and bids, particularly in the healthcare sector, although
lofty valuations are deterring some investors from putting more money
to work in equities.
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GLOBAL ECONOMIES Markets have long given up on more interest rate cuts and have instead
priced in 8 basis points worth of hikes over the next 12 months.
China – China could miss its target for trade growth for a third "With growth in activity expected to pick up only gradually, and spare
consecutive year in 2014 as higher labor costs and weaker global capacity in the labor market consequently remaining for some time,
demand hurt what has been one of the economy's main engines, a growth in domestic costs was forecast to remain contained," the
senior commerce ministry official said on Tuesday. minutes said.
The government has a target of 7.5 percent growth in exports and That should help offset the ongoing effect on prices from a fall in the
imports this year. After a soft start to 2014, the ministry says combined Australian dollar over the past year, the RBA said, adding that it saw
exports and imports need to grow by an average annual rate of 11.3 inflation consistent with its 2-3 percent target over the next couple of
percent each month from May to December. years.
"The foreign trade situation is complex and grim this year. It's a very This was no mention of whether board members were unhappy with
arduous task to achieve the annual target of 7.5 percent," Zhang Ji, the recent resilience of the local dollar or whether they discussed about
head of foreign trade department at the commerce ministry, told a the May 13 government budget.
news conference. A week after the RBA’s meeting, Australia's conservative government
"The economic recovery of developed countries remains slow while unveiled a tough budget packed with spending cuts and new levies that
growth of emerging economies is weakening,” Zhang said. it says will return its books to surplus within a decade.
China missed its trade growth targets of 8 percent in 2013 and 10
percent in 2012. U.K. – British inflation rose in April for the first time in 10 months, but
Annual economic growth slowed to an 18-month low of 7.4 percent in as the increase was partly due to a late Easter holiday, which pushed up
the first quarter, raising the risk that China could miss its economic transport costs, it was unlikely to alter interest rate expectations.
growth target -- set at 7.5 percent in 2014 -- for the first time in 15 Official data also showed that growth in house prices eased in March,
years. potentially tempering concerns about a bubble brewing in the property
Last week, the government announced a raft of measures to support market although some more up-to-date surveys have shown prices
the wobbly trade sector, including giving more tax breaks, credit picking up again.
insurance and currency hedging options to its exporters. The consumer price index rose more than expected to an annual rate of
Zhang said the ministry has set up a special task force to implement the 1.8 percent in April, from 1.6 percent in March, which had been its
measures, with most to be done in May and June. lowest level in more than four years, the Office for National Statistics
China's exports and imports returned to slight growth in April as orders ONS said.
to the United States and European Union surged, offering some positive It was the first rise in the CPI since June 2013 and above a Reuters poll
signals for the world's second-largest economy. forecast for inflation of 1.7 percent in April.
Analysts said the trade picture was better in April than the data Sterling hit a 16-month high against the euro and rose against the dollar
suggested, as export figures last year had been inflated by fake invoices before giving up much of its gains as market expectations that the Bank
before a mid-year crackdown by authorities. of England will raise interest rates in about a year's time remained
China's foreign trade grew an annual average 15.9 percent between largely intact.
1978 and 2013, accounting for a fifth of economic growth in recent The opposition Labor party jumped on Tuesday's figures, saying they
years and creating millions of jobs, Zhang said, adding the sector showed the government's complacency about the "cost of living" crisis
directly employs more than 100 million people. facing many Britons as wage growth has lagged inflation.
Zhang said a period of high growth for China's trade sector had ended Economists however saw little change in price pressures.
as higher costs reduce its competitiveness and as the United States and "Easter effects aside, the latest release provides little evidence of
Europe try to boost their manufacturing and export sectors. significant or broad-based price pressures," said Victoria Clarke, an
The labour costs of Chinese exporters in coastal areas, the main export economist with bank Investec.
hubs, are two to threes times those in India, Vietnam and Cambodia, he Factory gate inflation in April was weaker than economists' predictions.
said. Higher airfares linked to Easter and other transport costs helped push
Zhang also said recent violence against Chinese firms in Vietnam could up consumer prices, the ONS said. Easter fell in April this year but in late
hurt bilateral trade. March last year.
Offsetting those rises, food price growth was the lowest in eight years
Australia – Australia's central bank said the current low interest rate as a mild spring kept vegetable prices down.
environment was having a desired effect on the economy and would be Core CPI, which excludes food costs and other items but does include
appropriate for some time yet. transport costs, rose 2.0 percent, its strongest rate since September last
In minutes of its May 6 meeting, where the central bank kept its cash year.
rate at a record low 2.5 percent, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) House prices - which are an increasing source of concern for the Bank of
also said the economy was evolving pretty much as expected. England - were up 8.0 percent on the year in March, slowing from a 9.2
Board members noted that overall growth in coming quarters was likely percent rise in February, the ONS also said.
to be below potential given expected slower growth in exports, a fall in Prices in London, however, were up 17 percent on the year, although
mining investment and planned fiscal consolidation. that was less than a 17.8 percent increase in February, the biggest
"Given this outlook for the economy and the significant degree of increase since 2007.
monetary stimulus already in place to support economic activity, the BoE Governor Mark Carney said on Sunday that the housing market
Board considered that the current accommodative stance of policy was posed the biggest risk to Britain's economic recovery.
likely to be appropriate for some time yet," the RBA said. The finance ministry noted the slower growth in house prices in March
The central bank has been on the sidelines since August, content that but a spokesman said the Bank of England "should not hesitate" to use
past cuts were percolating through to home building and consumption, its powers to rein in the market if needed.
while boosting household wealth.
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Relatively low consumer inflation in Britain is helping the BoE to keep The Fed is unwinding its massive bond-buying stimulus this year and is
interest rates at a record low level of 0.5 percent, even though expected to start raising interest rates next year from the near-zero
economic growth is likely to accelerate to about 3 percent this year. levels the central bank has maintained since December 2008. As the Fed
Before December last year, annual inflation exceeded the central bank's normalizes monetary policy, Williams said, it needs to be wary of any
2 percent target every month since December 2009. distortions it may have already sown.
Last week, the BoE said inflation - which has been pushed down in part "We are not seeing it (excessive risk-taking) now, but it could be that it
by an appreciation of the pound - was likely to remain below its target could start manifesting itself or materializing later down the road,"
in two years' time. Williams said. "We don’t want the after-effect of this recovery to be an
Weaker price growth has been helping wages to recover some of their economy that’s fragile."
value lost since the financial crisis. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, speaking at the same conference,
Average weekly earnings rose 1.7 percent in the three months to agreed.
March, according to the most recent data available, slightly below the "It's very hard to see something coming down the pike," Fisher said,
rate of inflation in April. predicting that there will be future crises. "Markets always overshoot."
Most economists expect things to get better albeit slowly. He said he worries there is too little volatility in markets, suggesting
"It still looks highly probable that earnings growth will increasingly investors are too complacent about possible changes in policy and in
move above inflation over the coming months thereby lifting the economy.
consumers’ purchasing power," said Howard Archer, an economist at Williams, a policy centrist, agreed with his hawkish colleague, saying
IHS Global, a consultancy. that while the bond market is struggling to determine if there is a "new
For today UK are waiting for BOE minutes that will be release this normal" in historically low long-term rates, he wants to see more
afternoon. volatility as the economy picks up.
"I firmly believe we want to operate in the future, the new normal, or
U.S. – The Federal Reserve's super-easy policies, if pursued for too long, whatever, in a world where the markets are trying to figure out what
could have adverse consequences in the long run, two top Fed officials we are going to do based on what happens in the economy," Williams
said on Monday, although the biggest risk is not runaway inflation. said. "I do not want us to be locked into a certain path of interest rates
Instead, San Francisco Fed President John Williams told reporters after or using forward guidance in the future that's telling people more
participating in a monetary policy conference at the George W. Bush about, giving people commitments about what we will do around the
Institute in Dallas, one major risk is that low rates for too long could interest rates."
push asset prices too high, or encourage investors to take on too much Williams said he believes the Fed should not start raising rates until the
risk. second half of 2015, and predicted rate rises after that will be gradual.
(Source: Reuters - VAF Research-@analispasar, @nikolasprasetia)
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DATE OPEN HIGH LOW RANGE CLOSE SETTLE CHANGE % CHANGE VOLUME
20 May SSIpmM4 14075 14085 13960 125 13965 --- 100 0.71 18084
20 May SSIamM4 14125 14150 14040 110 14065 14065 30 0.21 35798
19 May SSIpmM4 14060 14095 13900 195 14075 --- 40 0.29 26319
19 May SSIamM4 14185 14200 13990 210 14035 14035 85 0.60 48149
16 May SSIpmM4 14115 14160 14080 80 14120 --- 0 0 19035
16 May SSIamM4 14100 14140 14010 130 14120 14120 190 1.33 55291
15 May SSIpmM4 14320 14370 14025 345 14060 --- 250 1.75 28680
15 May SSIamM4 14255 14315 14190 125 14310 14310 85 0.59 54746
14 May SSIpmM4 14405 14410 14290 120 14315 --- 80 0.56 15860
14 May SSIamM4 14415 14430 14355 75 14395 14395 30 0.21 35322
Horizontal support area at 13900 is being tested after correction 14370 Reaction high on 4-H chart
continues to breakout psychological level at 14000. Descending 13840 Bottom area on 1-D chart
triangle formation on 1-D chart and a bearish trend channel on 4-
H chart support downtrend indications. 13750 Bottom area on 1-D chart
Correction potentially continues if manages to breakout 13900 to SUPPORT
13690 Low pivot line
then test the support level at 13840. 13750 and 13690.
Beware of RSI is approaching oversold condition. Rebound 13275 Reaction low on 1-D chart
potentially develops if the support level at 13840 remains intact. BUY ----
(Research – @ErwinRiset)
SELL 14025
RECOMMENDATION
STOP LOSS 14125
13875
TARGET
13700
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DATE OPEN HIGH LOW RANGE CLOSE SETTLE CHANGE % CHANGE VOLUME
20 May 262.80 263.65 262.40 1.25 262.55 262.55 0.25 0.10 89990
19 May 263.30 263.35 261.40 1.95 262.80 262.80 0.05 0.02 129784
16 May 261.65 263.00 261.50 1.50 262.85 262.85 0.10 0.04 124095
15 May 262.95 264.30 262.55 1.75 262.75 262.75 0.10 0.04 131262
14 May 259.35 263.15 259.35 3.80 262.85 262.85 3.50 1.35 156789
263.80
TARGET
265.50
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DATE OPEN HIGH LOW RANGE CLOSE SETTLE CHANGE % CHANGE VOLUME
20 May 22670 22809 22596 213 22723 22723 149 0.66 51031
19 May 22675 22685 22390 295 22574 22574 1 0.00 48184
16 May 22448 22588 22398 190 22575 22575 25 0.11 42492
15 May 22270 22680 22203 477 22550 22550 164 0.73 53533
14 May 22191 22550 22170 380 22386 22386 187 0.84 50117
that RSI condition is almost overbought. During the area of 22570 22104 Reaction low on 4-H chart
remains intact, then the potential rally continues. SUPPORT
21610 Reaction low on 4-H chart
Rally also managed to breakout the upperline area of a rectangle
formation on 1-D chart around 22680. During the area is 21488 Bottom area on 4-H chart
effective, the potential rally continues.
BUY 22580
Beware of index opened lower around 22600.
(Research – @ErwinRiset) SELL ----
22750
TARGET
22900
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EUR/USD
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY -----
SELL 1.3725
1.3680
TARGET
1.3655
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USD/JPY
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY 101.20
SELL ----
101.55
TARGET
101.90
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GBP/USD
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY 1.6820
SELL ----
1.6935
TARGET
1.6995
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USD/CHF
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY 0.8905
SELL ----
0.8965
TARGET
0.9030
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AUD/USD
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY ----
SELL 0.9265
0.9210
TARGET
0.9180
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EUR/JPY
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY 138.60
SELL ----
139.08
TARGET
139.57
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GOLD (XAU/USD)
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
DATE OPEN HIGH LOW RANGE CLOSE CHANGE PREVIOUS AM FIX PM FIX
May 20 1293.40 1296.60 1286.30 10.30 1294.00 1.00 1293.00 1291.50 1295.50
May 19 1292.00 1304.90 1290.08 14.82 1293.00 1.00 1292.00 1301.00 1302.00
May 16 1297.20 1298.15 1288.00 10.15 1292.00 4.50 1296.50 1293.75 1291.50
May 15 1305.50 1307.00 1291.30 15.70 1296.50 9.00 1305.50 1303.75 1299.00
May 14 1295.50 1308.80 1291.90 16.90 1305.50 12.50 1293.00 1300.25 1305.25
BUY -----
SELL 1298.00
RECOMMENDATION STOP LOSS 1311.00
1289.00
TARGET
1284.00
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SILVER (XAG/USD)
INTRADAY CHART DAILY CHART
BUY -----
SELL 19.50
RECOMMENDATION STOP LOSS 19.95
19.25
TARGET
19.00
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CLN4/USD
(Exp.: 20 June 2014)
BUY 102.60
SELL ----
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