Trading In Emerging/Exotic Currencies Increases
The long wait is over! The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has just released the results from its Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity, conducted in April 2010. The report contains a veritable treasure trove of data, perhaps enough to keep analysts busy until the next report is released in 2013. [Chart below courtesy of WSJ].
The Current Hottest Stocks
Running a quick screen on finviz.com I came up with a list of just under 50 of the hottest stocks in terms of performance. I pulled out 4 names at the bottom of the list which are takeover candidates. Here are the criteria:

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Wednesday screencast: forex funds
It seems that for now retail forex is going to be the playground of leveraged traders. The CFTC has proposed rules that continue to allow for retail traders to leverage their funds by 50-1. Retail traders are part of the rising volumes in forex. A report from the BIS shows the global forex volumes continue to surge. The forex market is evolving rapidly, but the big players remain in place. In today’s screencast we wonder if there are any pure plays on forex volume.

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What’s Bad for Bernanke Is Worse for You
Bad day for stocks, Monday. A bad day. Not a terrible day. Not a crash day. Just a bad day.
The Dow fell 140 points. This was baaaad…because it shows that the stock market does not really buy Bernanke’s storyline.
You’ll recall that when we left off last week, Ben Bernanke assured the world that while the recovery was not exactly what he had hoped for, he nevertheless had the situation in hand. He said he had the tools necessary to fix the problem and would do whatever was required.

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Ten Bailed Out Banks Spent $16.3M Lobbying in 1st Half 2010
Long time readers will know that the best return on investment (ROI for you wonky types) in America is lobbying dollars. For a pittance you can purchase present your case to a Congressman or woman and generate multitudes of that same dollar spent in return. It appears Federal Reserve and Treasury officials are also on sale (aisles 7 and 10 respectively) so hurry on in, but only those with annual revenue of $500M+ allowed in on the bidding! Our financial oligarchs are top dogs at playing the game but it's across all major industries.

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Mixed Banking News From the FDIC
This is for all you financial statistics junkies out there…
According to the FDIC’s quarterly banking profile, more than one in ten US banks (829 out of 7830) are currently in trouble, and the number appears is climbing, with the number of banks on their “problem list” increased by 7% during the 2nd quarter.

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Story Stocks: Citigroup (NYSE:C), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Joy Global (NASDAQ:JOYG), H.J. Heinz (NYSE:HNZ)
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) plans to almost triple its workforce in China to as many as 12,000 people in the next three years, intensifying its rivalry with HSBC Holdings Plc in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. The New York-based bank will hire more in China than in any other Asia-Pacific country, Stephen Bird, Citigroup’s co-chief executive officer for the region, said yesterday in an interview. The expansion may make China Citigroup’s third-largest market by staff, after the U.S. and Mexico, said spokesman James Griffiths.

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Lucky Timing with Burger King (BKC) Short Cover
Extremely lucky timing with the cover of Burger King (BKC) short cover yesterday, as reports surfaced overnight of one group of private equity guys wanting to buy from the old guard of private equity guys. This is pretty typical of the new American economy - shuffle pieces of paper (or companies) - the old buyers make money, the new buyers create a purchase structure so they cannot lose even if the company goes down the toilet, and the investment banks advising make fees.

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Forex Trading Volume Officially Hits $4 Trillion
This morning the Bank of International Settlements released its Triennial FX survey which is basically the market’s benchmark for forex volume and turnover. To no one’s surprise, volume has surged over the past 3 years. Between April 2007 and April 2010, global foreign exchange market increased by 20 percent from $3.3 trillion to $4.0 trillion, which is now the golden number for forex volume.
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