Sunday, May 20, 2007

大选跫音近政府大派糖果,百万公务员调薪7.5至35%

大选跫音近政府大派糖果
百万公务员调薪7.5至35%

07年5月21日 下午1:14
即时新闻 政府今日为全国逾百万名公务员捎来佳音,正式宣布调高公务员薪金,幅度介于7.5%至35%之间,而公务员生活津贴(Cola)也获得调高100%。

根据《马新社》报道,首相阿都拉今日是在布城宣布,公务员的调薪将从7月1日起生效。

Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/67495

分析师提醒投资者 对股市采谨慎态度

分析师提醒投资者 对股市采谨慎态度


● 徐伏钢
  依据历史的经验,正当全民踊跃炒股,相信“钱太好赚”的季节,大约也是到了该强调“股市有风险,入场要谨慎”的时候了。

  中国央行上周五宣布,同时上调存贷款基准利率及存款准备金率,并扩大人民币兑美元波幅。分析师普遍表示,中国同时出台上述三项政策,主要意图在于遏制愈演愈烈的资金流动性泛滥,并缓解目前的通货膨胀压力。受此影响,股市在短线内会出现明显震荡。

  业内人士认为,上述举措尚难以扭转目前市场资金过剩的局面,央行在未来较长一段时间内仍将频繁出台货币紧缩政策,以保持资金面的平稳。虽然这些政策并不是直接针对股市而来的,但相信其中一个目的,也是要为股市降温。如果中国股市继续上涨,当局可能还会出台直接针对股市的更严厉的措施。因此,预计短期内牛市将暂告一个段落,进入盘整期。

中国股市若大幅回调,短期必冲击本地市场,人们相信,一旦中国股市出现大幅回调,短期内势必会对本地股市带来一定冲击。

  海峡时报指数上周两度重新站上3500点,最高达到3531.85点,周五以3512.40点作收,一周收涨65.48点,或1.9%。大华自动报价指数收报217.89点,上扬0.9%。  

  多数分析师提醒投资者对股市采取谨慎态度。德意志摩根建富证券高级交易董事叶忠英说,中国沪深两市随时可能面临调整,眼下投资者不应频繁进出市场,以免因中国股市出现突然调整而措手不及。

麦格理证券一名分析师甚至表示,股民应该对新加坡等东南亚股市采取谨慎态度,把资金转而投资在日本和韩国等近期表现比较滞后的股市。

Source:http://www.zaobao.com/cj/cj070521_519.html

担心股市随时崩盘 中国典当行压低股票当价

担心股市随时崩盘 中国典当行压低股票当价


  (北京、上海综合讯)中国股市持续暴涨,也掀起股票典当市场热潮,一些股民将手上的股票,按照市值的一定比例,典当换取现金,由于目前大盘指数过高,典当行很担心股市随时崩盘,开始通过降低典当比例、提高费率来控制风险,还派人在股市大厅监控驻守。
  一些中国股民现在来到典当行,打算把手上的股票典当换取资金,再投入股市,不过现在股民却发现,典当的额度不但明显降低,而且规定也更严格。

  典当行表示,目前这样也是不得已的,因为今年典当股票就比去年同期增加20%,而股票正处在历史高位,他们担心股市随时有崩盘的可能。

  北京银达典当公司经理陈涛:“我们这边在股票交易大厅,有专门的监控。”由于典当股票的生意暴增,因此当舖也把原先的费率提高,同时股票典当的比例也大幅缩水,兑现最低还降到市值的30%。

  另外,为了规避风险,如果典当户的股票市值跌到典当金额的1.4倍,典当行这时还可以通过证券公司进行强行平仓。

降低典当比例

  根据新华网报道,随着上证综指站上4000点,大盘“畏高”情绪渐浓,一度火热的股票典当也开始降温,典当行通过降低典当比例、提高费率来控制风险。

  去年下半年启动的“牛市”行情,催热了原本冷清的典当市场,一些市民把房产、汽车、股票拿去典当,换取现金入市。随着股市高位运行,风险也越来越大,江苏的不少典当行对股票典当的态度开始从“热推”转向“严控”。

  南京金瑞典当有限公司的负责人告诉记者,从4月中旬开始,他们就将股票典当的费率从每月1.8%提高到了2.4%,典当比例也从股票市值的100%调低至50%。

  另一家锺山典当的工作人员也表示:“前段时间股票的典当金额可以达到市值的七成到八成,现在我顶多给你五成。而且我们现在控制得很严,最近都没有做股票典当。”



Source: http://www.zaobao.com/cj/cj070521_502.html

Ringgit, peso at multi-year highs

21-05-2007: Ringgit, peso at multi-year highs

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The ringgit and the Philippine peso hit multi-year highs on May 21 to lead Asian currencies higher after China widened the yuan's trading band against the dollar and lifted interest rates.

The yuan will now be permitted to rise or fall by 0.5% each day versus the dollar, rather than 0.3%. The central bank raised its one-year lending rate by 0.18 percentage point and its one-year deposit rate by 0.27 percentage point.

This is seen paving the way for faster appreciation of the yuan, dragging Asian currencies higher too. The ringgit and Singapore dollar, trading proxies for the yuan, are expected to benefit the most.

The ringgit strengthened to 3.3910 per dollar, its highest in just over nine years, making a decisive push through the 3.4 level that had proved a tough chart barrier for more than a week.

"It is primarily because of the Chinese rate move as well as the widening of the band," said a trader in Kuala Lumpur. "So the first reaction is to sell dollar/ringgit."

But he added that the move through 3.4 per dollar had also triggered profit taking, with the central bank likely to step in to the market and buy dollars in the 3.39 area.

The Philippine peso extended recent gains to 46.39 per dollar, its strongest level since early 2001, while the Indonesian rupiah rose almost half a percent to about 8,775 per dollar.

The South Korean won firmed to about 931 per dollar, up about 0.4% from May 18's six-week lows.

Alvin Cheng, a trader at Fortis Bank in Hong Kong, said Asian currencies were also benefiting from a pick up in demand for yield that has been seen in the past few weeks.

"With slightly weaker Asian currencies in the last two sessions, it seems attractive for traders to re-enter the long Asian trades," he said.

Elsewhere, the Singapore dollar gained about a fifth of a percent to 1.5226 to the US dollar, supported by data showing Singapore's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected annualised rate of 7.6% in the first quarter.

Analysts at ABN AMRO said the data together with the Chinese yuan band widening should support the Singapore dollar, which it estimated was trading just eight basis points above the mid-point of its secret trade-weighted band.

The Singapore dollar came under pressure last week amid weak economic data and a sharp fall in local interest rates.

"We remain upbeat on a stronger Singapore dollar, especially in a general weaker dollar-Asia trend, with our year-end forecast at 1.4700," ABN AMRO analyst Shiang Hue Lye said in a note.

Asian currencies showed little immediate reaction to a weekend meeting of Group of Eight finance ministers. The G8 communique made no mention of currencies and ministers said there was no discussion on foreign exchange. - Reuters



Sourse:http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_acbba43b-cb73c03a-a1aa8500-4ed25594