CDF or short report last friday that the Genting SP has many naked short before the announcement hence SGX may need to buy back in huge volume ?  what is your take....

pushing up the price today ?

Home improvement giant Lowe's (LOW, Fortune 500) is expected to report earnings of 30 cents per share, up from 24 cents per share a year ago.

The Empire Manufacturing survey is also due before the start of trading. The regional reading on manufacturing is forecast to have slipped to 11.7 in November from 15.73 in October.

The September reading on business inventories, due from the government later in the morning, is likely to show an increase of 0.9%.

After the close, department store Nordstrom (JWN, Fortune 500) will report earnings.

Tuesday: The Producer Price Index, a measure of wholesale inflation, is due out from the Commerce Department before the opening bell. The index is expected to have edged up 0.8% in October after rising 0.4% in September. The so-called core PPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to have risen 0.1% after increasing by the same amount in the previous month.

Government data on industrial production and capacity utilization for October are also due before the market opens.

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT, Fortune 500) reports results before the start of trading. The Dow component is expected to have earned 90 cents per share, up from 84 cents a year ago, according to forecasts from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Home Depot (HD, Fortune 500) and Saks Incorporated (SKS) are also on tap to post financial results.

After the opening bell, the National Association of Homebuilders is scheduled to release its housing market index for October. The figure is expected to edge down to 15.0 from 16.0 in September.

Wednesday: The Commerce Department releases the Consumer Price Index, a measure of consumer inflation, in the morning. CPI is expected to have increased 0.3% in October after climbing 0.1% the previous month. Core CPI is expected to have inched up 0.1%, after a flat reading in September.

Housing starts are expected to have decreased to a 600,000 annual unit rate in October from a 610,000 unit annual rate in September. Building permits are expected to have risen to a 565,000 annual rate from a 539,000 annual unit rate in September.

Also before the bell, discount retailer Target (TGT, Fortune 500) is forecast to have booked earnings of 68 cents per share, up from 58 cents a year ago.

After the market closes, analysts are looking for Applied Materials (AMAT, Fortune 500) to reports earnings of 31 cents per share, compared to 11 cents a year ago.

Thursday: The Department of Labor releases the weekly jobless claims report in the morning. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment last week is forecast to inch higher to 442,000 from 435,000 in the previous week.

Continuing claims -- a measure of Americans who have been receiving benefits for a week or more -- is expected to hold steady at around 4.30 million, the same as in the previous week.

Analysts expect office supply giant Staples earned 40 cents per share last quarter, up slightly from 39 cents a year earlier.

The Philadelphia Fed index, another regional reading on manufacturing, is expected to have improved to 4.5 in November from 1.0 in October.

The index of leading economic indicators is expected to have risen 0.6% in October after rising 0.3% the previous month.

After the close, Dell (DELL, Fortune 500) is expected to post earnings of 32 cents per share, up from 23 cents per share a year earlier.

Friday: There are no market-moving economic or corporate events expected on Friday

Export-oriented emerging economies will have to boost domestic demand so as to reduce  domestic saving and current account surpluses. In China, the exemplar for this group, the magnitude of the shifts required, and the imperative to maintain roughly 8% growth during the transition, dictates that the inter-sector reorientation of the Chinese economy will be gradual. Similarly, interest in financial stability limits the pace at which policy makers can increase the degree of market determination in the renminbi

Sleep tight everyone! tml is another day.

net loss of 36000

compared to previous year of (176000)

net loss reduced but is not from operation, meaning not stable. as such does not mean that company is improving.

loss reduction mainly due to revaluation of vessals.

i think i am what u r referring to

  "Simply holding and holding, and hoping to make more money

      is not the way to long well.."

that's why i am here reading and learning from all seniors.

till BT conducts his training.....

Cheers

newbie

No matter if it's naked short or CDF short,

    if you are not already good in playing long,

      you should not go naked and play short...

         simply because you are not ready.

Look at it this way...

        If you are not able to slide down without falling at the playground,

            you should not go bungee-jumping. You must progress step by step...  

whats AK?? ..i not enough skill to be sifu..my fundamental damm chui..TA can share via posting..i only earn decent amount..not trading daily.

u should find someone who is full timer trader/reminsier whom did really good. be sincere to them and they will teach.

Cheers!

When you know how to play long well,

    you will naturally know how to play short too.

       Thus, by longing well, you will at the same time be learning how to short.

           You will know what I mean if you understand and bear this in mind :-

                To play long well is to know when to sell at the right time.

                    Simply holding and holding, and hoping to make more money

                         is not the way to long well...