Viernes 11/03/11 Ventas retail, a ver si esto ayuda

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Australia -1.38%, el Shanghai C. -0.28%, el Hang Seng -0.97%, Korea -1.54%, el Nikkei -0.83%

Euro up 1.3826

Los futures del Dow Jones 16 puntos al alza.

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Futures Last Change Settle
Crude Oil 102.93 0.23 102.70
Gold 1416.4 3.9 1412.5
DJ Industrials 11920 -260 11920
S&P 500 1292.30 2.80 1289.50

9:50 p.m. EST 03/10/11Currencies Last (bid) Prior Day †
Japanese Yen (USD/JPY) 82.80 82.93
Euro (EUR/USD) 1.3824 1.3789
† Late Thursday in New York

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Copper March 10,21:39
Bid/Ask 4.2389 - 4.2408
Change +0.0099 +0.23%
Low/High 4.2290 - 4.2525
Charts

Nickel March 10,21:24
Bid/Ask 12.0314 - 12.0718
Change +0.0907 +0.76%
Low/High 11.9407 - 12.1217
Charts

Aluminum March 10,21:35
Bid/Ask 1.1486 - 1.1503
Change -0.0023 -0.20%
Low/High 1.1472 - 1.1545
Charts

Zinc March 10,21:39
Bid/Ask 1.0376 - 1.0412
Change +0.0011 +0.11%
Low/High 1.0259 - 1.0456
Charts

Lead March 10,20:56
Bid/Ask 1.1354 - 1.1386
Change +0.0016 +0.14%
Low/High 1.1263 - 1.1399

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Los precios del consumidor en China subieron 4.9% por arriba del target.

Au y Ag up

+17

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La corte fallo a favor de Blockbuster, le permitiran a la compania venderse, la otra opcion era liquidarse.

Los cerebros de Alemania se estan yendo a trabajar a otros paises donde les pagan mejor especialmente al Asia (ingenieros, physicist, etc, etc,)

Espero que los Mercedes Benz no sufran.

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Los americanos no son irresponsables, el gobierno americano si lo es cuando hablamos de deuda.

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Las familias Americanas recortan sus deudas al nivel mas bajo en seis anios. El total de la deuda de las familias Americanas, incluyendo casas y tarjetas de credito bajo por segundo anio consecutivo a $13.4 trillones, dijo el Fed. Eso es 116% del ingreso (disposable, lo que queda despues de pagar por los gastos) era 130% en el 2007. Y es el menor nivel desde el 2004.

Families Slice Debt to Lowest in 6 Years

By JUSTIN LAHART And MARK WHITEHOUSE
U.S. families—by defaulting on their loans and scrimping on expenses—shouldered a smaller debt burden in 2010 than at any point in the previous six years, putting them in position to start spending more.

Total U.S. household debt, including mortgages and credit cards, fell for the second straight year in 2010 to $13.4 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday. That came to 116% of disposable income, down from a peak debt burden of 130% in 2007, and the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2004.

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..With the help of rising stock prices, the decrease in debts put average household net worth at $505,000 at the end of 2010, up 5.1% from 2009, though still well below a peak of $595,000 in the second quarter of 2007, before housing prices plunged.

But any solace from the improving debt numbers has been tempered by worries over rising commodity prices, Chinese trade and the threat to Middle East oil supplies.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded 228.46, or 1.87%, to 11984.61 on Thursday, after new data on Chinese trade raised concerns that Beijing's export growth might be slowing and unrest broke out in eastern Saudi Arabia.

The shrinking debt burden, though, brings U.S. consumers, whose purchases make up about one-sixth of global demand, closer to the point where they can make a big contribution to the world-wide recovery.

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."You've seen a steady improvement in household balance sheets" in the U.S., said Joseph Carson, an economist at AllianceBernstein in New York. "That should set the stage for better consumer spending in the year ahead." He expects consumer spending to grow at an inflation-adjusted rate of 2.8% in 2011, up from 1.8% last year.

Defaults on mortgages and credit cards played a large role in bringing down household debt, underscoring the extent of the financial distress still afflicting U.S. families. Commercial banks wrote off $118 billion in mortgage, credit-card and other consumer debt in 2010, the Fed said. That's over half the total $208.8 billion drop in household debt, which also includes new mortgages and credit cards.

Morari Shah, a 59-year-old Miami entrepreneur and real-estate investor, is among those taking a radical approach to reducing debts.

Since late 2008, he and his wife have slashed their total debt from nearly $1 million to zero by walking away from the mortgages on four rental properties and paying off two others, all of which lost about half their value in the housing bust. He's no longer taking up to $4,000 from his monthly income to pay mortgage interest that the rental income didn't cover.

Instead, he and his wife are fulfilling their goal of building a new $350,000, four-bedroom home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville, where they plan to retire. "It's a big relief," said Mr. Shah. "We went through some rough times, but now I'm comfortable and don't have to worry about my retirement."

Mr. Shah isn't alone. Jon Maddux, chief executive of YouWalkAway.com, a California-based company that advises people on how to default on mortgage debt, says he's getting between 200 and 250 new clients a month, up 8% from last year and about 50% from 2009.

"I thought we were going to be done with this in one or two years," said Mr. Maddux, who started the firm in 2008. "Now, we're three years into it, and it looks like it probably will peak this year or next." He said the average client sheds about $250,000 in mortgage debt.

People are also fixing their finances the hard way, by boosting the portion of their income that they use to pay down debt. The personal savings rate averaged 5.8% in 2010, up from a low of 1.4% in 2005, and back to a level last seen in the early 1990s.

Meanwhile, getting new loans is difficult as banks pull back on risk, and the private securitization markets that used to support mortgage lending remain largely closed.

But consumer debt, such as auto and student loans, has started growing again in recent months, suggesting that people might be getting in the mood to borrow again.

Even as U.S. households reduce their debt, the country's overall obligations are rising, with weak tax revenues and efforts to stimulate the economy translating into large budget deficits. Total U.S. nonfinancial debt rose 4.8% to $36.3 trillion, driven largely by a 20% increase in federal debt. Debts of nonfarm, nonfinancial companies rose 5.4% as companies took advantage of low interest rates, but much of that money went to boost their cash coffers, which grew to $1.9 trillion.

Many consumers still have a long way to go to get their finances in order. Some economists believe a healthy household-debt-to-disposable-income ratio would be 100% or lower.

Tougher bankruptcy rules have made it difficult for some consumers to shed their debts, and a weak job market has left millions without much income to spend.

As of January, wage and salary income stood at $20,953 a person in the U.S., up 2.89% from a year earlier, but still 3.69% below its previous peak in March 2008, according to the Commerce Department.

Linda Sharp, a 56-year-old electronic engineer, filed for bankruptcy in October 2009 after losing a high-paying, global sales job for a big maker of computer peripherals.

She managed to cut the combined monthly debt payments on her home, automobile and other loans to $3,750 a month from about $6,500 a month, but her total debt load of more than $500,000 hasn't changed.

She recently found a new sales job paying less than one-fifth what she used to make, and is getting some support from a friend to cover monthly expenses.

"I don't know if I am going to recover,"' said Ms. Sharp, who has a son in high school and a daughter in college. "I've spent my retirement savings on living while I was looking for a job."

Write to Justin Lahart at justin.lahart@wsj.com and Mark Whitehouse at mark.whitehouse@wsj.com

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Se espera que las ventas retail suban 1.2%, sin autos +0.7%, la confianza del consumidor en 76.

Tomorrow’s Tape: Retail Sales, Consumer Sentiment

8:30 a.m. — Retail sales for February arrive. The consensus calls for a headline rise of 1.2%, with the ex-autos number arriving at 0.7%. Last time, the monthly report showed January sales growing at a glacial pace, as winter storms kept shoppers snowbound.
9:55 a.m. — A preliminary read on consumer sentiment in March is due as part of the results of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey. Expectation is for the sentiment index to hit 76.
Earnings:

AnnTaylor Stores reports before the bell.

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Pimco trasladará sus inversiones a mercados emergentes, dice Bill Gross

Por Cynthia Lin

NUEVA YORK (Dow Jones)--Las valuaciones de los títulos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos no son atractivas en un contexto histórico y Pacific Investment Management Co. está transfiriendo su dinero hacia la deuda de los mercados emergentes, señaló el fundador y co-titular de inversiones del fondo, Bill Gross en una entrevista el jueves con CNBC.

El jueves trascendió que la gigante de fondos de bonos se ha desprendido de todas sus tenencias de activos relacionadas con el gobierno de Estados Unidos.

Gross dijo que se pueden encontrar mejores valuaciones en otros mercados, donde los rendimientos no han sido inflados artificialmente por las compras de la Reserva Federal.

."La sobrevaluación [en los títulos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos] ha dependido del poder de compra de la Fed", sostuvo Gross, quien señaló que no cree que se realice una tercera ronda de "flexibilización cuantitativa".

Pimco no participó en la subasta de bonos a 30 años del jueves ni en la de notas a 10 años el miércoles, señaló Gross, aunque se consideró que ambas tuvieron una buena recepción.

El fondo aún posee entre US$20.000 millones y US$30.000 millones en instrumentos del Tesoro con vencimientos inferiores a 12 meses. Según el sitio web de Pimco, los instrumentos del Tesoro con vencimientos de menos de 12 meses en el Total Return Fund no están clasificados como tenencias relacionadas con el gobierno de Estados Unidos. En lugar de eso, son considerados como equivalente a efectivo y son parte de las tenencias de efectivo.

"No es una cuestión de ofender a los Estados Unidos o cuestionar el crédito de Estados Unidos", afirmó Gross, "sino que simplemente es una reflexión en el vencimiento" de la convicción de que la valuación de los bonos a mayor plazo no es correcta.

Gross, agregó que el fondo favorece la deuda corporativa y de mercados emergentes. El fondo está movilizando inversiones hacia México y Brasil, e incluso de forma marginal a España, que registra una hoja de balance más saludable que Estados Unidos, señaló.

"¿Son estos bonos tan seguros como los títulos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos? No", dijo Gross, "pero no están sobrevaluados según los procedimientos cuantitativos que hemos visto en los últimos 12 meses".

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Yen up 82.81

Los futures del Dow Jones 17 puntos al alza.

Toda el Asia a la baja como era de esperar.

Nada nuevo hasta el momento.

Francia y US hablando con los rebeldes en Libia, esperemos haya una solucion pronto, el no fly zone, las sanciones, y finalmente la salida de Gadhafi, sin que esto llegue a mayores.

El no fly zone es cuando se toma el control del espacio aereo del pais para que las fuerzas de Gadhafi no siga atacando a los rebeldes.

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El oro y el petroleo al alza.

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8.8 grados escala de Richter, tsunami, olas de más de 10 metros, extensos daños, una refineria ardiendo.
Cómo repercutirá en las aseguradoras?, recuerdan los efectos del terremoto de Chile, destrucción de riqueza, propiedades,etc., creando necesidades.

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El yen cae ante el dólar después de sismos muy violentos en Japón.
11 de marzo de 2011

La moneda japonesa cayó repentinamente este viernes ante el dólar después de dos terremotos muy violentos a lo largo de las costas noreste de Japón que se sintieron con fuerza en la capital.

El dólar, que se movía alrededor de los 82,75 yenes al final de la mañana, pasó a 83,30 yenes en los minutos que siguieron al terremoto de magnitud 8,8.

En la capital, a unos 380 km de distancia, las construcciones temblaron al menos dos minutos y la mayoría de los ocupantes se lanzaron a las calles.

Varias réplicas se seguían produciendo, al igual que un tsunami, y los transportes están suspendidos en el noreste de Japón, donde se lamentaban numerosos heridos, según las autoridades y los medios de comunicación.
Fuente argentina

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Momentos mui duros para laos hermanos de Japon solidaridad desde aca, y agradescamos a el altisimo que nuestra tierra no se ve afectada por estas catastrofes

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Es el peor terremoto en la historia de Japon y hay peligro de tsunami en todo el Asia. Han habido 19 temblores despues del terremoto.

Dios mio que todos esten bien. Y que no haya tsunami.