The Financials & Metals Review For the Week of October 31, 2011

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The Financials Review
For the week of October 31, 2011

By Frank LaMantia

MF Global seems to be on its last leg as the Federal Reserve suspended any business that the company can perform. Shares have been halted and Interactive Brokers may bid in a supervised auction. MF Global may see Chapter 11 bankruptcy after investing in European bonds that back sovereign debt. (1) New rules caused Credit Suisse to cut 1,000 jobs in its investment banking unit. In July the bank mentioned it was planning to cut over 2,000 jobs. There are plans to cut the dividend and cut assets that are risky by $100 million, to reduce the chance of a future financial crisis. (2) After the close today Anadarko Petroleum and Herbalife will announce earnings. Anadarko has found profits in Mozambique and could surprise the industry in the distant future. Herbalife is said to be beating its competitor Avon. (3) There is negative vibe to the markets this morning as Japan intervenes to help the Yen and that Europe may have red tape to clear for austerity measures. Also, HomeServe cannot make outgoing calls after being accused of mis-selling products. A retraining program has been implemented so that staff can provide better information to clients when it comes to products and pricing. (4)

1) MF Global is first big US victim of Europe crisis - Yahoo! Finance
2) Credit Suisse to cut 1,000 jobs: report - Yahoo! Finance
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The Metals Review
For the week of October 31, 2011

By Daniel Cronin

Well the news from the BOJ created a sell off throughout the metals as gold and silver were both down big along with copper. Gold quickly sold off on the intervention news and went down $30. $1,700 is a good support area and I like that around there on a play back to the upside. Copper touched the huge resistance of 3.75 and quickly shot down to 3.57 as this market will look to consolidate once again.

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