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In a move made to compete with Skype and possibly Apple, Google is now offering a feature which allows users to use the phone to contact one another via Gmail. It will be interesting to see if Google will provide better reception than that of the iPhone. And if it eventually provides the ability to use this from a mobile phone, then it will truly compete with the iPhone as a service provider.
For now, the feature is only available in the US, but once it is available throughout the world, it will be interesting to see how this will affect the price of Google stock. Advanced investors may be able to take advantage of binary options and game the news ticker, watching carefully for when Google makes the feature available worldwide and when it expands features. You can see our previous entry written in March for more of an explanation on how to use this strategy to make a return on your investment.

Of course, not everyone agrees that China will be growing so fast. A couple of major problems loom: China’s GDP has indeed been growing rapidly in the last 30 years, but that could be because it has a while until it reaches a high rank. Chinese GDP is still below the 100th rank in the global economy. Another factor making it difficult for China to climb to the top is the state of the current global economy, the decrease in demand for exports and the rise of unemployment.
Some experts even feel that China’s GDP will fall in the next few years. Hedging might be a great binary options and forex strategy for traders of forex and binary options for those who are cynical about the Chinese takeover of the world.

What this means for traders:
Traders might want to pay attention to the Asian currencies, in particular the yuan, the Chinese currency which the Chinese government decided earlier to peg to the dollar (see our previous post). This in turn makes Chinese exports more expensive, but imports cheaper. Be on the lookout for trades connected to rises in production expense and major companies such as Wallmart and Target, who have overseas factories. Other companies which have been cheaper alternatives to American products, such as Toyota and Honda, may also present good binary options opportunities.

What this means for trade operators:
Chinese stocks and markets are a new opportunity for traders. The Asian market will also be influenced by its #2 neighbor. Read more about online trading in the binary options market.

Best Month in a Year
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One great way to make binary options work to your advantage is to trade based on monthly and quarterly earnings reports. Options can be predicted to rise or fall shortly before these news releases. If you do the research you can capitalize on these movements in the market. But more on this strategy at a later posting. Now let’s concentrate on our monthly report.
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Stocks did better this month than they have in an entire year. Sixteen of the thirty DOW stocks ended higher at the end of July, including Home Depot (up 1.6% at $28.51) and Boeing (up 1.4% at $68.14). Intel (down 1.7% to $34.46) and Merck (down 1.7% to $34.46) ended lower than expected.

Stock Market Summary

News Events of the Month-

Technology News-

Economic News-

Currencies-
The dollar rose against the British pound and Euro but fell against the yen.

Savings and Consumer Spending-
Consumer sentiment for July rose to 67.8 and not the expected 66.5.

Commodity Market
Oil, gold, and copper all rose in price.
Gold- $13.30 to $1,181.70 per ounce.
Copper- up 2.15 cents to $3.3115 a pound, up 12% for July.
Oil- closed at $78.95, up 4.39% from last month.

Employment
Increased to 9.6% from 9.5% for last month for the US market.
Private employers added 90,000 jobs to the payroll, an improvement since June.

Sales and Manufacturing
Manufacturing activity slowed to its lowest level since December. Reports of Midwest manufacturing rose to 62.3 this month from 59.1 for last month.

Stock Markets Summary – These are the quotes from the end of the day on Friday
Dow Jones Industrial Average – ended at 9,686.48, a 5% drop for the week.
S&P- Dropped 4.79 points, a drop of 5% for the week.
NASDAQ- Dropped 9.57 points to 2,091.79.

These are the major events from this month:

Currencies
The dollar index ended last week at 84.41, reaching its lowest level in two months.

Savings and Consumer Spending
Spending rose slightly higher in May compared to April, suggesting increased consumer confidence. Savings also rose compared to last month.

Commodity Market
Oil- Crude oil prices for August fell to $77.96 a barrel.
Gold- COMEX gold’s August contract fell $16.60 to $1,239.20 per ounce. Gold futures rose a dollar in expectation of the holiday weekend.

Employment
The jobless rate decreased by .2%, from 9.5% in June from 9.7% in May.
Nonfarm payrolls for June fell by 125,000, whereas private payrolls for June increased by 83,000, which is an improvement from the 33,000 private payrolls that were added last month.
New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose by 13,000 in the week ended June 26 to 472,000, the Labor Department said, a sign that companies remain reluctant to hire.

Sales and Manufacturing
Retail sales fell in May for the first time in eight months. The manufacturing index fell 3.5 points in June to 56.2, the lowest level this year.

Housing
Home sales declined last month to 300,000, a 32.7% decrease from 446,000 the previous month.

This strategy is called gaming the news ticker.

You want to make the most out of your trades.

Is there a way to place trades knowing in advance information that makes the likelihood of you profiting from the trade higher than those without this information?

No, we’re not talking about inside trading. We’re talking about responsible  research on market indicators. You should research your favorite stocks and  securities to find out when they report their quarterly earnings.

Place trades right after an official earnings release statement. Do your research on  whether or not an instrument has usually fallen or risen after an earnings report.

For how long does it rise or fall? How quickly? By how much?

Place your trade accordingly. This is information a responsible trader has that   many don’t bother to research. Research them and you will be ahead of the game.