Asian Stocks Swing on Slower U.S. Services Growth, Yen

Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as a report showed U.S. service industries expanded less than expected and the yen fell.

Mazda Motor Corp., an automaker that gets 30 percent of its sales in North America, gained 0.8 percent, reversing losses of 1.5 percent, as the yen weakened. Samsung Electronics Co. slipped 0.2 percent as South Korea’s biggest exporter of consumer electronics posted fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates. SoftBank Corp. added 0.5 percent after the price target of the Japanese mobile phone operator was raised at Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.1 percent to 139.12 as of 9:58 a.m. in Tokyo after rising as much as 0.2 percent. Japan’s Topix index slipped 0.2 percent after the yen fell 0.2 percent versus the dollar. Janet Yellen won U.S. Senate confirmation to become the 15th chairman of the Federal Reserve and the first woman to head the central bank in its 100-year history.

The U.S. Labor Department will release the unemployment rate and new hiring figures for last month on Jan. 10. The Federal Open Market Committee said last month it plans to taper monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion starting January, saying in a statement that “labor-market conditions have shown further improvement.” The committee is scheduled to meet Jan. 28-29.

(Source: Bloomberg)

Asian Stocks Fall Third Day, Led by Telecom Shares, Japan

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index headed for a third day of losses, as telecommunication services shares led the decline and Japanese stocks dropped following holidays.

SoftBank Corp., a Japanese mobile phone operator, dropped 2.2 percent after the rating of Sprint Corp. (S), which SoftBank acquired last year, was cut at Cowen and Company. Fast Retailing Co., Asia’s biggest apparel chain, lost 3.8 percent in Tokyo as the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average slipped from a six-year high. Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s biggest exporter of consumer electronics and the second-most-weighted stock on the Asia-Pacific benchmark index, rose 0.8 percent.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.6 percent to 139.45 as of 10:23 a.m. in Tokyo with nine of its 10 industry groups falling. Markets are yet to open in Hong Kong and China.

The Asia-Pacific gauge added 9.3 percent in 2013, rising for a second straight year, as central banks across the globe acted to spur growth. The measure traded at 13.1 times estimated earnings as of Jan. 3, compared with 15.5 for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and 13.7 for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

(Source: Bloomberg)

UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta Jalin kerjasama dengan PT Jalatama Artha Berjangka - CSR

Untuk menambah wawasan mahasiswa tentang perdagangan berjangka  telah digelarkuliah umum dan sekaligus penandatanganan MoU antara Fakultas Ekonomi UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta dengan Bursa berjangka Jakarta dan PT Jalatama Artha berjangka, di Ruang seminar  Prodi Akutansi  hari Kamis 10 Oktober 2013. Ketiganya sepakat melakukan sosialisasi perdaganga berjangka komoditas.
Dekan Fakultas Ekonomi Drs. Sujatmika, M.Si mengatakan bahwa UPN “veteran” Yogyakarta menjadi Universitas ke tiga di Yogyakarta yang memiliki bursa perdagangan berjangka dan ke dua belas di Indonesia. UPN sebelumnya telah memiliki pojok bursa efek yang digunakan sebagai pembelajaran mahasiswa, tetapi belum punya pojok bursa berjangka.” Tujuannya agar mahasiswa tidak sekadar tahu dan mengenal teori, tetapi benar-benar mengetahui tentang bursa berjangka ini”, ungkap Sujatmika Perdagangan berjangka adalah segala sesuatu yang berkaitan dengan jual beli komoditi dengan penarikan margin dan dengan penyelesaian kemudian berdasarka kontrak berjangka, kontrak derivative Syariah dan kontrak derivative lainnya.
Komoditi adalah semua barang, jasa, hak dan kepentingan lainnya. Dan setiap derivative dari komoditi yang dapat diperdagangkan dan menjadi subyek kontrak berjangka, kontrak derivative . Komoditi yang ditransaksikan mencakup: komoditi pertanian, perkebunan, pertambangan, perikanan, emas, indeks saham, forex dan obyek lainnya yang bisa diperdagangkan baik yang berwujud maupun yang tidak berwujud. Semua transaksi dapat dikelola sendiri  oleh nasabah melalui system yang disediakan  pialang berjangka.

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