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Off Plan Property Web Site Announces Launch of Property Listings ...

More and more people are adding international investment property to their property portfolios, and historically, off plan property purchases have provided excellent returns for many people in many countries. Offplanproperty.info aims to become the leading web site aimed at those interested in buying off plan property, new build properties and renovated properties in the world wide property markets.

London, England (PRWEB) April 27, 2007 -- Ownership of property overseas by the British alone has grown over 50% since 2000. This represents an all time record of nearly 260,000 people who own a foreign property -- usually in a cheaper and sunnier country.

Whilst Spain has historically been the most popular choice among the British and many other nationalities for buying property there is a growing interest in the emerging (and substantially less expensive) property markets around the world.

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Japan's Bonds May Rise on Speculation Stock Drop to Spur Demand

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government notes may advance, halting a five-day drop, on speculation a slump in global stocks will increase demand for debt.

Five-year notes may end the longest slide since December after a U.S. report showed the trade gap widened more than expected in March, spurring expectations the government may cut its first-quarter gross domestic product estimate. U.S. stocks tumbled the most in almost two months and Treasuries gained.

``Japanese bonds will probably stay firm, taking a cue from concerns over a slowdown in the U.S. economy, losses in U.S. stocks and gains in Treasuries,'' said Tokyo-based Kazuhiko Sano, chief strategist at Nikko Citigroup Ltd., the fifth-largest buyer at government debt auctions.

Ten-year bond futures for June delivery rose to 134.05 on the London International Financial Futures Exchange yesterday from 133.95 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Loonie recoups losses

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar finished lower versus the U.S. currency Friday but managed to recoup nearly all the steep losses it suffered early in the session when data showed the economy lost jobs in April.

Canadian bond prices finished just a touch higher despite an early boost from the weak jobs data and soft U.S. data that sparked hopes for a rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The Canadian dollar closed at $1.1122 to the U.S. dollar, or 89.91 US cents, down from $1.1112, or 89.99 US cents, at Thursday's close.

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China setting up new forex agency

BEIJING: China is setting up a new investment agency to seek higher returns on its foreign currency reserves of more than US$1 trillion, the largest stockpile in the world, Finance Minister Jin Renqing said.

It was the first official confirmation of China's plans, which Premier Wen Jiabao foreshadowed in January by saying Beijing would actively explore new ways of using the reserves.

The biggest priority is safety, and under the principle of security we will try to increase the efficiency of management and the investments' returns, Jin told a news conference yesterday.

He gave no details of how much money the fund would manage, let alone how it might invest. But Jin said Singapore's state-owned Temasek would be one of its models.

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Destra Corporation Limited ASX: DES - Destra Magna and Quickflix ...

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Jeff Saut Presents: Electrifying

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist, Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.

"I was reading Lowell Miller’s (Woodstock NY utility’s manager par excellence) 1Q '07 report and ran across a rather amazing statement. He stated ‘some observers have suggested that new electricity infrastructure expenditures (which create both regulated and unregulated returns on investment) over the next twenty years may equal the entire market capitalization of ALL investor owned US utilities.’ Wow...I was wondering if you had any thoughts as to how we might profit!"--David

We have marveled at the relentless upward march of the DJIA over the past months as despite spurious fundamentals, weakening economic statistics, sticky interest rates, and a deteriorating U.S.

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Investing: The truth about actively managed funds

They say you get what you pay for, but mutual fund investors often get less. Actively managed stock portfolios find it hard to achieve the returns of low-cost index-tracking funds, and that was especially true last year.

In 2003, when the bull market began, 61 percent of actively managed funds specializing in American stocks beat the return of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, according to the research firm Morningstar. The following two years produced similar results, but in 2006 the figure plunged to 32 percent.

Greater volatility and a leveling off in the relative performance of shares of smaller companies, which many managers favor and which showed far more strength early in the bull market, accounts for some of the dramatic falloff. But there are enough other factors for some analysts and financial planners to conclude that last year is the rule, not the exception.