2014年7月1日星期二

Barclays plans to lean commodity trading business

According to the financial times reported that one of the world's biggest commodity trader, barclays will this week announced plans to exit quite a part of metals, agriculture (000061, shares) and the energy business.The report said, chief executive of barclays,elbow 180 degree a234 wpb butt weld elbows Anthony Jenkins ready on May 8 to new strategic investors, he is expected to cut the barclays for those who failed to return beyond the field exposure of the cost of capital, in order to shed thousands of jobs.

Analysts said the precious metals trading is likely to be incorporated into the bank's foreign exchange business,Longitudinal Welded pipe and tube the bank's global commodity trading, sales and research, 160 employees of the business will suffer from large-scale layoffs.

Barclays is one of the five big bank of commodities, the Banks last year about 70% of the total control commodity trading. But several Banks are cut or sell such a business, including Morgan Stanley,ASME RF/FF Welding Socket Weld slip on flange deutsche bank, ubs and royal bank of Scotland.The personage inside course of study says, shrink or sale of the business is mainly driven by several factors, including increased regulation, new capital constraint, and the stable oil and other commodity prices as a result of lower profit margins.

2014年3月21日星期五

Mortgage tight clear line prices "high fever"

The national bureau of statistics released 24 January 70 large and medium-sized cities in China new commodity housing sale price statistics show that in January, 70 large and medium cities housing prices while gains narrowed somewhat, but still continued the rally last year.Housing prices rose is still fierce.Reporters visited several Shanghai intermediary institutions and find apartments, just need to type and improve the housing demand is still strong,45 degree short radius pipe fitting elbows prices level only grow.Coldwell international real estate deputy general manager of greater China YuTing pye, said after the Spring Festival, Shanghai second-hand housing prices generally rose.

Intended to buy a house near the xujiahui zhou told reporters that "years ago on a house, the owner bid $2.8 million, then hesitated. Years later the homeowner jumped 3.05 million, in the afternoon to the more than 30 competitors, the final price of 200000 to clinch a deal."New house, new building basic no price cut space.Some preferential: building is only part of the "courtesy" in both Chinese and foreign project between the ring and garden only against full of "big customers to give 98 discount,ASME B16.9 45 Deg Long Radius butt weld Elbow" vanke city yue according to different discount room, front, floor, 50000-60000 yuan.And such as hardcover apartments cade maoming mansion is located in the central building average within almost hard to shake.

Push the outer suburban ring in February new buildings have even begun to raise prices.As is located in songjiang district gold base life_ clinch a deal in January for an average of 18665 yuan/square meters, with group of housing price per square metre in February rose more than 1000 yuan.

First-tier cities such as Beijing, guangzhou and Shanghai is similar, although trading volume due to factors such as the lunar New Year holiday and suspension affect fell sharply,Standard 150# Forged Carbon Steel Welding Neck Flange but coldwell international real estate data shows that Beijing residential whole clinch a deal the price still maintained in the range of 28000 yuan/square metre, and have edged up;Guangzhou, although volume was "down", but by the 24th, February bridal chamber to clinch a deal for an average of 13282 yuan/square meters, compared to January average overall flat.

2014年2月18日星期二

In 2014, the prices for the whole year forecast

The cbot soybean prices fell 8.3%, wheat futures fell 22%, and corn futures but also with a 40% drop in years the biggest decline in global commodity.Based on the international agricultural commodities prices compared to the overall downward trend judgment,spiral steel pipes 1200mm diameter domestic pork market overall supply is relatively abundant, year-on-year will still low pork prices in the coming months.In particular, since the fourth quarter of 2013, CPI growth slowing, pork prices have also recently appeared anti-season fell, January dropped 4% in the first three weeks.Given the current pig CunLanLiang still remain high, pork supply does not have obvious fluctuations, is expected in the first quarter of 2014 pork prices will remain weak.Based on the analysis, the first quarter of 2014 year-on-year CPI may be lower than 2.5%, the individual may even fall below 2% in September.

In addition to the pork price out back, the weak economic recovery is also considered important cause of the current CPI rise slowed.Newly released according to the China federation of logistics and purchasing, 1 month China manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) is 50.5%,MS seamless elbow 2 sch 40 than fell 0.5% last month, fell for a second consecutive month.The state council development research center, zhang liqun, a researcher thinks, that bodes ill for the future economic growth will be slightly reduced stability.In January, at the same time the non-manufacturing business activity index was 53.4%, down 1.2% month-on-month and dropped for the fourth straight month.Vice President of China federation of logistics and purchasing Cai Jin think, this is mainly affected by seasonal factors, but the service order demand shrunk, weaker prices need to pay attention to.China's macro economy information network research, researchers said Yang Caiyong future although food prices will continue to rise, but under the background of the downward pressure on economic growth is bigger, the inflation situation would be in a controllable range.

Look from current trends, multiple agencies to prepare revised down prices forecast for 2014.Sealand securities,carbon steel pipe fitting hot formed bend said January year-on-year CPI is expected to further downside compared with December.Look at all the year round, the CPI value center is expected to be controlled at 3% or lower levels, provide a bigger space for resource price reforms.If you have related policy, non-food prices there will be a rebound.But the combination of the output gap changes, the first half of the CPI upward trend will remain, but the starting point of the decline is likely to make further revised down.

2014年1月19日星期日

Supporting policies intensive

In order to support the shipping cargo ships, dissolve excess capacity, 2013 national and ministry level of support policy.Under the state council issued "the shipping industry to speed up structural adjustment to promote transformation and upgrading plan (2013-2015)",asme b16.28 short radius elbow 45 degree A234 WPB "about resolving contradictions of severe overcapacity guidance", the ministry of communications issued "about promoting the healthy development of shipping industry transformation and upgrading of several opinions",A53B ERW carbon steel welding round tube "the old transport vessels and single-hulled oil tankers scrap updated implementation plan in advance, the ministry issued the ship industry standard conditions.At the same time, the shipping industry to rise to the national strategic plan has been submitted to the state council.Many policy positive is expected to be concentrated release in 2014, will be the basis of further consolidate shipping shipbuilding industry recovery.

Under the stimulus policy positive and 2013 rate and new ship orders both bottoming out.Throughout the year, BDI index averages 1193 points, up 30% from a year, but 23% lower than in 2011.First 11 months of 2013, the shipbuilding enterprises to undertake new ship order 51.86 million deadweight tons, up 204%;Handheld ship the order by the end of November,elbow 180 degree a234 wpb butt weld elbows 119.23 million ton, up 11.5% at the end of 2012.

At the same time, many shipbuilding companies break into the lucrative offshore equipment market, in order to improve profitability.Marine engineering equipment in the third quarter of 2013 years ago, the Chinese market turnover of $10.8 billion.Ocean engineering markets around the world in the next few years will remain prosperous situation.
"New ship prices also rebounded in the third quarter, the major segment type prices surged." quantity "and" price ", shipbuilding market rebound in 2013 is very obvious."China shipping (600150, shares) industrial economy and the market research center director zhang jing said.

2014年1月13日星期一

The fastest growing steel B2B realm

B2C developing rapidly in recent years, as the limelight, B2B is relatively a bit left out."B2B than B2C is much more complex", Dong Baoqing thinks, but the prospect of B2B far more than B2C,material astm a106 round steel pipe "this (B2B) is a huge market, and many industry and the investment community concern area".Dong Baoqing, according to data released 2012 B2B trading volume is 6.25 trillion yuan, up 27% year on year, growth is far less than the 74.8% increase in B2C transactions, but it is four times the size of the B2C turnover of 1.32 trillion yuan.
Dong Baoqing pointed out that the current steel industry B2B is all production data in the field of B2B "the biggest, the fastest growing and also the fastest will be a mature industry",seamless elbow 90 for welding 3d "in all industries, steel e-commerce may walk in front".

He believes that this is mainly because the steel industry overcapacity, the industry into the era of supply is greater than the demand, this formed a very important driving force of the steel industry e-commerce development;In addition, the steel circulation industry in the past for less than four five distribution system for the formation of the complete collapse;And information technology, the development of the Internet,carbon steel seamless A106 steel pipe exacerbated the collapse.

YuGang, director of the China federation of logistics and purchasing the steel logistics branch also points out that in recent years, frequent fluctuations of steel price but narrowed, by means of steel price fluctuations for profiteering era is gone forever, iron and steel circulation industry into small profit stage.This reversed transmission with steel logistics enterprises from the opportunist to service-oriented transformation.