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2002 Canadian Shareowners Study: Canadian Investors Take "Back To Basics" Approach To Investing

Date 23/08/2002

It seems that Canadians are taking a traditionalist approach to their stock portfolios, this according to the 2002 Canadian Shareowners Study. Investors are holding on to their portfolios and after years of trying to make decisions on their own, they are once again seeking advice from investment professionals.
16 Firms Join The RTS

Date 23/08/2002

On August 22, 2002, the RTS Board of Directors welcomed the following 16 new member firms to the Partnership:
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Listed Companies Increase Performance in Q2 by 65%, Gaining A Total Of Over 100 Billion Baht In Profits

Date 22/08/2002

Listed companies on the Thai bourse announced their Q2 operational performance, posting a 65% increase in profits from Q1. For their half-year performance, profits reached 119,477 million baht. The top five profitable sectors were Energy, Transportation, Building and Furnishing Materials, Property Development, and Commerce, those profits accounted for approximately 70% of the total profits for listed companies. Securities companies have also gained since the minimum brokerage fee was reimposed.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index

Date 22/08/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index: Effective after the close of trading on Friday, August 23, 2002, the following change will take place in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The weight of Placer Dome Inc. (TSX: PDG) will increase by approximately 4.49% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pursuant to S&P/TSX Canadian Sector Index methodology. <
Standard & Poor's Announces Canadian Index Change: S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Composite, S&P/TSX Canadian SmallCap And TSX 200 Indices

Date 22/08/2002

On August 20, 2002, the shareholders of Storm Energy Inc. (TSX:SME) approved the plan of arrangement whereby the company will be divided into an income trust, Focus Energy Trust, and an exploration company named Storm Energy Ltd.

SGX To Provide Enhanced Electronic Trading Facilities At New Global Electronic Trading Centre

Date 22/08/2002

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that it will provide enhanced facilities for derivatives trading at the new Global Electronic Trading Centre (GETC). Located at SGX Centre, this facility will provide SGX Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) Individual Members (Locals) direct access to the exchange's derivatives market and approved overseas markets via order-routing services, subject to approval from their SGX-DT Clearing Members. This will enable them to trade other derivatives and secur
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Pitt Seeks Review Of Initial Public Offering Process

Date 22/08/2002

As part of an ongoing effort to bolster investor confidence, Chairman Harvey L. Pitt of the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange to review the initial public offering (IPO) process, including IPO allocation practices and the roles of issuers and underwriters in the price setting and offering process.
Program Trading Averaged 34.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 12-Aug. 16, 2002

Date 22/08/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Aug. 12-Aug. 16, 2002.
NYSE Member Firms Report Second-Quarter 2002 Results

Date 22/08/2002

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported second-quarter 2002 after-tax profits of $1.31 billion and revenues of $39.01 billion, a 28.7 percent and 23.2 percent decline, respectively, compared to $1.83 billion in after-tax profits on revenues of $50.80 billion in second-quarter 2001. In the first six months of 2002, the firms reported after tax-profits of $3.26 billion on revenues of $77.55 billion, compared with $4.52 billion on revenues of $108.86 bill
Nymex To Increase Margin Rates For Natural Gas Futures, Henry Hub Swaps, And e-miNY Natural Gas Futures Contracts

Date 22/08/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will raise the margins on the first six months of its natural gas futures and Henry Hub natural gas swaps, and on its e-miNY natural gas futures contracts as of the close of business tomorrow.