Australian Dollar Outlook - 03/12/2012

Aussie slips against the US$ on the back of Greece reaching a solution which has averted a technical default.

Australia: The Aussie Dollar sold off against the US overnight and is currently trading at 1.0570. China had two releases on Friday, the PPI which came in at 0.0, lower than the forecast of +.01% YoY, and lower than the previous months +0.7%. The CPI printed at +3.2%, also lower than the +3.4% expected and the prior +4.5%.

These numbers will add to the debate of further interest rate easing by the Chinese Central Bank.

Commodities generally had a good night with base metals rallying almost across the board. Copper rose 2.0%, nickel ended up 2.7% and ally rose1.6%.

Gold ended the session up US$15.50 to be trading at US $1,711.50 an ounce for the April Futures while oil is trading at US$107.40 a barrel.

There is no local Australian data due for release today and it is a Labour Day Holiday in VIC, TAS & ADL

Majors: US Treasury yields were again higher for third day in a row while US equity markets ended up slightly. Friday night saw the release of the US Non -farm Payrolls for February which reported a rise of 227,000 better than the market expected for a rise of 210,000 raising optimism for a US recovery.

The US unemployment rate is now at 8.35% which is at a three year low. The USD further strengthened against most currencies, extending gains against the Euro and rising to a 10 month high against the Japanese Yen after the jobs numbers. Greece announced that the deal to swap Greek bonds for new ones with a big haircut (75% NPV) was accepted by 85% of Greek law bond holders and the Government triggered the retrospective collective action clause which meant that a total "acceptance "was 95.7%.

Equity markets in Europe reacted positively after Greece managed to finalise a successful debt swap deal with Frankfurt
+0.7%, Paris +0.3% and London +0.5%.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) said that "we do not foresee a significant impact of the Greek credit event on financial markets" because the exposures, were relatively small, publicly known and mostly subject to
collateral.

S&P 500, US Dollar Flirt With Trend-Defining Technical Levels

The S&P 500 and US Dollar are flirting trend-defining technical levels, with the path of least resistance favoring losses for shares and gains for the greenback.

S&P 500 – Unchanged from yesterday: “Positioning remains indecisive as prices test the 1358.60-1376.10 area, with a narrow bullish breakout late last week again falling short on follow-through. Negative RSI divergence still points to fading upward momentum, warning of a reversal lower. A break below 1358.60 initially exposes 1337.30, the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement. Alternatively, a sustained push higher targets the 1400 figure.”

What Makes A Good Relationship?

Be it a guy or a girl, even if you have been in a relationship for years, you will still not be able to put down the exact ingredients of a good relationship. So, what makes a good relationship? Is it just love? Is it just trust? Or is it just compatibility? It is a mixture of all of these and much more. Here is my recipe for a good relationship which contains the traits of a healthy relationship!

Ingredients
The following ingredients will be required to cook up a good relationship.

• Love – Well, lets face it, a relationship without love, is kind of abysmal.
• Romance – Romance adds the butterflies in the stomach, even to regular activities.
• Respect – If two people don’t respect each other, co-existence is near impossible.
• Passion – Having passion in a relationship is like having salt in a recipe. Without it, there will be color, but no taste.
• Empathy – Empathy is very important in a relationship. Lack of empathy would render the relationship abusive.
• Understanding – It is important to be able to understand each other. It is through understanding that a connection develops, and respect and love can be discovered.
• Acceptance – If you are in a relationship with a person, you need to accept him/her for what he/she is. If you have it in the back of your mind that you will eventually change him, then the relationship will not work out.
• Friendship – Basically, in a relationship, you need to be able to laugh at each other, cry with each other and yell at each other. Who better to do that than a friend?

These are the basic, most important ingredients of a good relationship. Mix them up in the quantities that you see fit, based on your and your partner’s nature. But, for you to understand the mixing, you need to understand the ingredients. Let’s move on to that aspect of the relationship advice.

Love:
Love is that which holds everything together. It is the basic ingredient. Like, if you were cooking chicken, love would be the chicken of your recipe. Love is the reason why you are making the effort of bringing in the other ingredients. However, if this ingredient gets too much importance, it would be wrong. Like, you cannot have only chicken in your dish, right? You need to add spices, and other ingredients. Just like that, a relationship with only love, will meet its end in a dump! Read more on love and relationship.

Romance:
There is a very good saying for men in relationships, if you want your woman to be your princess forever, be her prince forever. That means, the couple needs to keep the romance and the charm alive. Romance is the break from the mundane everyday duties. The vacation from regularity that you need. So, keep a regular balance of romance, to maintain a good relationship.

Passion:
Sex is very important in a marriage. True statement. However, more than the sex, passion is important. There should be a longing in the couple for each other. It is passion that makes each touch, each kiss, each blink of the eye mean a lot more than that which meets the eye. You see those aging couples walking hand in hand, it is the passion that keeps them there. The passion to stay together despite the odds, that is what makes a good relationship.

Empathy:
Lack of empathy in a relationship would spell doom for it. You need to have a basic know how about the other person. How they think, how they react and how they behave. It is this empathy that makes a couple manage living with each other for a longer time. It is this empathy that helps a couple do those small, small things that make the other person happy. Have you heard those women who go “Oh, that is just how he is!” or men say things like “That’s my girl”? That is out of empathy!

Understanding and Acceptance:
Understanding and acceptance go hand in hand. In a relationship, it is important to understand the other person. Why they did what they did? It is the understanding that overlooks the jealousy. More so, acceptance is required in a relationship. If you cannot accept the person for what they truly are, then the relationship will be a farce. A good relationship is made by two people who understand each other and accept each other with the flaws.

Friendship:
Friendship is that ingredient which adds the magic to the relationship. If two people can be lovers and friends at the same time, they have a complete relationship. Friendship allows the two to laugh together at their silliness, yell at each other for the mistakes and cry with each other for the losses. How complete do you feel in company of a friend? That is the feeling that you will have with a partner, if you both share friendship in your relationship as well! More on managing relationships.

While the amount and the percentage of all these ingredients may have differed from person to person, each ingredient is important for a good relationship. This is where I sign off! Happy loving!

How to Make Someone Fall in Love with You

                                                    By Farouk Radwan

Myths About Making Someone Love You

Do you think that love is just an uncontrollable random process?

Do you think that if the person you loved didn't love you back then nothing can be done about it?

Do you think that you can't make someone fall in love with you?

The Truth About Making Someone Fall in Love with You

Most of us believe that love is completely random and can never be controlled or manipulated. However, the shocking truth is that love and hatred are fully controlled by the mind. If you can come to understand the logic behind that mind's operation then you will have a good chance of making someone fall in love with you.

Love is just like any other psychological emotion you experience. Just as there are ways for dealing with and controlling stress, learning about the psychology of falling in love can be used to your advantage to make someone fall in love with you. This won't work one hundred percent of the time, but it will at least double or even triple your chances of making that person fall in love with you.

How to Make Someone Fall in Love with You

The following are methods and ways that can help you in making someone fall in love with you. Note that most of them are based on the psychology of falling in love and if you don't know what that is, you'd better take a quick look first.

I have what you need: when people search for a partner, they unconsciously try to find someone who is similar to what they like about themselves and at the same time different from what they hate about themselves. For example, someone who feels inferior but is also intelligent will seek an intelligent but confident partner. If this resembles the person you are targeting, playing the role of an incredibly confident person can be very effective, simply because you will be sending a message to his/her subconscious mind saying "I have what you need". On the other hand try to do your best to show that you have some common interests (don't lie, just search for what's common between you).

Meeting Criteria: Inside the mind of every one of us is a quick list of basic criteria that must be met before we even consider loving a person. Although meeting these criteria does not neccessarily mean that we will love the person, not meeting any of them makes it certain that we will never love him. Examples of these criteria can be: “He must be a non smoker“, “He must be religious” ...etc. You should try to know the background of the person you like and attempt to meet his basic criteria, else you will be rejected before you even begin.

Does Trying Harder Work? : Does repeatedly trying to approach a person work, or does chasing him or asking him out several times work?

Doing these things will most likely work if your partner is externally dependent. External dependancy is being dependant on something or someone to make you feel good or to escape your bad mood. When someone becomes externally dependant, it's likely he'll jump at the first chance of getting into a relationship. If the person you are targeting is externally dependant then your chances of making him fall in love you becomes higher. That's why caring for someone when he's down gives you a great chance of being loved by him because at these times people become more externally dependant

Program his Subconscious Mind: The subconscious mind can be made to accept something by continious repetition. This doesn't mean that you should call your partner every five minutes, as that would be chasing his/her conscious mind. Chasing the subconscious mind requires no more than staying in sight, and letting him/her see you a lot. Even if you hardly talk, just staying in his/her sight is enough to enforce your position.

More Subconscious Mind Programming : If you have mutual friends then you are even more lucky, since the subconscious mind is programmed much easier by trusted sources. The more your friends talk to him/her about how great you are (something you'll probably have to arrange) the better your chances of having a place in his/her subconscious mind.

Please don't misuse this Information

This kind of information should only be used when you are serious about a relationship and not just for playing around. Please be grown up enough to know that people have got feelings and that hurting their feelings just to feel victorious is something that is far from being mentally healthy.