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BREAKING NEWS!! COLLAPSE IN CHINESE EXPORT GROWTH!! ANOTHER BLOW TO THE WORLD ECONOMY!!!MARKETS ARE DOWN AFTER DISMAL NEWS FROM CHINA!

BREAKING NEWS TODAY

Big drop in Chinese exports growth, fueling more problems to an already battered world economy. We are totally screwed if this worsens. Recovery sluggish at best, if there even is one.

Article below…

China’s export growth collapsed and imports and new yuan loans trailed estimates in July, adding to signs the global economy is weakening and raising the odds the government will step up measures to support expansion.

Outbound shipments increased 1 percent from a [...]

Stocks Ready To Correct: Contrarian Indicators Abound: Stock markets to consolidate, Oil needs to be trimmed pre-QE3: Identify your nearest emergency exit !

Joe Weisenthal, a contributor to Business Insider, reminds us today of our recent articles (linked below) in saying, “BDI rose again, and it’s basically gone up every single day for 1 month. People love to hype up when it’s going down, but then when it’s going up people stop caring.” He used the 1 month chart (orange) below to illustrate his point. We find this ironic as he himself mentions the [...]

This “forgotten” indicator could be warning of a new bear market

From Alt-Market.com:

Much has been said about the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) over the course of the last four years, especially in light of the credit crisis and the effects it has had on the frequency of global shipping.

Importing and exporting has never been quite the same since 2008, and this change is made most obvious through one of the few statistical measures left in the world that is not subject [...]

Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is down another 2%, overnight to 1,084, approaching 2008 crisis level

by LFM

Daily Market: This page contains the latest Dry Bulk Shipping News

02 February 2011

Baltic Dry Index (BDI)    -23 1084
Rates

BCI
(Cape index)
BPI
(Panamax index)
BSI
(Supramax index)

INDEX

1337
-14
1299
-11
1148
-29

SPOT 4 TCE AVG
(USD)
5724
-186
10386
-84
12008
-299

YESTERDAY
(USD)
5910

10470

12307

YEAR AGO
(USD)
29872

25288

23094

Spot 4 TC Average = The Average Value of the Four Main Shipping Routes applicable for each of the 3 types of Ships
BDI=The [...]

Warning!! The Baltic Dry Index is crashing:

by DD
28 January 2011

Baltic Dry Index (BDI)    -49 1137
Rates

BCI
(Cape index)
BPI
(Panamax index)
BSI
(Supramax index)

INDEX

1368
-35
1337
-44
1209
-64

SPOT 4 TCE AVG
(USD)
6177
-528
10689
-350
12642
-665

YESTERDAY
(USD)
6705

11039

13307

YEAR AGO
(USD)
32182

27499

23741

Spot 4 TC Average = The Average Value of the Four Main Shipping Routes applicable for each of the 3 types of Ships
BDI=The Weighted Composite Index of BCI/BPI/BHMI

Daily Chart For Cape/Panamax/Handy
4 TC AVERAGE Values

http://www.dryships.com/pages/report.asp

The BDI is NOT a traded index,so no one profits from the [...]