A Type of Order in Stock Exchange to Minimize Loss Dec 17, 2009 Thomas Wyatt A stop-limit order in stock exchange is a valuable tool to investors. Basic stop orders intend to minimize loss by automatically buying a stock on the rise before the value gets too high, or by selling when the market value begins to drop to cut further loss.

A n international market monitoring group co-chaired by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge is warning policy makers and investors about the growing risk of asset price distortions, particularly in emerging markets. Policy makers in many emerging market economies, notably in Asia and Latin America, are seeing strong inflows of foreign investment dollars that are helping boost their stock markets and, in some cases, their property markets, as stimulus money flows, Mr. Dodge said.

C anada’s wood products sector should be back in the black in 2010 after losing about $250-million this year, says a Conference Board of Canada study. “After years plagued by bad news, the wood products industry is on the road to recovery,” Michael Burt, associate director of the board’s Canadian Industrial Outlook, said in a news release Thursday.

G ermany and Spain want to reduce deliveries of swine flu vaccine and potentially return excess supplies to manufacturers, due to low uptake of the shots, in a move that could hit drugmakers’ profits. Germany’s health ministry said Thursday some German states were in talks with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline about reducing deliveries of H1N1 vaccine.

I f you think gold prices will keep rising, these are the must-buy gold and silver ETFs from TSC contributor, Don Dion. 1. The SPDR Gold Shares GLD-N is the largest physically backed gold ETF

N atural gas NG-FT prices jumped Thursday after the U.S. government reported that supplies fell by the largest amount ever for this time of year as frigid weather chilled parts of the Midwest and Northeast. A wintry mix of rain and snow kept heaters cranked on high, consuming large stores of natural gas in some of the country’s largest markets like Chicago

The hedge fund industry’s premiere trade group, the Managed Funds Association, has decided to ban the media from its upcoming annual conference in Key Biscayne, Fla. The ban, which reverses a policy that has been in place for the entire 15-year history of the networking conference, was introduced not by the MFA’s board but by the staff, according to D.