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March 2012

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27 March 2012
US US Perspective - 27.03.11
DE German Perspective - 27.03.11
20 March 2012
US US Perspective—20.03.12
Market Intelligence—20.03.12
DE German Perspective—20.03.12
13 March 2012
US US Perspective—13.03.12
DE German Perspective—13.03.12
06 March 2012
US US Perspective - 06.03.12
DE German Perspective - 06.03.12
Market Intelligence - 06.03.12

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27 March 2012
Market
US Perspective - 27.03.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com   Popular opinion of the big packer trade is that for the most part buyers and sellers struggled to agree on prices last week. Packers were...
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German Perspective - 27.03.11
What happened this week: What could one actually expect now prior to the Hong Kong Leather Fair? Well, not much with the sentiment having changed so much over the past ten days already. A lot of people are...
20 March 2012
Market
US Perspective—20.03.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The consensus of the trade is that interest on big packer hides fizzled last week. Reports claim the vast majority of buyers opted to remain on the...
Market
Market Intelligence—20.03.12
Macroeconomics The past two weeks have been pretty quiet as far as big events in the financial markets are concerned. The rescue programmes for Greece have passed the institutions and the money has been...
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German Perspective—20.03.12
What happened this week: This week brought a serious change in the market. Our regular readers know that we have been cautious for a while, but we did not expect such a swift change before the APLF exhibition...
13 March 2012
Market
US Perspective—13.03.12
US Perspective—13.03.12 Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Trading on big packer hides and cowhides appears to have taken a much-needed break last week. Sellers who commented that they ...
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German Perspective—13.03.12
What happened this week: Another week has ended and more and more people are counting the days until the trade has its get-together in Hong Kong (March 28–30 this year). Not that the event ever really changes ...
06 March 2012
Market
US Perspective - 06.03.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Reports from the big packer trade claim the “feeding frenzy” of interest earlier this week slowed as the week ended. Overall, popular opinion of the...
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German Perspective - 06.03.12
What happened this week: It is very difficult these days to develop individual ideas and opinions about the market. It seems that the whole world has come to a general and common conclusion about the market...
Market
Market Intelligence - 06.03.12
Macroeconomics In the past two weeks the subject of interest in the financial world has not changed. The main focus remains on the European debt crisis. Endless discussions about austerity plans,...