Rather than buying foreign exchange, policymakers can keep it out of the country, sequestering it abroad like a non-native species.
In fact, you can get the entire world stock market roughly in its current allocation simply by buying two exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Relentless buying by exchange-traded funds has distorted the gold market, however, and there is the risk of a bubble forming, Mr. Lewis says.
In a press conference Friday, Greifeld and other executives involved in the Nasdaq deal made several veiled and not-so-veiled references to their chief competitor, the New York Stock Exchange, which Wednesday made a surprise announcement that it was buying the electronic exchange Archipelago Holdings (amex: AX - news - people ) (see " Thain Taking NYSE Public").
Buying masses of exchange-traded funds would expose the central bank directly to the stockmarket, and so put its balance sheet at risk.
They may thus, say the three economists, have been buying in order to exchange over-valued equity for real assets.
Without selling there is no buying and therefore no exchange of money.
Tenet said that co-pays and deductibles associated with buying insurance through the exchange are going to be substantially less than is the case for traditional commercial health insurance.
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The buying process (an exchange of letters can solidify a purchase in some locales) as well as the laws (foreigners cannot legally own property in certain areas) and restrictions (local laws deem certain materials or additions off limits) are often very local as well.
He should put the ECB's money where his mouth is, selling euros and buying dollars to keep the exchange rate stable.
Total (TOT) took a majority stake in SunPower in the middle of 2011, and recently upped that stake in exchange for SunPower buying its European-based solar company Tenesol.
And they are trying to incorporate health information technology systems into their practice, without assurances that the systems they are buying will be able to exchange information with other systems.
Bar investment is popular in China and India, while exchange-traded fund buying is more popular in Western countries.
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NYSE, now with Euronext under its belt, is seen buying a U.S. futures exchange or another foreign equity exchange.
With greater knowledge comes the confidence to do it yourself, whether it is actively picking stocks or buying and holding market indexes, through exchange-traded funds ( ETFs).
Commerzbank said while investors in exchange-traded funds are buying gold, they are holding back in the futures market, showing a difference in viewpoint between long-term investors and short-term traders.
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While the physical market is seeing a surge in buying interest, the bleeding from the exchange-traded funds continued all this week, with nearly 60 metric tons flowing out of ETFs, said Commerzbank.
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Another trader reported that there is conjecture that fund-related buying is starting to pick up, including exchange-traded funds.
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But without any true exchange from merchant A to consumer B research shows that more and more consumers are beginning to miss the social exchange that is part of the buying process.
According to the government's report, some of the country's biggest brokers were buying shares on the floor of the stock exchange and selling them on the kerb, where prices were generally 20% higher.
They took the company public on the Stockholm Exchange in 1993, four years after buying it.
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Trone cites the Securities and Exchange Act provision protecting investors who are buying securities in an offering.
Cerberus is said to be interested in buying the remaining 49% of GMAC, in exchange for Chrysler's automotive business.
Triton Digital, a Los Angeles-based company, has recently built an ad exchange that allows advertisers to automate the buying of online and mobile-audio radio ads.
Not only is it cheaper to rent from each other and profitable for those that share, it means less waste as we exchange items amongst ourselves instead of always buying what we need.
Ball cited liquidity from global central banks, gold buying by central banks, demand from gold-backed exchange-traded funds and lack of producer selling.
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Valuations can also be thrown off by input errors, such as buying a U.S. stock on a Canadian exchange and pricing the results in USD rather than Canadian dollars.
This suggests that the new users are buying Bitcoin as an investment, not as a means of exchange.
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There is a distinct difference in the sentiment toward gold, with those participants who use the futures market or exchange-traded funds selling, but physical traders buying, particularly in Asia.
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