Past Pattern in May 6th 2010 Election

Countdown to UK 2015 election began. The market was auspicious. FTSE 100 has range between 6,046 and 7,133 since August 2014. The highest level in 7 years. Meanwhile, the GBPUSD has stood above 1.5000 for May 2015. Good economic news, but the outcome of UK election in hours might change the current trend in asset price.

Let’s looking back at May 2010 for a while. FTSE 100 gradually declined from above 5,700.00 on April 15^th to below 5,100.00 on May 6^th with range between 5,800.00 and 4,780.00. While the pound dropped more than 600 pips in a month until May 6^th from above 1.5000 to 1.47. The pound down to 1.45 the day after the election, then it slightly recover and briefly touched 1.50 on May 12^th once the coalition was formed. It slopped down again on May 20^th to 1.4231, before revived to 1.5600 on December 21^st.

The past might not repeated again in regard of UK economic condition differences between last election and today. However, careful will do no harm. It is better to wait for 48 hours for seeing if the pattern will be back again.

Imperial Tobabcco Group PLC from April 27

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC has declined in 27/4 – 6/5 time range. The company reached 3,321.00 in April 27^th and decline step by step to 3,172.00 in April 29^th. After that, it started to climbed slightly to 3,229.00 in May the first but was pull down again in 3,120.00 at May 5^th. That day was the company lower share price from April 4^th. However, this day, May 6^th, it revived from the grounded loss.

Followed by the stocks price was the company’s 5% decline in first half underlying tobacco sales. Though this decreasing sales has been still in the sales meeting target. Not only that the overall revenues fell to 4% to £ 12.1bn as the consumers gradually cut on smoking because of financial or health reason. However, the company expect in completing $7.1bn purchase of certain brands from Reynolds America and Lorillard combination when the deal passes anti-trust hurdle and plan on taking more brands if the regulator require it.

FTSE 100 Reported

The FTSE 100 opened in 6,927.58 May 6 2015. It reached the highest peak of the day at 6,973.51 and 6,921.96 for the lowest. The top gainers are Sage Group (The) PLC, Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, St Jame’s Place PLC, and Mondi PLC.

Sage Group (The) PLC rose in 6.04 percent up to 526.50 after opened in 501.50 for the day. It down to 484.60 before reached 533.00 for the highest price. While Imperial Tobacco Group PLC opened in 3,178.00 and climbed into 3,227.00 before slightly slipped to 3,191.00 then slowly up to 3,215 or rise about 3.04 percent.

Meanwhile, Sainsbury (J) PLC became the top loser of the day for now with 3.50 percent loss. It followed by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Antofagasta PLC, and Admiral Group PLC with 2.42%, 1.88%, and 1.66% each. 

A New Approach is Needed to Decrease Unemployed with Autism

From the statistic, it is said that 1 percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder and in every 68 births 1has the disorder. Therefore, the percentage and quantity of population that has autism spectrum disorder may arise in the future.

It is a general knowledge that autism is life-long disorder. What will happen to autisms when they grew as adult? Can they feed themselves or their family one day? What will social look them as? As a parent with a child with autism that may become part of big worries. Then again, how about the now-adult with autism? The statistic said that in US 2014, 16.8 percent of people with disability were employed. The result is make sense as a lot business need employees that can fit with their system not one with a disorder and lack of communication skill. Moreover, while there are unemployed adults with disability, there are numbers of unemployed without disorder. Which one a company will choose?

Nations are not prepared with this. The unemployment rate for adults on the spectrum exceeds 90 percent. Therefore, new approached that let business employ this special population segment is needed. According to many autism advocates and the experience of progressive employers like Walgreens, innovative employment program that focus on this segment can turn some of them become the most diligent, dependable, and productive employees. Some businesses have tried it and succeeded. However, we need more business to try or the increasing number of adult with autism spectrum disorder will go unemployed.

Hang Seng Today

Hang Seng Index this day opened in 28,231.36 and reach 28,216.88 until this article is written. With the highest price 296.00 hold by Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Ltd. The price has opened in 297.00 and reached their highest for the day at 299.40. Until the article was written, it down to 296.00. The second high price is CK Hutchison Holding Ltd in 170.10. The price opened in 169.400 and reached the highest at 170.200. Then it down 0.200 to 170.00.

The highest change of price is experienced by Sung Ha Kai Properties Ltd with 4.80 percent change. The price opened in 130 and climbed to 135.30 in stability. The Wharf Holding Ltd change 3.05 or 5.44 percent. The price opened in 56.450, reached the highest price in 58.900, and down to 58.850. Then it climbed again to 59.10

Social Platforms and Media Companies

Social platforms have been interested in media companies nowadays. Three big social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat plan to collaborate with media companies. Even the Snapchat has launched Discover, a section of app reserved for 11 media companies.

Why do the social platforms want to collaborate with media companies? What is the benefit for both side and must this collaboration take a place?

We all know about ‘war’ between social platforms has been stricter lately. Some come and some down. The three big social platforms have withstood newcomer for years and numerous people access them every second. Each has unique platform while all differ one with another. The biggest, most popular of the three for now is Facebook. Meanwhile, the other two most likely want to beat it.

The benefit of this collaboration for a social platform is an original native content can keep people stay in the app longer. While the ‘you’ll get everything you need here’ offer, will invite other to join. For the media companies, the platforms can fix their decreasing traffic. Furthermore, in this era, mobile devices are commonly used by reader than desktop and approved or not a social platform mobile friendly is better than a publisher’s is. All revolved around monetized. How much you sell nowadays. Years ago, a media company might sell a lot with their direct traffic. However, now all is changed. We can see a lot news link and video in social platforms and for reader, it is more comfortable. The only shortfall is, when you click on a link, seconds are needed to load.

As reported before, Snapchat launched Discover for 11 media company partners and Twitter want to buy one of media company. They have their reasons. Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel said that they wanted to built something that tried to bring editorial perspective, because they believed that would be really valuable to have someone who’s smarter than them to figure out what was important, because that was a full time job and a really hard. Twitter want to own one because of tool test reason before rolling them out to the broader community. Therefore it do not want to discriminate other publishers.

Unlike the other two social platforms, Facebook want to own the articles not the media companies. According to Wall Street Journal, Facebook want the media companies to start publishing article on its platform first and they may host advertisement next to the content. The revenue will be split or it may give some publishers all the revenue from certain ads to get publishers on board.