The Traderszone Network

at the Bank of Japan meeting this week (October 6 and 7:
The Nikkei canvasses the potential for more easing this week
– The BOJ is expected to lower its inflation outlook
Concludes the Nikkei:

Former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has unleashed a harsh (but entirely fair) criticism of the current presidential campaign. Talking to RT’s Ameera Davis this week, Paul lambasted the media’s control of the U.S. electoral process, Donald Trump’s candidacy, and the stock market…

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United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told reporters Sunday that the fourth-biggest OPEC producer, is sticking with investment projects to boost energy output even after the plunge in oil prices in the past year.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday that more corporate executives should have been prosecuted for their actions leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Bernanke told USA Today that the U.S. Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies focused on investigating or indicting financial firms. “But it would have been my preference to have more investigation of individual action, since obviously everything that went wrong or was illegal was done by some individual, not by an abstract firm,” Bernanke was quoted as saying.

AIG Performance of Services index for September 
– Services PMI down for the month to 52.3, from 55.6 in August
Last week we got the manufacturing PMI for Australia, a 3rd consecutive expansion
more to come

The Reserve Bank of Australia meet on Tuesday (local time, announcement due at 0330GMT) and expectations are for rates to be left on hold
–  an increasing number of economists/analysts expect a cut before the end of the year

Apple’s fourth-quarter earnings gets a date. Here’s what investors need to know.