Composite Stock Price Index on the trade today (10/06/2010) will still take place fluctuate.

Composite Index yesterday closed only slightly higher at 0.21 percent at 2785.79, amid rebound regional exchanges. Panin Securities research analyst Purwoko Sartono see the index still not able to get out of the pattern of consolidation in the short term.

“Today we estimate will still be moving JCI fluctuate with the range of 2775-2804 support-resistance,” he said.

He recommended the stocks of consumer goods and the mining sector can be an option for short-term trading.

World Bank says developing countries are now leading the world economy post-crisis recovery process in America and Europe amid the collapsed economy. This was conveyed by Senior Economist Justin Yifu Lin of the World Bank World Bank in a teleconference on Thursday (10/06/2010).

“The performance of developing countries improved in the era of multi-polar growth is very encouraging,” he said.

World Bank predicts world GDP will rise by between 3.1 to 3.3 percent in 2010 and 2011, then rose to the range of 3.2 to 3.6 percent in 2012. Economies of developing countries is estimated to grow between 5 to 6.1 per cent per annum in 2010-2012, while developed countries only around 2 to 2.3 percent in 2010.

Justin emphasized, so that recovery can continue to run, developed countries must be able to take the opportunities offered by growth in developing countries.

Meanwhile, the World Bank’s Global Macroeconomic Manager Andrew Burns said developing countries are not immune to the impact of the crisis. Yet for the world economy continues to go well, developing countries are expected to continue to focus on growth strategies, simplify the way businesses and strategies for more efficient spending.

“Their purpose is to ensure that the investors can distinguish between them with a risk of risks in developed countries,” he added.

Ban on cigarette ads that surfaced in recent time was apparently not discourage cigarette manufacturers to restrict the portion of its ad spending in the media.

In the first quarter during the period January to March this year, took out a cigarette category amounted to Rp 377 billion for advertising spending or increased 8 percent compared with same period last year.

This was revealed in the data Nielsen Advertising Services that perform monitoring of 103 newspaper ads, 165 magazine and tabloid, as well as 24 television stations.

“Although a lot of rules and restrictions, cigarette advertising has increased significantly in the first quarter of this year,” Ika said Jatmikasari, Associate Director, Nielsen Media Indonesia, on the sidelines of a press conference at his office, Mayapada Tower, Jakarta, Tuesday (20 / 4 / 2010). This ad spending data without calculating discounts, promotions, or discounts given by media to advertisers.

Ika explained, the category of cigarette advertising spending amounted to Rp 351 billion, up 12 percent compared with same period last year just Rp 313 billion.

Tobacco products the most widely advertise at the beginning of this year is the International Gudang Garam with advertising expenditure amounted to USD 75 billion or increased by 1775 per cent compared with last year in the same period is only USD 4 billion. On television, these products spend USD 73 billion for advertising expenditure and beat Clear Anti-Dandruff products which last year numbered advertise aggressively.

“This creativity Gudang Garam International for presenting advertisements on television without violating the rules made KPI (Indonesian Broadcasting Commission),” said Ika.

Along with football matches in World Cup 2010 in Africa, ad spending in Indonesia in June 2010 are expected to increase double-digits.

The reason, according to Nielsen research data on the World Cup 2006 in Germany, the increase in advertising spending in June 2006 reached 12 percent compared to the months of May 2006. “Whereas, in the months usually only 5 percent improvement,” said Steve Mitchell, Managing Director of Nielsen Consumers, consumption trends in the event of exposure during the World Cup 2010 in Jakarta, Thursday (10/06/2010).

In 2006, some products aggressively advertising impressions in June while the World Cup, among others, Djarum Super 1000 with the number of impressions reach spots, followed by the number of impressions Extra Joss with 476 spots, and Krating Daeng 110 spots with the number of impressions.

Although the increase in advertising spending would be higher in June 2010 this month, Steve reminded that the World Cup did not push the overall ad spending to grow taller than the previous year. Because, ad spending alone in Indonesia does have a trend to grow double digits annually.

Equip children with the credit card does not hurt, just from one side to give a positive thing because it can train the child to manage his finances. But there are some noteworthy things that parents will equip their children credit cards.

Of course everyone has a different view about granting credit cards supplementation in children aged adolescents.

“Giving credit cards to children is a training trust and responsibility are extraordinary, both for parents and for children themselves,” said Maria Sukrisman, Vice President, Card & Strategic MarCom Head, Citibank.

He explained that credit card issuers in Indonesia generally allow supplementation for children who already have identification such as ID cards, namely the age of 17 years.

The majority of parents agree that children should learn to be independent. They are taught early on saving and budgeting and, if necessary, be able to earn my own income. One way that can be achieved in teaching children how to manage finances is to give credit card.

Large profit from credit cards is to avoid the risk of carrying too much cash.
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