Recent Commentaries tagged (bernanke)
Market Outlook - Tuesday 02-07-12
We now wait again for the final documents of the Greek bailout to be completed. Equities have continued to rally and the EUR/USD has held its ground above 1.31 through all of the commentary and rumors. We will see some volatility today as we await Bernanke's statement at 10:00am EST. Wait for the...
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Tags: bernanke | greece | cpi | credit-analysis
SPX 500 - Thursday 02-02-12
Submitted by BBFX Blogger on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 08:11 The SPX 500 sits slightly higher (as of 8:45am est) from yesterday's close on the S&P 500, after the release of better than expected US Unemployment Claims. Before the release we were a few points lower. Many have seen this rally as skeptica...
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Tags: bernanke | deutsche | nfp | unemployment | greece
SPX 500 - Tuesday 01-31-12
The SPX 500 sits about 3 points higher than the S&P 500 as of 8:43am EST. Today is the last trading day for January. We may see some volatility as we head into a new trading month. The EUR/USD continues to hold below 1.32, while AUD and NZD continue their strength against the USD. Equity marke...
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Tags: cad-gdp | bernanke | snb | nfp | double-dip-recession | weak-dollar
Bernanke Rally (Stimulus On) - Thursday 01-26-12
We now sit about 4 points higher on the SPX 500 (as of 8:45am EST). Yesterday we had Bernanke state that stimulus was back on the table. We have seen the USD decline as equities rally. When you print money, there is more available, which causes a decline in its value. The EUR/USD has broken th...
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Tags: qe3 | bernanke | us-gdp | draghi | ben-bernanke
SPX 500 - Wednesday 01-25-12
Submitted by BBFX Blogger on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 07:14 The SPX 500 sits about 2 points lower than Tuesday's close on the S&P 500. This morning we had below expected results for German GDP, which has caused the markets to take a dip. The big news will be the FOMC statement later today where we wi...
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Tags: fomc | bernanke | cpi | gbp-gdp | china-investment-corporation-cic | cny-china-yuan-renminbi | commodity-pairs | commodity-block-currency
Weekly Homework: Can Bonds Break The Trend?...
The trend continues and bonds sold off this week helping fuel more upside gains in the stock market. As noted in last week's homework, a weekly trend has developed in bonds as they strengthen one week only to sell off the next week. That would mean if the trend continues, bonds will strengthen on...
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