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U.S. Stock Indices Trade Flat Overnight
U.S. stock indices are trading flat overnight. Traders have largely ignored the weakness in the Euro over Greece concerns. This may mean that today’s menu of U.S. economic reports will have a bigger influence on stock prices. The first report is Weekly Initial Claims. Traders will want to see...
Euro Weakens on Bearish Bailout Comments
The U.S. Dollar finished down against most major currencies. From the start it was under pressure as trader demand for risk pressured lower yielding currencies. The early morning weakness in the Dollar helped to drive up demand for high risk equities and commodities. Tuesday’s move by the Fed...
Chinese stocks – finely balanced
As reported over the weekend (via US Global Investors), the latest Chinese inflation figures surpassed the one-year deposit rate of 2.25%. Negative real interest rates may provide an additional incentive to drive asset prices higher, increasing the likelihood of the Chinese central bank raising...
El-Erian: Investors must keep cash, “retain optionality”
Investors should be holding healthy levels of cash in order to take advantage of “known unknowns” that become clearer as the economy evolves, Mohamed El-Erian, co-CEO of Pimco, told CNBC. “There are cyclical tailwinds for now that are going to overcome the structural headwinds,” he said, adding...
Lessons learned from 25 years of forecasting the US economy
This post is a guest contribution by Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Well Fargo Economics Group. The summer of 2009 marked my 25th year of analyzing the economy on a professional basis. Through this period I have had a front row seat to the Reagan Revolution and economic...
The Trend Trader For Futures Trading on Thursday, March 18, 2010
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The Trend Trader For ETF Trading on Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite ETF markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness....
The Trend Trader For Stock Trading on Thursday, March 18, 2010
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The Trend Trader For Forex Trading on Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Fed Decision Opens Door to Weaker Dollar
On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged and reiterated that interest rates would remain low for "an extended period." In its statement, it also mentioned that inflation remains subdued, and that the weak employment situation seems to have stabilized. While...
Fed Concerned About Housing and Employer Reluctance to Increase Payroll
On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged and reiterated that interest rates would remain low for “an extended period”. In its statement, it also mentioned that inflation remains subdued, and that the weak employment situation seems to have stabilized. While...
The Trend Trader For Futures Trading on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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The Trend Trader For ETF Trading on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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The Trend Trader For Stock Trading on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite stocks. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness. Before...
The Trend Trader For Forex Trading on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite forex markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness....
