Author: mysterytrader@traderplanet.com

Today, the Bank of England hiked its key interest rate to 4.75% from 4.50%, catching the markets by “surprise”, according to our friends in the media. This is only a surprise to those not paying attention because,...

News that the Fed’s key inflation measure is rising at its fastest pace in more than a decade keeps upward pressure on interest rates. The core-PCE deflator is rising at a 2.4% annual rate, above the Fed’s target....

“We cannot agree to an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon because then we will find ourselves in a few months in a similar situation…The army will expand and deepen its actions against Hezbollah.”– Amir...

Stock prices gapped higher again, this time on news that Q2 GDP grew at a 2.5% annual rate, slower than the generally expected 3.0%. This news encouraged widespread hopes of a soft landing for the U.S. economy, an earlier end to...

Stock prices opened sharply higher on news of better than expected earnings reports. DJIA component ExxonMobil rose to a new all-time price high after reporting quarterly profit of $10.36 billion. Think about that the next time...

U.S. stocks turned upward Wednesday afternoon after news of the latest Federal Reserve’s Beige Book survey of economic conditions around the country. A number of regions reported a decline in the overall rate of growth in...

Before Monday’s open, stock prices are indicated generally higher on news of M&A activity, a few good earnings reports, analyst upgrades, falling oil prices, and hopes for diplomatic efforts to resolve the violent...

Now some say Ben Bernanke’s “dovish” words might have been a misinterpretation. Israel and Hezbollah are killing hundreds of innocent people with no end in sight. Hatred and killing can lead only to more hatred...

Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is speaking again to the Senate banking committee today. There is a significant danger that Wednesday’s words were misinterpreted, as they were on a previous occasion....

First, the good news. Israel says it does not plan to target Hezbollah’s sponsors, Iran and Syria. According to CNN, Israel’s UN ambassador said, “This is an operation which is very measured, very local.”...