Author: Tina Reyes

Traders expecting upbeat earnings reports this week are helping to drive up stock index futures this morning.  Investors seem to be optimistic that the positive earnings trend will continue.  Technical indicators...

Retail Sales were a bit disappointing, but equity prices are holding on to their gains.U.S. equity prices are called higher because of stronger earnings from Intel and J.P. Morgan.  Traders got what they were looking for...

Trading is returning to normal today following yesterday’s U.S. bank holiday.  Overnight, the Dollar initially stated to show strength, but that quickly disappeared as demand for higher yielding assets showed no let...

Today is a bank holiday in the U.S. Trading may be thin at times because of the holiday but this condition could lead to volatile trading.  There are no major reports from the U.S. today.  Tomorrow will be an important...

The U.S. Dollar rose overnight after Fed Chairman Bernanke said the central bank is ready to tighten monetary policy once the economy has “improve sufficiently.”Bernanke also added “We will need to tighten...

There is very little news to trade off today.  Crude inventories will be reported during the morning.  Consumer credit and the Treasury budget later in the afternoon.U.S. Equity markets are called steady to...

Look for today’s U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing Index to move the markets today.  Traders are looking for a rise from 48.4 in August to 50 in September.  A number greater than 50 should trigger increased demand for...

The U.S. Non-Farm Payroll Report came out worse than expected.  Traders were looking for a loss of between 175,000 and 225,000 jobs.  The actual number showed a loss of 263,000 jobs.  The biggest job losses...