Author: Tina Reyes

This morning the government reported that U.S. consumer prices edged up to 0.1% in May. This report indicates that inflation is not yet the issue that traders speculated it would be following months of Treasury debt auctions....

Equity markets are trading higher overnight. These markets are rapidly approaching 50% of the break from Sunday night’s high to yesterday’s low. This will be a critical area as traders will have to decide at that...

Two overnight events are sending commodity markets sharply lower this morning. Firstly, the Group of Eight finance ministers hinted at an economic stimulus exit strategy and the Russians expressed confidence in the U.S....

It may have taken all week, but the foreign currency markets are finally responding to last week’s reversal tops. If you recall commentary from earlier in the week, last week the September Euro, September British Pounds,...

Equity markets are trading higher overnight after regaining about 50% of yesterday’s break. Investors continue to express their concerns about the direction of interest rates at this time. Today stock traders will be...

Interest rates are the driving force in the markets at this time. Yields are creeping up and once again traders are becoming a little nervous about the U.S. ability to pay off its debt obligations. As interest rates rise,...

Today’s $35 billion three-year Treasury Notes auction is putting some pressure on the U.S. Dollar overnight. Concerns over rising supply and the U.S. ability to fund its growing debt is expected to temporarily halt the...

The right combination of fundamental and technical factors helped the U.S. Dollar surge to one-week highs against most major currencies last week. The strong close in the Dollar may lead to follow-through buying this week while...

The job loss was -345,000. This was better than expected. Today’s U.S. Unemployment Report will set the tone of the market today. Today’s Non-Farm Payrolls Report is expected to show the Unemployment Rate rose to...

Yesterday’s action in the U.S. Dollar demonstrated how much of an influence this instrument can have on other markets. Since almost every futures market group was affected by the stronger Dollar, traders have to consider...