According to the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, April economic activity slowed from March, now at -0.53, down from March's -0.23. This index has been negative (meaning below-trend growth) for ...
80-DMA BreakoutCAPITAL MARKET COMMENTARY WORLD MARKETS ARE HIGHER THIS MORNING for the most part. In Asia, both Japan and China closed rather handsomely higher, with Japan tacking on another +1.5%, ...
A quantitative run through of the Swedish Fixed Income market, starting with the Riksbank and Money Markets before moving on to government and mortgage bonds.To Read the Entire Report Please Click on ...
It’s Monday and the S&P 500 is, again, sitting at an all time high of 1,667.47. CNBC predicted that the bulls will keep control this week but the market will listen for any sign that Fed ...
After last week's GDP data spelled disappointment for the eurozone, the common currency seems poised for another week of pressure as more economic indicators are set to be released in the coming days....
The word on everyone’s lips over the last fortnight and beyond has been “correction”. Analysts and self directed investors alike have all been trying to decide when the recent ...
This morning the FSA published its proposal for the new Solvency-2 (S2) based discount rate curve, which will be implemented next year. The details did not reveal any surprises. The curve will consist...
There have been a couple of interesting releases in what has otherwise been a calm weekend in terms of market relevant news. The risk-on move remains intact in this morning's trade with Asian stocks ...
Market Movers aheadFed in focus with FOMC minutes and high-level Fed speeches.Global flash PMIs - we expect a flat Chinese PMI but improvement in Germany.German IFO expectations have less upside than ...
Research Affiliates (RAFI) suggests that you can dominate simple low volatility portfolios by blending them with some fundamental metrics. Specifically, value, cash-flow, dividends, and sales, ...
CurrenciesEUR/USD- the pair is trading in a downward channel on a 30 minute time frame. The price is challenging the 100 day moving average. The trend seems to be reversing up.USD/JPY- the price fell ...
The Asian markets started the week on the positive note and stocks jumped higher on the first day of trading. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong soared to 1.8% making up for its holiday on Friday. The ...
EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.2780(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.2757, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.2736. Break of the latter would result in 1.2709. If...
Keith Fitschen, best known for his Aberration commodities trading system, has done every would-be mechanical trader a tremendous service by writing Building Reliable Trading Systems: Tradable ...
Monday is a light day for scheduled economic news, but the week ahead will see several key updates for Germany. It will be interesting to see how the high-flying DAX Index anticipates the approaching ...
Thailand’s growth was slower than economists estimated in the first quarter as exports cooled, boosting the case for the central bank to cut interest rates.Gross domestic product increased 5.3 ...
Yen rebounds in Asian session today after Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari signaled his concern on recent depreciation of the currency. Amari noted that "excessive yen gains have be corrected a ...
| SPX 500 Futures | 1,650.45 | -5.05 | -0.31% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 2,994.10 | -12.15 | -0.40% | |||
| US 30 | 15,307.17 | -80.41 | -0.52% | |||
| DAX | 8,530.89 | +58.69 | +0.69% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6,840.27 | +36.40 | +0.53% | |||
| Japan 225 | 15,241.50 | -385.76 | -2.47% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 84.35 | -0.01 | -0.01% |
| Gold | 1,370.55 | +3.15 | +0.23% | |||
| Silver | 22.245 | -0.227 | -1.01% | |||
| Copper | 3.328 | -0.040 | -1.20% | |||
| Crude Oil | 93.85 | -0.43 | -0.46% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.214 | +0.032 | +0.75% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 83.66 | +0.21 | +0.25% | |||
| US Coffee C | 128.80 | -3.92 | -2.96% |
| Euro Bund | 144.32 | -0.37 | -0.26% | |||
| Euro BTP | 116.30 | +0.01 | +0.00% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.356 | -0.070 | -0.06% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.51 | -0.10 | -0.09% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.23 | -0.01 | -0.01% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.20 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 142.93 | +0.17 | +0.12% |
| Central Banks | Interest Rates | Next Meeting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FED | 0.00%-0.25% | Jun 19, 2013 | |||
| ECB | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| BOE | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| SNB | 0.00% | Jun 20, 2013 | |||
| RBA | 2.75% | Jun 04, 2013 | |||
| BOC | 1.00% | May 29, 2013 | |||
| RBNZ | 2.50% | Jun 12, 2013 | |||
| BOJ | 0.10% | May 22, 2013 | |||
