Elections in France and Greece. May have some impact on euro in short term. But commercials are still heavily long euro.Monday there will be settlement of about $ 9 billion Operation Twist. Most ...
Over the past month, as the SPX has transitioned trajectories from vertical to range-bound, I have become increasingly pragmatic as the path of least resistance for price, has also been working ...
April brought the first real bump in volatility for the year. However, last week equities put in a steady incline, closing up nicely on the week for roughly a breakeven monthly performance. In fact, ...
Kudos to France's benchmark index, the CAC 40, which turned in the top weekly gain, 2.44%, of our team of eight world indexes. It was about time. The index had been in dead last or next-to-last place ...
Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs climbed back to the ceiling this past week but failed to break higher. Shrugging off weak economic reports and focusing on overall strong U.S earnings reports,...
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) growth indicator of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is now at 0.6 as reported in today's public release of the data through April 20. This is the second ...
This is what the bulls wanted to see take place; a nice unwinding in the key oscillators on the important index daily charts. They wanted to see price hold well, while MACD's, RSI's, and stochastic's ...
An interesting week. The market opened the week with a large gap down, the fifth gap opening in six trading days, and traded down to SPX 1359 in the first half hour. That was the low for the week. The...
This listing includes the municipal bond ETFs that have proliferated over the past few years as issuers have discovered a reasonable way to price related indexes. After all, since bonds are a ...
Here we go again. Market volatility is picking up, and it's causing an upset stomach for many an investor. There is an excellent remedy, though -- tilt the equity portion of your portfolio ...
When executives of a company step in and buy its stock, it can provide a glimpse into an overlooked or misunderstood value opportunity. Sadly, these insiders are often lousy market timers. They...
In the mid 1980s, my favorite band was R.E.M. At that time, they were the kings of college radio and snotty rock critics. But high school kids were still using Van Halen, Loverboy and Journey as their...
Working for StreetAuthority, I do a lot of different things.In the course of a day, I may be writing an article... editing a newsletter... discussing potential picks with our staff... researching the ...
While the precious metals sector has consolidated and struggled to find a bottom, an important development has taken place. First, lets harken back to 2007-2008. Large cap mining stocks peaked in ...
ETFs in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector have been steadily higher over the past few months. And, even as equity markets overall have seen uneven performance REIT-based ETFs have been ...
“He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.” - William ShakespeareOne of the most important sectors of the stock market to watch on the global front is European ...
It was a very eventful week in the stock market last week, as investors started with gloomy news from France and the Netherlands with respect to their political results. On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) ...
| SPX 500 Futures | 1663.65 | +0.65 | +0.04% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 3022.90 | +0.15 | +0.00% | |||
| US 30 | 15354.79 | +121.57 | +0.80% | |||
| DAX | 8398.00 | +28.13 | +0.34% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6723.06 | +35.26 | +0.53% | |||
| Japan 225 | 15356.50 | +218.38 | +1.44% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 84.33 | -0.01 | -0.01% |
| Gold | 1345.85 | -18.85 | -1.38% | |||
| Silver | 21.583 | -0.769 | -3.44% | |||
| Copper | 3.301 | -0.015 | -0.45% | |||
| Crude Oil | 96.27 | -0.03 | -0.03% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.109 | +0.050 | +1.23% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 86.39 | +0.04 | +0.05% | |||
| US Coffee C | 137.00 | -3.25 | -2.32% |
| Euro Bund | 145.16 | -0.04 | -0.03% | |||
| Euro BTP | 116.57 | +0.68 | +0.59% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.675 | +0.060 | +0.05% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.69 | -0.35 | -0.30% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.24 | -0.02 | -0.02% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.81 | -0.03 | -0.02% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 143.78 | -0.11 | -0.08% |
| 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 | |||
