Trading Markets

Saber Rattling Fortifies Swiss Franc

Were seeing a massive decoupling in the normally highly correlated Swiss franc
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Orders Were Not Issued

The Bank of Japan is denying it issued orders to intervene in currency markets to weaken the yen. The yen fell yesterday after news wires reported the BOJ intervened, allegedly with the intention of keeping the value of the yen down in order to keep exports cheaper and stimulate Japans

Four-For-Four

Stock prices are down for the fourth consecutive day since the market re-opened after its longest period of closure since 1933 following last weeks terrorist attack. Blue chips are leading the slide, following through on their biggest point loss ever on Monday. Slumping economic da

How To Front-Run The Fed

The Federal Reserve released its so-called Beige Book orregional economic survey this morning and traders sold in anticipation that the anecdotalreport, released mid-session today, could be negative. The report was completedprior to Americas most devastating terrorist attack ever that occurred onew

A $100 Day

One hundred dollars. That was the distance the S&P futures
traveled in a roller coaster ride

Follow The Momentum Leaders

It pays to stay with the strongest momentum leaders.  Stock index futures are leading the downside momentum Implosion-5 List. After a brief bump higher on the opening, index futures have been taking a sleigh ride on a slippery slope south. There have been multiple ways to enter t

The Comeback

Airlines got battered and the Dow suffered its worst point loss ever yesterday,but both are coming back from losses suffered after Monday when trading resumedfor the first time since last weeks terrorist attacks. The airline sector
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NYMEX Hampered By New Threat

A bomb scare forced traders and staff  to evacuate the New York Mercantile Exchange, just blocks from the site of the Twin Towers disaster. New York police have reported a 1000-fold surge in the number of bomb threats being made in New York City since last weeks attack. The Just

Seeking Safe Havens

The markets are reacting as many have predicting in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack ever. Stock index futures are selling off as traders flee into perceived safe-havens such as gold and non-dollar-denominated asset classes.   But rate cuts by the Federal Reserve

Airlines Suffering

Airlines are experiencing the most damage as the stock market re-opens for the first time since the worst terrorist attack ever on America. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates 50 basis points (.50) before the market opened in its campaign to provide liquidity to financial markets, bu