Trading Markets

Seeking Short-Term Safety

The prospect of further disruptions to life or evenadditional terrorists attacks have the trade pondering the case for likelyadditional slowing in the US economy. The disruption to peoples lives acrossthe the country is a factor whose economic costs have not been adequatelyestimated and whose huma

Pro Growth Policy

Fridays surge in the unemployment rate has heightened speculation the Fed could enact another inter-meeting interest rate cut. If the Fed were to cut rates, a move suggested by TradingMarkets bond honcho Tony Crescenzi, it would be the third cut this year outside the regularly sched

The Pattern And Its Potential

Stocks are trading mixed following last weeks barrage ofresoundingly negative reports about the state of the US economy as traderswonder how much effect an expected rate cut will have on stocks. The S&P 500
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Drivers Driving Energies

Persistent high demand forunleaded gasoline
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Did You Catch This Surge?

Unemployment surged last month, blowing away consensus estimates and capping the week with additional evidence that the economy may not turn up as quickly as many observers have hoped. Unemployment leapt nearly half-a-percent last month, rising to 4.9% from 4.5% in July. Economic ha

Services Matter

Stock index futures are down following the release of the National Association of Purchasing Managers- Non-manufacturing report.  The report came in at a four-year low, the lowest since the statistic has been tracked.  Traders are comparing the report to the NAPM m