How They Passed The Test
NYMEX conducts open outcry in the war zone.
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
New York’s Re-Opening
What to look for Monday in the futures markets. . .
Select Markets Resume Trading
Safe haven buying
How They’re Speculating On Growth
Speculating on Fed’s aggression. . .
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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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
What The Market Thinks Now
Price action doesn’t lie
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
Key Market Sets Record
Sell the highs, buy the lows.