Trading Markets

Head And Shoulders Above

One day before the Fed makes its next adjustment to monetarypolicy, major stock averages are lining up ominously at the neckline of head-and-shoulders top patterns. With volatility compressing, a larger-than-normal moveis likely in the aftermath of tomorrows interest rate decision and announcementa

What Will The Fed Do?

You can take all of the Wall Street pundits andforecasters and lump them together but they still will not be as accurate in predictinglikely Federal Reserve interest rate moves as the federal funds futurescontract. The federal funds futures contracts is the place where people puttheir money where th

Covered In Cotton

Although large traders did clean out some of their shortpositions, the most recent Commitment of Traders report still shows a big netshort position and the possibility for a short-covering rally. When it waslearned that deliveries were being taken, cotton
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What Sizzled?

Meat contracts continued to simmer with a limit up

Benign Inflation Boosts Bonds

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PowerRating) are trading at a six-week high as thedebt market takes an In Greenspan We Trust attitude following hiscomments to the Senate Banking Committee this week that he doesnt thinkinflat

Why Focus On The Financials?

Financial stocks are rallying, working to lift the broadmarket. With the next interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve just around thecorner, the market is looking at the prospect of better returns for thefinancial institutions which prosper in a declining interest rate environment.The most reliab

Greenspan And Gas Relieve Treasuries

Debt futures are breathing a sigh of relief and rallying after Fed ChiefGreenspan told the Senate Banking Committee that inflation has beenrelatively stable. Lower energy prices are also reducing theperceived threat of inflation and working to boost September T-bonds
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