The Tip-Off To Fed’s Next Move
This morning’s employment report showed
Jobs Rock Financial Futures
In a topsy-turvy market, stock index and interest ratefutures are reversing course.T-bonds
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T-bonds Make It Four For Four
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Makin’ It Four For Four
T-bonds rallied for a fourth consecutive
Not Since Crude Was Half Price
Last nights weekly API showed that inventoriesof crude rose unexpectedly to their highest level since the summer of 1999. June crude oil
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Why Oil Could Implode
Not since crude oil was half of its current prices have
Will The Yen Pass This Personality Test?
A high approval rating from an opinion poll of
The Personality Play
A high approval rating of the new Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi is fueling a euphoria rally in the yen. Koizumi received arecord approval rating on hopes that the reformist will be able tomake the structural changes required to break Japans economy out of its doldrums. Among the ac
An Unprecedented Rally
Gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile exchange set a
Unleaded, Unprecedented
Gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile exchange aretrading at their highest level since the contract began trading 17 years ago.Gasoline futures represent wholesale prices and have been rallying due to theperception that supplies — especially of cleaner-burning grades — will be inshort supply duri
Double Or Nothing
Currency
and debt futures moved forcefully in opposite directions
GDP Sets Financial Futures’ Agenda
An unexpected rise in gross domestic product (GDP) is spurring adjustments tofinancial futures positions. GDP came in nearly twice as strong as forecast, up2% versus estimates of a 1.1% rise. Currencies and debt futures are making thebiggest moves in financial futures but the impact may effect stock