Swiss Francophilia
Markets are responding cautiously with stock index futures opening lower, gold and silver higher, and crude oil down. Cash Swiss francs rallied sharply in the moments after the strike on the chance this mornings crash of flight 587 might have been caused by terrorism. Swiss francs saw heav
It Re-tested This Area
Jet fuel demand is down 25% from a year ago and is expected to
BBQ-ing The Meats
Meat contracts are breaking down, resuming downtrends. December live cattle
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A Stampede To The Exits
Stay out of these bulls’ way
How To Trade An Intermediate-Term Top
If you want to learn how to locate and trade an intermediate-term top in the S&P 500, the SPDRs
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OPEC Doesn’t Like It
Energies are rallying, turning around severely oversold conditions after OPEC said it is considering lowering output quotas to the lowest level in 11 years to contain the slide in the price of oil. OPEC has a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday and output cuts, originally not expect
Europe Wants This
Recovery. Thats what European and British central bankers voiced by lowering interest rates 50 basis points each. The move comes on the heals of the Federal Reserves own half-point rate cut on Tuesday and marks a shift in continental policy-maker thinking. Until now, the European C
It’s No Safe Haven
Legitimizing speculation
Wake Up, Make Money
A rational trade
Bonds Still On A Roll Post-Fed
T-bonds
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When This One Fights Back, Watch Out
When Qualcomm
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The Last Time?
They dont have much more room left. Short-term interest rates are already at 2.50%, and with an expected rate cut of .5% to 2.00%, the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of the road in terms of how much more it can cut rates. A cut to 2.00% will leave short rates at their lowest since