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QE liquidity 92.5% deployed
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 16:53 in Commodities | viewed 91 times | 0 Comments
Jan.26.2010 The Atlanta Fed’s Weekly Highlights points out that only $12.7B of the $175 agency debt and $110B of the agency MBS purchase programs remain to be deployed. With the $300B in Tsy purchases dried up already from last fall, this means 92.5% of QE liquidity has been injected, and less than $125B remain. This [...]... (Continue reading)
Treasury Tuesdays
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 16:36 in Forex technicals | viewed 40 times | 0 Comments
Jan.26.2010 A.) Prices broke the downward sloping trend line and B.) Moved higher, with several upward gaps along the way. This is a good example of why it’s important to always know where support, resistance and trend lines are. Breaking a trendline is an important technical development that must be heeded. A.) The 10 [...]... (Continue reading)
Shares Lower In European Trade
Written on 7 Jan, 2010 at 17:07 in Stock market | viewed 60 times | 0 Comments
Jan.07.2010 Equity Futures: Dow -39.00. S&P -5.30. NASDAQ -7.00. Japanese Nikkei -15.00. German DAX -10.00. European Trade: European shares shed approximately 1% around the opening bell, as investors turn their attention to the higher yields, and relative safety, of the Treasury and Gilt markets. Earlier in the day, Asian markets also closed lower, while S&P [...]... (Continue reading)
U.S. Markets Hold Higher
Written on 15 Dec, 2009 at 12:18 in Stock market | viewed 62 times | 0 Comments
Dec.14.2009 Equity Futures: Dow +17.00. S&P +5.70. NASDAQ +14.50. Japan Nikkei -60.00. German Dax +5.00 U.S. Trade: The cash equity market came almost to a standstill throughout the U.S. trading hours, with the Dow Jones index having a range of only 30 points, or 0.30%. Trading was more active in the S&P 500 and in [...]... (Continue reading)
U.S. Stocks Flat, But Slide Ahead Of The Closing Bell
Written on 4 Dec, 2009 at 1:14 in Stock market | viewed 71 times | 0 Comments
Dec.03.2009 Equity Futures: Dow -21.00. S&P -1.40. NASDAQ +1.00. Japan Nikkei +65.00. German Dax -5.00 U.S. Trade: What was expected to be a volatile day due to the release calendar being loaded with important economic reports, turned out to be a flat day, with little movement in the financial market. This was seen in the [...]... (Continue reading)
Overbought Majors Need To Readjust
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 15:16 in Forex news | viewed 54 times | 0 Comments
Nov.17.2009 Forex Trader Note: The major pairs are trying to move against the dollar, but are also at major resistance points. Until the overbought reads re-cycle lower, it may be best to hold existing rather than add to dollar selling at these levels. If the Nikkei moves above 9900 in overnight trade, and German Dax [...]... (Continue reading)
U.S. Markets Advance, After Initial Weakness
Written on 23 Oct, 2009 at 3:30 in Stock market | viewed 34 times | 0 Comments
Oct.22.2009 Equity Futures: Dow +110.00. S&P +8.00. NASDAQ +6.75. Japan Nikkei +40.00. German Dax -30.00 U.S. Trade: After a negative close in the Asian session and very weak European trade, the U.S. equity market found the strength to reverse the selling seen earlier into the day and post some small gains. Unlike the last few [...]... (Continue reading)
New Week, New Usd Momentum
Written on 19 Oct, 2009 at 10:21 in Stock market | viewed 39 times | 0 Comments
Oct.18.2009 Overbought oil at $80, overbought gold at all-time highs, yearly equity market highs, Mutual Fund year-end in two weeks, earnings season underway, Treasury yields rising (a sign that the market is moving out of the safety of bonds after 12 months of hiding in the shadows of the credit crisis), calls globally for the [...]... (Continue reading)
