Futures Trading Education
U.S. stocks capped a fourth day of losses, though finished well off the lows of the day, while the Japanese Yen strengthened versus the dollar as investors assessed the likelihood of fresh tariffs just hours before they are due to take effect. The yuan fell to its...
Futures Trading Education
U.S. Stock-Index Futures tumbled after President Donald Trump said China “broke the deal” that he was negotiating on trade, days after he threatened to raise tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports. S&P 500 Index futures contracts expiring in June fell...
Futures Trading Education
Seven days into May, and while the stock market’s 2019 miracle remains intact, it’s starting to show cracks. A hundred words of Donald Trump tariff tweeting has quickly become $500 billion in value erased in the S&P 500. Dread is creeping in. The index is down...
Futures Trading Education
Wednesday brought a non-event in the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which was followed by a large sell-off in the stock market, at least by recent standards. But we should not reverse engineer this move on the basis that the market in its infinite wisdom was...
Futures Trading Education
The minutes after the release of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision had all the looks of another dovish surprise from the world’s most important central bank. While the Fed left its benchmark lending rate unchanged, it dropped the interest paid on excess...
Futures Trading Education
U.S. Equity Futures advanced after Apple Inc.’s upbeat forecast, with traders expecting lower than average volumes for global stocks today due to holiday closures in much of Asia and Europe. The New Zealand Dollar sank after hiring unexpectedly declined. Futures on...
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