Futures Trading Education
In markets, the US Dollar fell along with Treasury yields while US stocks ended modestly higher in the wake of what was undoubtedly a good US Employment Report, but testament to both the ‘whisper’ numbers being to the high side of published consensus estimates and the...
Futures Trading Education
As expected the ECB left its key interest rates and QE programme unchanged, but a more optimistic Draghi has helped the EUR to rally while at the same time it has also pushed Bond Yields higher. Commodities have remained under pressure and it has been the key driver...
Futures Trading Education
Yesterday’s ADP Employment Change came in very strong with 298,000 new jobs created. This number, that is an amalgam of historical trends, other macroeconomic indicators (such as Weekly Jobless Claims) as well as ADP’s own payroll processing data, is often a...
Futures Trading Education
Markets continue to tread water ahead of the more important risk events later this week – the ECB meeting tomorrow and US Payrolls on Friday. There was little in the way of significant movement in bonds or currencies, while equities were a touch lower after having had...
Futures Trading Education
US Equities closed yesterday in negative territory with the Dow and S&P ending the trading session with a fall of -0.25% and -0.33% respectively on what turned out to be another quiet trading session. The Financials were again the worst performing sector in the...
Futures Trading Education
Fed Chair Janet Yellen sang from the same script as her FOMC colleagues before her on Friday and confirmed that ‘fairly soon’ really does means March. Fed Vice-Chair Stanley Fischer later chimed in with “If there has been a conscious effort” to boost expectations of a...
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