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The S&P closed at yet another record high buoyed by better earnings from Facebook and a huge fall in the Weekly Jobless Claims. They fell 19k to 284k which is the lowest rate since February 2006. Facebook closed 5.2% higher on record earnings which showed second...
Futures Trading Education
It was a relatively steady trading session yesterday with little newsflow moving volatility back towards its lows. Equities were mixed but in the main higher and every day seems to bring a new high to the S&P at some point during the day. Yields were relatively...
Futures Trading Education
US Stock markets rose yesterday with the S&P 500 closing just two points from a record high as economic data showed that inflation has failed to gain a toehold whilst earnings from Comcast Corp topped estimates. The Dow, S&P and NASDAQ closed up 0.36%, 0.50%...
Futures Trading Education
There was very little by way of significant market price action to note yesterday. Global Equities were lower, more-so in Europe than the US, with last Friday’s strong rebound in risk assets perhaps seen to reflect an unwarranted degree of complacency regarding...
Futures Trading Education
Last Friday’s markets proved to be an almost complete reversal of Thursday, the latter prompted by the Malaysian airlines tragedy, Israel’s infiltration of the Gaza Strip and the broadening of Western sanctions against Russia. Telling was the fact that the...
Futures Trading Education
Equity markets were down sharply yesterday after a Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine. The jet was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people on board. Pro-Russian rebels have been blamed, but they have denied...
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