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Tuesday was another quiet day for trading with most traders only returning to their desks this morning or next Monday when normal trading will resume. With Europe mostly closed, the US equity markets closed at another record high with the cash S&P closing at a...
Futures Trading Education
Another quiet day is expected today after yesterday’s relative inactivity in the markets. The only moves will be driven by balance sheet re-balancing which always contributes to sudden odd moves especially in the currency markets. Yesterday, Equity markets were...
Futures Trading Education
Equity markets ended last week generally flat on their highs whilst US 10 Year Bond Yields have hit 3% which should help support the US Dollar. Oil prices are a little higher whilst Gold is weaker this morning after a nice run up on Friday with the Euro also hitting...
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Another day and yet another US Equity market rally! Having added 0.3% on Christmas Eve the S&P 500 closed up another 0.5% yesterday with the Dow and S&P closing higher to post yet another new record close. Equity gains have gone hand in hand with a fresh...
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The main news last Friday was the unexpected upward revision to US Q3 GDP to 4.1% from 3.6% against an unchanged expectation. although about a third of the Q1 rise represented inventory accumulation, in this instance, this looks to reflect rising confidence in future...
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Global markets, in the main, have absorbed the Fed’s decision to start scaling back its bond purchases with little anxiety. This reflects the fact that the move was pretty much expected, the size of the taper was modest and the forward guidance suggests that...
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