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Stronger than expected Retail Sales out of America saw the US stock market spike lower at the open but buyers soon emerged and by late afternoon the S&P was back in positive territory. The recent run of positive data out of the US is lessening concerns that the...
Futures Trading Education
Financial markets are fairly steady this morning with European and US Equities little changed after some weakness in China and Japan stock markets yesterday, with the former still reeling from the disappointing data over the weekend. Commodities were generally...
Futures Trading Education
US Stocks have posted a sixth successive daily rise in what was a thin day on the market news front. I forgot to mention yesterday that the US changed their clocks at the weekend and for the next couple of weeks the US market will open and close one hour earlier. The...
Futures Trading Education
A US February Employment report that comfortably exceeded expectations in all departments made it five out of five for US Equities last week with the Dow posting another new record high up 0.47% on the day to close at 14,397 with the S&P and Nasdaq not far...
Futures Trading Education
Another new record high for the Dow Industrials yesterday but the broader S&P 500, even though it also closed higher, still continues to lag the latest 0.2% gain in the Dow. US Bond yields are smartly higher, yet the combination of rising stocks and bonds that of...
Futures Trading Education
US Equities extended the gains made on Tuesday with the Dow adding another 0.4% yesterday. Bigger gains were made in other asset classes as both Treasury Yields and the US Dollar continue their march higher. US Data has had a hand in driving up both stock markets and...
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