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April 1, 2020
Q2 reports on consumer spending, GDP will be the first real signs of the coronavirus economic toll. Upcoming Q1 earnings will not tell the entire story due to a strong period to begin the year.
March 30, 2020
March 27, 2020
March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
Overnight futures activity gets a bigger spotlight at times of major market volatility. Over a three-day period in March, the S&P 500 had four 5% moves outside of U.S. trading hours.
March 11, 2020
How does an investor know if the market is in a correction or the start of a bear market? Many investors have a difficult time distinguishing the differences, and the psychological toll of watching the market drop day after day can lead to poor decision making.
March 5, 2020
February 26, 2020
The Federal Reserve will reduce overnight repurchase agreement operations from $120 billion to $100 billion. April marks a key moment for continued operations with personal tax payments due.
February 19, 2020
As investors sold equities, many found a home for their cash in European repo markets. Repo activity recorded its busiest day of the year following the January 31 equities sell-off.
February 12, 2020
February 5, 2020
Roundtable with economists, traders examines the effect of surging U.S. production and geopolitical events in the Middle East.
January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020
One of the most closely-watched and widely reported on economic events on the financial calendar is the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision on the Fed Funds Target Rate that happen at Federal Reserve meetings eight times per year. This target rate impacts the interest rates consumers pay on almost all loans including credit cards, mortgages and bank loans.
January 22, 2020
January 15, 2020
Relative calm in European repo activity could be awakened by several factors, including rate changes or Brexit. The removal of negative rates in Sweden may provide a clue to the direction of other European repo markets.
January 8, 2020
December 31, 2019
December 26, 2019
Saudi Aramco is the Kingdom’s state-owned oil company and the most profitable company in the world. In the first three months of this year, Saudi oil revenues totaled 169 billion riyals ($45 billion dollars) and non-oil revenues amounted to 76.3 billion riyals ($20 billion dollars).
December 18, 2019
Depending on who you talk to, gold is either an inflation hedge, a currency proxy, a safe-haven asset or a zero-yielding waste of time and money. Regardless of an individual’s opinion on gold, two things are usually agreed upon.
December 11, 2019
December 4, 2019
November 27, 2019
Many traders would deal with stress in positive ways like exercise or competitive sports, while others seemed to never find the right outlet. Over the years I’ve tried to identify the characteristics of the successful traders, and the one thing that always pops up is a healthy respect for risk.
November 20, 2019
November 13, 2019
November 6, 2019
October 30, 2019
October 23, 2019
Apple, Microsoft, Intel and many other U.S. tech behemoths have relied heavily on Chinese manufacturing and now this has become a liability. How much of a liability is anybody’s guess as the political backdrop continues to change and intensify pressure.
October 16, 2019
