QE3

Currency Carry Trade

We had a subscriber ask about any suggestions where to look for possible currency ETFs action. Interest rates at record rates not only in the U.S. but globally as well.  Add into the mix huge amount of monetary easing  like QE3 from U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the globe like Japan, Australia and England just to mention a few has seem  have broken the system.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are holding their own going into the Wednesday’s session amidst Asian and European markets solidly in the red.  Both the Asian and European regions are selling off on concerns from yesterday’s U.S. session and comments from non-voting FMOC member, Charles Plosser comments that QE3 will not provide the stimulus that the Federal Reserve is looking to obtain. Market participants will get

Financial Select Sector SPDR and the Bernanke Floor

As we approach the 4th and final quarter of 2012 coupled with the Bernanke floor thanks to the unlimited buying of mortgage backed securities banks like JP Morgan (JPM, quote), Wells Fargo (WFC, quote) and Bank of America (BAC, quote) should do well especially with large funds chasing for performance going into year end.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S futures are indicating a lower open with fair value for the Dow Jones at -23.10, S&P 500 at -2.24 and the NASDAQ fair value at -5.84. Market participants will get to hear from two Federal Reserve officials throughout the day today.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – On the first day of trading this week traders are waking up to lower futures in the U.S. stock indexes after last week’s rally sparked by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive new round of quantitative (QE3) easing last week Thursday.

Gold Bars

Gold price continued its climb higher for a second day after Federal Reserve announcement of third round of quantitative easing which weakens the U.S. dollar and in turn strengthen gold’s price as traders look for safety.  The FMOC’s announcement of QE3 was more aggressive than most analysts were anticipating with a plan to purchase 40 billion USD in mortgage backed securities on a ongoing unlimited fashion until the U.S. economy

Crude Oil Hitting 5 Month High

WTI Crude Oil prices crossed the $100 market for the first time since May 3rd on 3 catalysts ranging from the Federal Reserve’s announcement of an aggressive QE3 to the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. September Crude Oil contracts traded as high as $100.42 before pull back under the $100 level to $99.50 on possible profit taking going into the weekend, however, remains well supported as tensions

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – The Federal Reserve decisively stepped off the sidelines with a stronger than expected new round of unlimited quantitative easing (QE3) sending U.S. markets rallying. Market participants are clearly satisfied with the FMOC’s move as U.S. futures are indicating an extension of yesterday’s rally.

Trending Equities - Firday September 14

Below are Wednesday’s trending equities ahead of the opening bell.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – This morning is the day market participants have been waiting for since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech a couple of weeks ago.  U.S. Equity markets are likely to remain in a fairly tight range ahead of the Federal Reserve’s key interest rate decision and policy statement scheduled for today at 12:30 a.m. ET. Followed the all-important FMOC economic forecast which could reveal