quantitative easing

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.

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

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

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Traders are setting their focus on 3 key events today as U.S. market session prepares to open. U.S futures are suggesting positive open with the Dow Jones fair value up by 20.64 and the S&P 500’s fair value higher by 3.34.  The NASDAQ is getting nice push higher ahead of Apple’s (APPL,  [stock APPL]).  Fair value for the NASDAQ is higher by 9.81.