U.S. economic

Crude Oil Playbook

WTI Crude Oil (USO, quote) prices moved slightly higher during overnight trading in Asia. Volume remains light as we approach the U.S. first trading of the week with New Zealand and Australia closed for holiday.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

With the first two trading days in the bag markets look to be setting up for a lower open as traders focus on Friday’s delayed non-Farm Payroll results for October. 

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

As we begin another the first full trading week of November traders are likely to maintain their focus on U.S. economic data reports.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

U.S. futures are riding yesterday’s momentum of positive U.S. economic data refueling speculation the Federal Reserve may opt to taper its $85 billion stimulus program sooner rather than later.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Morning Coffee Break – Thursday March 21 With no significant impact from the Federal Reserve’s two day meeting and statement the S&P 500 is coming off its largest gain in over two weeks.  The crisis over in Cyprus hasn’t even deterred the U.S. equities from moving higher.

Mid-Day Market Update - Molycorp Pops, Cash Store Financial Services Commodities Crushed

Current market conditions – The Dow Jones  (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.22% to 13184.08, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.17% to 1420.47 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.41% to 2990.28.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are moving lower on the last day of the week and quarter on fears from the Euro Zone fears and U.S. economic data. After mix data from the U.S. economic calendar traders are looking towards Consumer Income, Spending and Sentiment reports.

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Welcome to Tuesday’s Morning Coffee Break – History repeated itself as the Dow Jones dropped for the 15th Monday out of 16th weeks.  U.S. futures are suggesting positive opening in early electronic trading with the Dow Jones fair value at 18.08, S&P 500 fair value 1.66 and the NASDAQ’s fair value coming in at 4.12.

Breaking News - Retail Sales - CPI

Breaking News – U.S. economic Retail Sales reports and Consumer Price Index (CPI)