dow jones future : Auto bailout fails. What a mess. (blog)

Auto bailout fails. What a mess.

The deal died in the Senate, so Wall Street's likely to take a dive.The failure of Senate talks on a $14 billion deal to rescue the U.S ... Yasutoshi Nagai, chief economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC in Tokyo. U.S. stock futures were lower in screen trade with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down 320 points; spreadbetting firms in Europe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:09:45

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We’re Cooked

We’re Cooked Gordon G. Chang - 10.24.2008 - 2:47 PM Today, Asian and European markets plunged, threatening to bring American stocks with them. Selling of Dow Jones Industrial Average futures was prohibited early morning as they reached ... , which would end trading should the Dow fall through pre-determined levels. At the opening, the market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 18:47:39

Take It to the Limit

Has capitulation day finally arrived? After a brutal trading day in Asia and a stomach-churning morning in Europe, December futures in the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded on Globex hit limit down Friday, a further sign of extreme market stress. Traders had said that they weren’t surprised the DJIA futures [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 10:52:46

Dow Jones money: a stable future economy

I began to write this text in October when Ben Bernanke and his friends followed the laws of string theory (a Reuters blog) and cut the rates to fight against the self-feeding global panic. Note that to "push the strings" means to try to lower the rates in a situation where no one wants to lend or borrow, anyway [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 08:00:00

Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures

Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures January 7th, 2009 by Money broker By STEVE GOLDSTEIN US stocks are set for a lower open Wednesday, with Alcoa's cost-cutting moves dragging futures down. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 57 lower at 8893. Read full story Posted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:13:26

Comments on Jason's Volatility System

Jason from the Angry Investor blog has proposed a semi-mechanical volatility system in both my chatbox and his blog here - http://theangryinvestor ... to comment on a global and highly liquid trading platforms such as the Dow Jones Futures. The first ... .blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-capsule-my-dow-jones-futures-for.htmlI thought it would be a good idea [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 00:52:00

Bailout dead, automakers in search of a lifeline

posted by Zimbio_Partner The auto industry's cash-flow crisis has landed back at the White House doorstep and no "Welcome" mat is yet in sight ... to plunge when trading opened. Dow Jones industrial futures were down more than 200 points. The Bush [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:50:08

I'm Hurting

I'm Hurting by Steven D Fri Oct 24th, 2008 at 08:44: ... to be the currency of choice for cash hoarders. $1 is now worth around 93 yen. The dollar had been trading ... investors and sent world financial markets into a tailspin. The Dow Jones industrial average futures [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:48:13

Stocks set to drop as jobs in focus

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... more than 3%. European stocks fell in early trading. Oil eased 8 cents to $48.50 a barrel ... ' focus. At 4:30 a.m., Nasdaq, Standard &amp; Poor's 500 and Dow Jones industrial average futures were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:37:13

Job Report Jolts Wall Street

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tumbled Wednesday morning after a pair of weak readings on employment raised the alarm ahead of Friday's bigger ... were down in afternoon trading. The London FTSE lost 2%.The decline in futures and international stock indexes follows a relatively strong day on Wall Street. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:26:00

Not Even a Hill of Beans As Crisis Weighs on Commodities

Agro commodities slump Corn, wheat, pork, soybeans, ethanol and cattle futures all ended lower Thursday while rice prices edged up slightly, according to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Newsletter published with Dow Jones. Jitters over ... to commodity hedging. Ethanol contracts for December fell 3.3 cents to $2.125 per gallon, and CBOT [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 13:12:00

Overnight markets: Down again

Asian stocks fell Thursday, extending a global rout, as Japan's exports declined the most in almost seven years, Treasury bond yields slid and US consumer prices dropped by a record amount. Futures on the S&amp;P 500 Index gained 0.2% after the S&amp;P 500 tumbled 6.1% and Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 05:18:56

An Obama surge on Wall Street, and beyond?

Did we just witness the Obama pre-victory rally? The stock market today bucked convention with a sharp advance that lifted the Dow Jones ... stocks (European blue-chip shares jumped 4.1%, on average) and commodities (oil futures soared $6.62 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 08:49:47

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Dec. 30th

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, Two more trading days left in 2008, which will go down as one of the most volatile years of recent history. LEVELS: Contract (March 2008) SP500 (big &amp; Mini) Nasdaq100 (big &amp; Mini) Dow Jones (big &amp; Mini) Mini Russell Resistance 3 895 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:39:00

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