November Jobs Report: Blecch

Egads The worst one-month loss in payrolls since December 1974 knocked stock futures back on their heels, ... the labor force for various reasons. Equity futures across the board are lower. The bond market’ ... as the Standard & Poor’s 500 futures dropped by as much as 21 points before recovering a bit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 16:41:00

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Back from vacation

Just in case you were wondering, I didn't get hit by a bus. I just took a few days of vacation (vacation -- what's that?) for the holidays ... trading session, with the long bond futures off by more than three points. The bonds are trading heavy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:40:00

JGB futures slump on Treasuries, auction eyed

Japanese government bond futures slumped on Tuesday, the first full trading day of this year, ... the benchmark 10-year yield to a five-year low. Dealers also sold futures to hedge against the finance ... in their portfolios before a 10-year auction.” March futures slid 0.73 point to 139.10, falling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:05:19

The devil in the details: Fed doesn’t disclose repurchase facts

Filed under: Market matters, Money and Finance Today, Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS) ... today are down another 217 basis points on the 30 year March futures contract. Since last Wednesday the March 30 year bond futures contract has dropped from 141 down to 133 for a drop of about 800 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:00:00

Thinkorswim- The Best Brokerage

by Walter Fox A time when the financial institutions because of their harsh conditions easily was not getting credit ... categories including equities, the fund currency, bonds, futures trading of mutual funds can help ... . More and more people jumped into the competition, introduction of online options trading systems. They are aware [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:17:10

Tips for Improving your Investing

Many investors -- especially beginning investors -- want tips for improving their investing. There are a lot of tools out there ( ... strategies. However, Stock Trading To Go has some very basic and active things you can do in order ... as funds, bonds, currencies, options, commodities, futures and other opportunities might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:38:01

A long eventful weekend awaits us

Remember Bear Sterns last March? This weekend, people will be waiting to hear if FRE & FNM will be the next to be bailed out by the US Government ... and it has been going down all day. Trading would have been a lot easier if I had just traded bond futures today ... ), but I still managed to scalp some good profits during the mid-day. I quit trading aroun [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 18:25:00

Opening Comment

There is a great song by Bob Dylan entitled “Desolation Row”. It contains a line which is quite apropos this morning ... with European markets down,on balance, about 3.5 percent. Trading in futures markets indicates tht ... Bond has dropped 15 basis points in yield to 4.17 percent. The 2year/10 year spread has widened [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 10:40:31

Opening Comments January 5 2009

Prices of Treasury coupon securities slumped in overseas trading as the retreat which began last week has turned into a mini rout in bond prices ... modest gains. Futures market trading suggests that US indices will open with modest declines ... on the Long Bond has climbed 6 basis points to 2.85 percent. The 2year/10 year spread has widened to 158 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:36:51

Tracking Jim Simons - Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies is likely the best performing hedge fund of all time ... , which trades everything from corn futures to government bonds, has returned nearly 40% a year NET ... in what they are doing. From the Bloomberg article: What can he say about Medallion's trading strategy? ``Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 21:14:00

The couch economist speaks….

Well I am not sure if you have done this yet, ... the reduction effecting the food and other commodity prices. So let’s hope that the manufacturers start ... into reducing your debt will have a profound effect on your future. On a bond of R 750 000.00 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:11:31

Commodities Continue to Tank

Now that deflation worries are upon us, even the mainstream media is taking note of the reversal of the commodities price surge of earlier this year ... of investment money from commodity futures into safer havens like government bonds.... “Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 05:36:25

Report: German Dax, NYSE considering fusion

Report: German Dax, NYSE considering fusion December 7th, ... platform where traders can deal in stocks, options, futures, commodities and corporate bonds across two ... in an advance release of its Monday edition. Trading would based in New York, while derivatives would remain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 20:51:02

Cyklotron 2.4

New technical analysis method. New formulas and indicators. Professional tool for market analysts. Stocks, commodities, forex, futures and t-bonds trading become unexpected effective. EOD data in csv and prn formats. Cyklotron finds and optimizes quotes cycle and it generates traading signals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 07:50:05

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... , trade over 100 highly liquid global futures contracts, including stock indexes, bond indexes ... compared to a 15.6% gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:38:44

UPDATE 1-Shikoku Elec shuts 450-mw oil-fired unit after fire

Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Monday it shut its 450-megawatt No ... lifts ban on export of wheat seeds September 9, 2008 — CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY – 9th September 2008 ... on U.S. taxes- WSJ December 3, 2008 — S.Korea’s T-bond futures jump on official remark [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 07:21:12

Fed Plans Boost Many Types of Debt, Even Treasurys

The yield curve had been steepening, judging by the decline in the two-year note yield (orange line) ... of mortgages so now you’re short mortgages, so you hedge by buying 10-year note futures or receive 10-year ... -bond strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital. The 10-year Treasury note has gained 1-18/32 to drop [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 15:20:49

4 Links I liked:

4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45

Commodity News Digest

Global Markets: Stocks, Dollar Surge into 2009 - Reuters After Worst Year Ever, Commodities May Lag Recovery - Reuters Success of Managed Futures is a Mixed Bag - Chicago Tribune Bonds in 2009: Waiting by the Exits - CNNMoney Oil Jumps 3.6% on Supply Worries - CNNMoney [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:39:54

Stock Market Dictionary - H

H Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the issue is the second preferred bond of the company ... Futures Exchange HLT See: Highly leveraged transaction HM The two-character ISO 3166 country code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:38:00

Some Opening Comments October 14 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have plummeted as the debt market responds to the actions of governments and regulators around the globe to ... this morning. European markets have gained about 5 percent thus far and futures market trading indicates ... on the 30 year bond has also jumped 14 basis points to 4.27 percent.The 2 year/10 year spread [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 11:51:06

MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA LOVING THE TEST

BY RICK ORLOV This was a year in which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found himself tested on almost every skill he has ... . Barack Obama, which led him to Obama’s inner circle; Watching voters approve tax and bond ... said Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and the author of “ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 19:15:39

Retail sales fall by record 2.8 percent in October

Retail sales fall by record 2.8 percent in October November 14th, 2008 By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... in Purchase, New York. U.S. stock index futures were lower after the report, bonds were steady [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:44:56

Some Opening Comments November 6 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are posting mostly muffled gains in overnight trading ... fell 4 percent. In Europe stocks have fallen between 3 percent and 4 percent. Stock futures ... percent and the yield on the Long Bond is unchanged at 4.18 percent. The 2year/10 year spread is 237 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:58:29

Economist Interest Rate Predictions

There are 3 things you need to know about Economist Predictions:1. Their short term predictions are generally lousy ... , some expect 25 basis point cut, even when futures markets were pricing in nearly 100% probability ... expect the bond yields to steadily increase over the same period.My own opinion is that in the long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:59:00

some Opening Comments October 16 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are slumping in overseas trading in response to a rebound in US equities futures which indicates at this time ( ... on the Long Bond is up 4 basis points to 4.23 percent. The 2 year/10 year spread is a basis point [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 10:02:25

Mastering the Trade (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge) (Hardcover)

by John F ... , options, ETFs, emini futures, 30 year bonds, Forex currency markets, and more Seven key internals [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 09:53:00

Jim Wyckoff’s Morning Blog–Tuesday

  Tuesday, January 6–Jim Wyckoff’s Morning Web Log OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS   The market feature in overnight/early morning trading today is a stronger U.S. dollar and firmer crude oil futures prices that have pushed back ... , the U.S. T-Bond market has suffered serious near-term technical damage to now suggest that a major [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:13:28

THE GLOBAL MARKET PORTFOLIO'S BRUISED, BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE

Mr. Market is hurting these days, but what exactly does that mean? The world's capital and commodity markets are comprised of multiple asset classes, of course ... : global stocks, global bonds and global REITs plus commodities--based on U.S. futures— [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:23:02

India Halts Trading of Stocks, Bonds, Rupee on Mumbai Attacks

BLOOMBERG - Chen Shiyin and Pooja Thakur Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) ... commandos battled to free hostages held by gunmen at two luxury hotels. S&P CNX Nifty Index futures ... and National Stock Exchange were shut, along with bond, foreign exchange, commodities and money [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 02:58:22

SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0405 GMT

- Obama pledges to strengthen financial regulatory agencies, ... hitting 4-½ year low - Dollar slips against yen - Long-dated U.S. govt bonds edge lower QUOTES “ ... S.Africa’s rand steady to dlr, stock futures up November 11, 2008 — S.Africa bank stocks slip after Fitch [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:59:44

here . . .

a la http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/bldgblog-book-bldgblog-book.htmlI’m still reeling from the announcement of Postopolis! ... be divided up into three major sections – Architectural Conjecture, Urban Speculation, and Landscape Futures ... , underground desert topologies, Mars, Earth, lunar urbanism, sound mirrors, James Bond, the War on Terror [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:18:12

CNBC VIDEO PPT Well, well, well … it’s early morning and a guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box blurted out in vociferous fashion about how The Working Group on Financial Markets, or the Plunge Protection Team, has been active in the S&P futures ... . *Scott Nations came back with the government is in the bond market, why not the stock market [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 12:00:17

2009 Predictions

Happy New Year! I'm recovering after a sparkling, sober Singapore shindig last night ... Angus Grossart will put the final pieces in the Scottish Futures Trust jigsaw and start rolling ... Craig will resign as James Bond and Fernando Alonso [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 09:16:00

There’s just no play

I somewhat wanted go short yesterday afternoon but I couldn’t get myself to do it because I was travelling today ... to front-run the news on either side. I am just going to sit out and watch. I don’t trade futures ... will be bought hard and I’ll probably look for another long bond short entry via TBT. Given [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:44:18

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&P 500 Index gained 0.2% after the S&P 500 tumbled 6.1% and Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index [more...]

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

TREASURIES-Drop further in new year as risk appetite improves

U.S. Treasuries fell in Asia on Friday, extending losses on the first trading day of 2009 as a recovery in stock and credit markets spurred selling of safe-haven government bonds. * The surge in Treasuries stalled last week as bond investors ... in Tokyo and Shanghai among those still closed for holidays. U.S. futures markets for stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:26:56

Some Opening Comments December 10 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are retreating in overnight trading as the prospect of an agreement on an auto industry bail out, ... to 2.70 percent and the yield on the Long Bond is higher by 5 basis points at 3.10 percent. Equity ... . Trading in futures markets indicates that US markets should open with modest gains today. Reports [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:25:44

How To Profit From Online Commodity Trading

Commodity futures have many advantages as an investment compared to other investment types such as bonds, real estate, or stocks ... . Combine that with the lower commissions assigned to commodities over futures and you’ve got a win [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:35:57

Global Carnage In Pictures

I talked about the Sea of Red except for gold an government bonds earlier today in Treasuries and Gold Rise as Global Credit Freeze Prompts More ... Grain Futures Softs Futures Metals Futures Meat And Dairy Futures Currency Futures ... click on chart for sharper image Future Tables are Courtesy of Barchart Commodities. Government [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 19:41:01

When diversification fails (Reuters)

When diversification fails (Reuters) By admin | LONDON (Reuters) ... , commodities, hedge funds and managed futures — lost 29.1 percent since October 2007. This compares ... their traditional equity-bond portfolio, spread risks and seek extra "alpha" returns by buying commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 17:18:46

AN INSIDER’S VIEW FROM THE CAPITAL MARKETS COOPERATIVE TRADING DESK:

The Week Ahead in the Capital Markets  –   January 5, 2009 As Yogi Berra so wisely observed, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” We were still receiving Bear ... almost every day, and almost every asset class – bonds, stocks, real estate, and commodities – lost value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:11:21

Recession Shipped Overnight

FedEx Corp. became the latest company to batten down the hatches, announcing a hiring freeze, a reduction in salaries across the board, ... of the economic outlook. Futures are higher, rebounding from Wednesday’s fall, while this week’s report ... . The 30-year bond yield dropped to 2.60%. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:12:10

Recession Shipped Overnight

FedEx Corp. became the latest company to batten down the hatches, announcing a hiring freeze, a reduction in salaries across the board, ... of the economic outlook. Futures are higher, rebounding from Wednesday’s fall, while this week’s report ... . The 30-year bond yield dropped to 2.60%. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:44:27

Neff goes bargain hunting

In a battered market, the former Windsor fund manager is finding stocks that meet his strict value standards ... by going against the crowd - such as shorting Nasdaq 100 futures during the tech bubble to pick up 40 ... months of 2008, even tapping his bond portfolio in December for extra cash. On the eve of the New [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:43:03

Opening Comments October 22 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged in overnight trading as pandemic equity market weakness drove investors to the safety of US Government ... of nearly 6 percent. Futures market trading indicates that US markets will open sharply lower. Against ... on the Long Bond dropped 9 basis points to 4.13 percent. The 2 year/10 year spread has widened [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 10:58:26

Thai Tisco sells 2 bln baht bonds at 5.5-6.5 pct

Tisco Bank, Thailand’s second-biggest car loan lender, said on Monday it was selling 10-year bonds worth up to 2.0 billion baht ($57.4 million) ... ://www.afxnews.com Random Posts August 18, 2008 — JGB futures rise as BOJ economic verdict awaited October 24 ... , commodities up September 18, 2008 — Poland may hold euro referendum in 2010-Deputy PM [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:35:58

STOCKS IN BIGGEST FALL IN A MONTH ON JOBS AND TECH – RSI PICKS TWO BOND ETF

Today in the market, Wednesday, January 07, 2009: Stocks suffered their worst decline in more than a month on Wednesday after a grim private-sector ... . U.S. crude futures slumped more than 12 percent. Two days ahead of the U.S. government's key nonfarm ... - Vanguard Total Bond MarketETF/CEF Discussion: As the market moves lower on ever worsening news, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:46:00

Inc Magazine Individual Investors Email List

42,430 Total Investors The Inc. Magazine Individual Investors Email list consists of entrepreneurs who play an active role in their personal ... for their financial futures. These savvy investors spread their investments across a wide spectrum in order to diversify their portfolios. Stocks, bonds, CDs, mutual funds, real estate, commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:36:15

Cash is still king for some investors: T-bill yields hit new low

Some investors put money to work in stocks today, but plenty of others are holding on tightly to their cash ... at the front end of the bond market , and it wants to stay there," said Brian Edmonds, head of interest ... when policymakers meet Dec. 16: Futures markets now overwhelmingly expect the Fed to cut its benchmark short [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 22:00:06

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