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

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Stock Market Dictionary - K

KFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying the issue has no voting rights ... and options exchange for no. 2 red wheat futures and, options, Value Line Index futures and Mini Value Line ... and Financial Futures ExchangeKLSESee: Kuala Lumpur Stock ExchangeKMFThe ISO 4217 currency code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:42:00

Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

Another Ponzi Scheme

Broken Record I’ve said it all before.  The following press release can be found here ... the funds in an account that would trade in securities futures contracts, including S&P 500 stock index futures. According to the complaint, despite the impressive and consistent returns he reported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:37:41

Nikkei Falls Nearly 10%, Asian Markets Tank on Opening

The bloodbath continues, largely in reaction to the bad economic news reports in the US ... caused trading in Nikkei futures to be temporarily halted. South Korea's Kospi Index retreated 6.3 percent. All benchmark indexes in the region sank. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures fell 1.2 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 02:35:30

U.S. Payrolls Post Biggest Annual Drop Since 1945

Source: BloombergThe U.S. lost more jobs in 2008 than any year since 1945 as employers fired another 524,000 people in December, ... Stock-index futures rose and Treasuries fell amid relief among some investors that the drop in payrolls wasn’t even bigger. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index rose 0.4 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:53:00

Top Stories of the Day

Top Stories to Begin the day- President-electBarack Obama told House SpeakerNancy Pelosi he favors a price tag of about $775 billion for the U.S. economic stimulus plan, a Democratic aide said. European stock-index futures rose, indicating the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index may extend a five-day rally, as government efforts to revive the global [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:27:46

UK: Property Futures Say Housing Prices to Fall 50% in Real Terms

So many bad numbers have come out about residential real estate that they all begin to blend together. But a figure as grim as "50% decline", applied to an entire market, even if in real rather than nominal terms, is a stunner. This grim forecast for UK real estate comes from a futures index based on the Halifax monthly house price index [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 05:34:34

Wall Street takes sharp downward turn

By Catherine Clifford CNNMoney.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... witching,” when equity options, stock index futures, stock options and single-stock futures all expire ... up positions for a handful of options expiring Friday, known as “quadruple witching.” The Dow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:42:02

U.S. Loses 524,000 Jobs; 2008 Losses Most Since 1945

By Shobhana Chandra Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. lost 524,000 jobs in December, ... will be dismal.” Stock-index futures rose and Treasuries fell amid relief among some investors the drop in payrolls wasn’t even bigger. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index rose 0.6 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:07:20

Reprieve

on Page 45: " ... when the death sentence had been pronounced there was a strong chance of a reprieve at the request of the ... to the recent credit crunch.Stock-index futures (期貨) rallied in premarket trading Friday, as did shares ... that it has approved a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks, the kind of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 07:32:23

Futures Trading News as of 7/10/08

Derivatives and futures trading goes online (The Nation - Thailand’s English news) Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) subsidiary settrade.com, in cooperation with South Korean broker Daishin Securities Co Ltd, will launch ... Futures Exchange (TFEX) begins online trading in SET 50 Index futures. Speculators become largest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 16:53:07

White-Knuckle Market Updates and Quotes (Updated)

The latest sightings: Money market rates doubled overnight: despite considerable central bank intervention: ... billion). The SNB also said it will offer overnight cash.. Stocks continued to fall. Dow futures ... . Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 1 percent. UBS, the largest Swiss bank, lost 9.2 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 12:30:23

Let Them Eat Treasurys

Good Evening: Today the U.S. capital markets continued the slow healing process that began on November 21 ... . Many options will be considered, but in my opiniion, we’ll need to start thinking long term ... particularly peppy, and our index futures responded by rallying prior to this morning’s open. A drop back [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 05:30:22

Derivative Bets Gone Bad May Worsen Shipping Industry Woes

When it rains, it pours. Amazingly, the list of possible casualties from positions on forward freight agreements includes not only ship owners, ... in charter rates for ships carrying coal, iron ore and other commodities. The sector’s Baltic Dry Index ... director in the futures division of London’s Simpson, Spence & Young shipbrokers, said the market’s [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 07:26:33

No Shame Crowd Deserves the Gulag

Good Evening: The news flow that affected our capital markets today actually started last night when Fed Ex and Texas Instruments posted negative ... joined this morning by Con-Way freight. U.S. stock index futures were under pressure for most ... were down 2% to 5% with 90 minutes to go in the trading session. Word that the financial aid package [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 02:00:12

It’s still all about the collateral

Good Evening: The U.S. capital markets went on another roller-coaster ride today, and the “fun” doesn’t look to stop anytime soon ... s session managed to give equities a rare up day. Positive news out of Hewlett Packard and Home ... were up in early trading, but the HPQ news in particular seemed to steady our index futures prior [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 06:32:19

Gold Loses Some Shine

Allen Sykora reports: Comex gold is on the defensive due to factors such as a slightly higher dollar, “less enormous” volatility in stock-index futures overnight than other recent sessions ... that there is potential for a heavier sell-off, pointing out that other commodities such as copper, silver, corn [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 15:15:22

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 11 December 2008

FINTAG COMMENT Cash or no cash. I was queried yesterday. Apparently I am not sitting on cash and most hedge funds aren't ... ; not that my investors know - they think I am fully invested. We have the usual index futures, some commodity ... ' boards, hire and retain yes-men administrators and spread their trades around Prime Brokers who don't see [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 06:40:26

Morning Update

Unpleasant Employment Data Sours SentimentMacro-economic worries are once again influencing shares and sending the market lower after ADP reported ... , and markets overseas are mixed. As of 8:35 a.m. ET, the March S&P 500 Index Globex futures contract ... are designed to conserve cash, cut costs, and improve competitiveness.Monsanto (MON $73) is tradin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:45:00

A Surge in Bicyclists Appears to Be Waiting

After a summer of their dreams, bicycle store owners are facing a grim reality this winter. ... . Business skyrocketed last summer along with gasoline prices, Mr. Graves said, especially sales ... 14 percent, products upStock index futures point to rebound ahead of dataRetail Sales Plummet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 22:29:01

World Markets Tumble on Last Monday in October

Last week was an ugly on stock markets, but not as terrifying it might have been ... tumbled again today. U.S. stock index futures are pointing to a sharply lower opening this morning ... carry-trade, borrowing in low-interest yen and in investing in higher-yield markets, is being unwound [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:52:41

Trend Indicator

Why are some traders more successful than others? There are probably as many answers as there are traders out there ... as options and futures are concerned. In options trading your biggest enemy by far is time ... on the long run.The same rule applies to any short-term oriented trader. The Global Futures Trend Index [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 23:04:00

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

Scott Irwin takes down Michael Masters

Econbrowser is pleased to host another contribution from Scott Irwin, who holds the Laurence J ... the charge that speculative buying by index funds in commodity futures and over-the- counter (OTC ... misunderstanding of how commodity futures and related derivatives markets actually work. It is important [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 20:55:26

Weekly Watchlist 12/15

Weekly Watchlist 12/15 Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 08:42PM by Registered Commenter Option Addict | Comments ... . Index futures are slightly higher tonight heading into tomorrows session. Asia has put together some strong gains overnight and crude oil is trading with a 5 handle. Both should help give the market [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 03:42:45

Weekly Watchlist 12/22

Weekly Watchlist 12/22 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 at 09:20AM by Registered Commenter Option Addict | Comments Loading... Prepare to put things into cruise control this week. Holiday trading is not known for its speed or excitement. However, it should be known that index futures are trading slightly higher [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:20:41

Wednesday (Jan 7th): Nifty pullback will continue further; going LONG is better option now.

Nifty on Tuesday: 3112 (Spot) Market had turned volatile on Tuesday due to lack to direction and as traders were cautious ahead of IIP data and ... . Strategies for Trading:-Nifty LONG/Call holders should continue to hold as long as Nifty is above ... beginning of earnings season next week. India's benchmark stock index futures on Tuesday ended [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:08:18

Who is Behind the Financial Meltdown? by Michel Chossudovsky

on current Dandelion Salad by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, October 11, ... . There are several instruments including futures, options, index funds, derivative securities, etc. used ... Stearns was in part due to short selling. Short selling has also been used extensively in currency [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 01:47:33

Getting a Head Start

I sometimes trade futures on Sunday evenings after the markets open at 6:00 pm. EST. Usually, it's a fast trade to get a head start on the week. This was mostly a technical trade of the S&P Emini futures last night with NRIBs (NR7 ... tumble in Europe and Asia overnight and U.S. index futures retreat as bank bailouts accelerated [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 00:31:59

Market Corrects to Selloff, Holding 20 Day SMA

(Note: Unless otherwise stated, the index action described below relates to the EMini futures contracts for the respective indices ... resistance in the Nasdaq. Shortly after 14:00, however, the index futures popped sharply higher [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:15:51

Earnings (Disappointment) and Lay-Off Season

The Dow is down another 50 points at this writing, and both Eurozone and Asian stock markets are down almost across the board. (So are my beloved grain futures.)David Calloway wrote this prescient editorial on Marketwatch ... out earnings growth and demand for commodities. U.S. index futures declined.Here is the entire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:11:00

Recognizing Reversal Patterns in the Stock Market

The S&P 500 Index (ES futures contract; top chart) staged a nice turnaround in afternoon trading ... , enabling ES to retrace its day's losses. Recognizing these patterns as they emerge is a key element of trading success; turnarounds often occur when buyers/sellers cannot move markets higher/lower [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:29:00

ForexGen | Euro / US Dollar Breaks Out of Range, Aims Higher

The Euro raced higher against the US Dollar in early New York trading hours as forex markets fell in with a rebound in risk appetite fueled by the ... technical analysis tools. ForexGen Trading platforms are stable, secure and characterized ... and US index futures sharply higher just before the opening bell on Wall St, while forex traders [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 10:57:13

Market snaps five-day winning streak; Sensex drops nearly 5%

Weakness in European stocks and lower US index futures pulled the market sharply lower in what was a volatile trading session ... Minister Kamal Nath after trading hours on Tuesday, 3 November 2008, that the government will further ease foreign investment rules, including those relating to defence production.Trading in US futures [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 14:13:00

Potash Pricing Quietly Holding Up, But Commentary Has Vanished (POT)

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) has seen a lot of its commentary drop along with its stock price ... Index. Grain futures have also fallen dramatically from their summer peaks, with corn, wheat, and soybeans all down 40% or more. But recent weeks have seen short month futures stabilize (especially [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 20:59:11

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... % gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers have outpaced CTAs ... as margins collapse and assets nosedive. It’s a different story altogether for managed futures this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:14:05

Weekend Potpourri: Fireworks and Readings

* Fireworks - I see the S&P 500 stock index futures have opened about 30 points higher in the wake of the bailout of FNM and FRE ... that his tenant association was suing a bank to *require* them to foreclose on vacant units. It appears that, if the bank forecloses, they have to pay six months' worth of arrears in association fees [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:59:26

Morning Update

Job Losses MountThe government reported more than a half million job losses for the second month in a row and the prior two months were revised ... S&P 500 Index Globex futures contract is 1 point above fair value, the Nasdaq 100 Index is 1 point [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:07:00

Shocker: Federal Regulators Conclude That Oil Speculators Not Responsible For High Gas Prices

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released financial data indicating that commodities traders engaged in oil speculation have had little ... driving the future price of oil down. Commodity index funds also have a much smaller share ... of transactions worth billions of dollars between January and June of this year. Commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 14:50:11

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off

Portfolio_3 Assume the crash position. U.S. stock-index futures are pointing to another dark day on Wall Street ... unprecedented challenges” but that a bankruptcy filing is not an option. Another reason to worry [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 14:02:57

Light Volume Rally Brings in the New Year

(Note: Unless otherwise stated, the index action described below relates to the EMini futures contracts for the respective indices. Actual index action may differ slightly in terms of pattern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:46:58

Thoughts Ahead of an Unusual FOMC Meeting

Good Evening: While the news flow affecting our capital markets has remained unswervingly negative over the past few days, the U.S ... their head in wonder. Heading into today, U.S. stock index futures were pointing higher in the wake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 04:10:19

Asian Session - All Calm Right Now

Market Brief Usd was stable in Asian session as the lack of new data and non-data events gave speculators nothing new to trade on ... . Asian Equity markets are in the green while European index futures are pointing to a negative open. Commodities are higher with wti crude trading at $129.88bbl and gold up [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 08:30:46

nextMEDIA: The Start and Will “Free” Save the Future?

For a full index of all the posts related to nextMEDIA, check out BrandingDavid.com where I will be updating everyone on various sessions ... this year was their Match Maker system, that allows people to connect with others in their field [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 18:54:32

ForexGen | US Dollar Under Pressure

US Dollar Under Pressure As Risk Sentiment Pushes Higher (Euro Open) ... stock markets pushed higher despite a swath of dismal Japanese economic data. Equity index futures ... Higher in Thin Holiday Trading Critical Levels The Euro climbed steadily higher overnight, topping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 12:44:24

Dow Up 890 After Ten-Times Increase in Commercial Paper Sales

US equity markers were already having a very good day, even by the standards of recent high market volatility, ... Davis, an independent trader active in Treasury and stock-index futures at the Chicago Board of Trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:36:01

Pre-Market Down 1.7%

As of New York midnight and the start of Monday, it kinda looks like the Paulson equity bear squeeze is over: [ ... Pre-Market Data, Stock Market Quotes, Fair Value, Futures, Volatility Index, World Markets Information - CNBC.com And the TED spread: Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 04:45:48

Weekly Watchlist 01/12

Weekly Watchlist 01/12 Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 07:42AM by Option Addict | Loading.. ... to be day trading, don't forget Monday's pivot points: Mini Dow /YM R2 8835 R1 8682 PP 8597 S1 8444 ... continuation overnight in the index futures, look for the market to open up lower near trend support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:42:18

Dramatic Return of Risk Aversion May Not Be All Bad

Good Evening: In the wake of the mid November washout in almost all forms of risk taking, ... in no mood to continue last week’s rally in Wall Street. Global equity markets and U.S. index futures were [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 04:06:05

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