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Personal Income and Outlays For May 27, 2011 – Futures Trading, Futures Broker, Futures Trading News

In the month of April there was continual support in the consumer sector – Income continued to grow. Personal income was 0.4% gain  However, spending  was not as strong due to higher prices.   Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual Personal Income – M/M change 0.5 % 0.4 % 0.3 % to 0.5 % 0.4 % Personal Income – Yr/Yr change 5.3 % 4.4 %… read more

Producer price Index for May 12, 2011 – Futures Trading News, Commodity Trading News, Economic Calendar, Economic Report, Futures Trading Brokerage Firm

Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual PPI – M/M change 0.7 % 0.6 % 0.3 % to 1.0 % 0.8 % PPI less food & energy – M/M change 0.3 % 0.2 % 0.1 % to 0.3 % 0.3 % Producer price index came in slightly higher 0.7%; this was lower than February’s 1.6% increase but still up. Core PPI firmed to 0.3% which was better than February’s 0.2%. increase. I Data… read more

Economic Calendar for tomorrow May 12, 2011 – Futures Trading, Commodity trading, Futures Trading news, Futures Trading Brokerage Firm

Traders should be prepared for the following Reports tomorrow May 12, 2011 Weekly Bill Settlement Producer Price Index 8:30 AM ET Retail Sales 8:30 AM ET Jobless Claims 8:30 AM ET Charles Plosser Speaks 8:30 AM ET Business Inventories 10:00 AM ET Ben Bernanke Speaks 10:00 AM ET EIA Natural Gas Report 10:30 AM ET 3-Month Bill Announcement 11:00 AM ET 6-Month Bill… read more

MBA Purchase Applications – Housing Market, Futures Trading news, Economic News, Commodity Trading News

For the week of May 6, 2011 Mortgage Purchase applications rose for both new purchases and refinancing.  Purchases were up 6.7% and refinancing up 9.0%.  With the current interest rates sitting at about 4.75% it has become an enticing time for current home owners and new buyers to take on a mortgage or refinance for a better rate.… read more

Gold News – Futures Trading, Commodity Trading, Futures Trading news, Trading in Futures

The University of Texas endowment fund which is the second largest in the nation to Harvard just put 5% of its money into PHYSICAL GOLD!  This equates to 1 billion dollars in physical Gold.  Peter Schiff believes that this is very big news. He says that, “Fund managers are trained to trade in paper instruments — stocks, bonds,… read more