Consumer confidence index rose 1.6 points in April to 65.4. February’s 72.0, April was the best reading of the recovery. Improvement in the jobs market was the reason for the gain. Headline was a 2.6 percentage point drop in those saying jobs are currently hard to get to 41.8 percent. Consumers are seeing improvement in… read more
Tag Archives: Futures
Grains Called Higher – Futures Trading, Commodities Trading, Futures Trading Brokerage
Corn called 4 to 6 cents higher Wheat called 15 to 17 cents higher Soybeans called 8 to 10 cents higher More rain in the forecast keeping the farmers out of the field… read more
Jobless Claims : Economic Trading News, Futures Trading, Futures Broker, Futures Trading Brokerage
Jobless claims for the week of May 21 was 20,000 higher than expected 424,000 The week of May 14 was at 414,000… read more
Futures news – EIA reports increase in Crude inventory! Futures broker, futures news, market news.
The EIA reported a that crude oil stocks and gasoline inventories jumped last week due to increased crude imports. Domestic crude stocks rose 616,000 barrels to 370.9 million barrels during the week ending on May 20. 2011. The increase surprised analysts who were expecting a decline of 1.3 million barrels. Crude imports rose 662,000… read more
Grain Opening Calls : Economic Trading News, Futures Trading, Futures Broker, Futures Trading Brokerage
Soybean called up 5 to 7 cents higher Wheat called up 3 to 5 cents higher Corn called up 4 to 6 cents higher Grains up on bad weather condition delaying planting… read more
Durable Goods Orders : Economic Trading News, Futures Trading, Futures Broker, Futures Trading Brokerage
April durable orders dropped 3.6% Consensus was at -3.0% March was up at 4.4% New orders was at 5.3% down from March AT 10.5%… read more
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales : Future Trading, Future Broker, Future Trading Company
For the week of May 21 same store sales down 1.0 percent and year-on year sales came in at 3.1 percent… read more
Grains Called Higher : Futures Trading Brokerage, Futures Broker, Commodity Trading Brokerage, Commodity Broker
Wheat called 12 to 15 cents higher Soybeans called 8 to 10 cents higher Corn called 10 to 12 cents higher Rain makes grain but you have to have it planted before that happens Also very good exports sale … read more
Opening Grain Calls : Futures Trading Brokerage, Commodity Trading Brokerage, Futures Broker, Futures Swing Trading
Soybeans 3 to 5 cents higher Corn 5 to 7 cents higher Wheat 10 to 12 cents higher Poor weather causing planting delays in corn and wheat… read more
Industrial Production : Economic News, Economic Reports, Economic Calendar, Trading News
Production came in at 0.0% Consensus was looking for 0.4% Prior was 0.8% Capacity Utilization Rate-Level came in at 76.9% Consensus was looking for 77.6% Prior was 77.4%… read more