Layoff announcements was at 37,135 for the month of May. Government and non-profit groups layoffs came in at 14,755… read more
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MBA Purchase Applications : Futures Trading, Trading in Futures, Futures Brokers, Futures Trading Brokerage
Purchase Index was at 0.0% prior was at 1.5% Refinance Index was at -5.7% prior was at 0.9% Composite Index was at -4.0 prior was at 1.1% Purchase application was at unchanged for the week of May 27 … read more
State Street Investor Confidence Index : Futures Trading, Trading in Futures, Futures Brokers, Futures Trading Brokerage
State Street Investor Confidence Index came in at 104.1 was at 97.0 North America, State Street’s sentiment index was up 7 points… read more
Consumer Confidence : Futures Trading, Commodities Trading, Futures Trading Brokerage, Futures Brokers, Futures News
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
S&P Case-Shiller HPI : Futures Trading, Commodities Trading, Futures Trading Brokerage, Futures Brokers, Futures News
S&P Case-Shiller report which says its latest data confirm a double dip for still falling home prices. Case-Shiller composite 10 index is down 0.1 % and down 0.2% for composite 20. Year-on-year rates at -2.8% for the 10 index and -3.5% for the 20… read more
Grain Opening Calls : Futures Brokerage, Futures Brokerage Firm, Futures Broker, Commodity Brokerage, Commodity Brokerage Firm s
Wheat 2 to 3 cents lower Soybeans 2 to 3 cents higher Corn 1 to 2 cents lower… read more
Consumer Sentiment : Futures Brokerage, Futures Brokerage Firm, Futures Broker, Commodity Brokerage, Commodity Brokerage Firm s
Index for the month of May was at 74.3 up from mid-month72.4 Expectations index rose to 69.5 up two points from mid-month… read more
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
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