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
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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
Bank of Canada Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged – Futures Trading, Commodity trading, Futures trading Brokerages, Futures brokers
The BoC left interest rates unchanged this morning. The overnight rate remains at 1.0%, the deposit rate remains at 0.75% and the Bank Rate at 1.25% Prior Consensus Actual Change 0 bp 0 bp 0 bp Level 1.0 % 1.0 % 1.0 % … read more
Futures and Commodities May be Finding a Base – Futures Trading, Commodities Trading, Futures Trading Brokerage, Futures Brokers, Futures News
[display_podcast] Good Morning I am Samson Jagoras coming to you from the Traders Network trading desk on Tuesday May 31st. As you would expect after any holiday, three day weekend, the markets were anxious to move. We traded both sides to start the night off only to see all most of the markets move higher against… read more
Pending Home Sales Fall Nearly 11 Points – Futures Trading, Futures Brokers, Futures Trading News
Prior Actual Pending Home Sales Index – Level 94.1 81.9 Pending Home Sales Index – M/M 5.1 % -11.6 % April’s pending home sales fell close to 11 points to 81.9 which is down 11.6% from previous months revised 92.6 in March.… 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
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
Potential Reversal Setting Up in the Stock Indices [Listen] – Trading Podcast, Futures Trading, Futures Brokers, Commodity Trading, Futures Trading Brokerage
[display_podcast] Commentary: Good morning it is May 27 at about 520 in the morning. Today at 830 am ET the “Personal Income and Outlays is going to be released. Personal income is the dollar value of income received from all sources by individuals. Personal outlays include consumer purchases of durable and nondurable goods,… read more
Natural Gas Storage On The Rise – Futures Trading, Commodities Trading, Commodity Brokers, Futures Brokers
Natural Gas Storage rose 105 billion cubic feet in the Week of May 20th 2011 to 2,024 bcf.… read more