Tim Haefke of Top Notch Trading gives us more chart analysis for Monday’s Mid-Day Update. Today, Tim will be focusing on some key levels created early on in the E-Mini Nasdaq futures market. Keep an eye on Tim’s support and resistance levels and share your feedback with us! If you like what Tim has Read More
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Technical and financial innovations have led to the introduction of complicated financial instruments and trading strategies with a global reach. As a result of some of these developments, transparency, procedures, and control are prone to be compromised. Preventing illegal activity is increasingly a challenge for regulators, and options, being complicated instruments, add many more layers to Read More
* Consumer spending falls for second straight month * Manufacturing data expected from Markit, ISM * NXP Semi to buy Freescale Semi * HP to buy Aruba Networks * Futures: Dow up 13 pts, S&P off 1.75 pts, Nasdaq up 5.75 pts (Adds quote, updates prices) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) – Read More
U.S. stock futures were mixed Monday, with the Down Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100 slightly higher and the S&P 500 slightly in the red ahead of spending and manufacturing data. At 8:30 a.m. ET, personal income is expected to have grown 0.4% in January, within a consensus range between 0.2% and 0.5% Read More
* Personal income and spending data due * Manufacturing data expected from Markit, ISM * NXP Semi to buy Freescale Semi * Futures up: Dow 16 pts, S&P 1.75 pts, Nasdaq 8.25 pts By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were little changed on Monday, after the S&P 500 scored its Read More
Australian bond futures prices have rallied after the head of the US Federal Reserve gave no indication on whether the central bank would start hiking rates in June. The market had been hoping Dr Yellen would indicate a timeline for future rate hikes in the first half of her semi-annual testimony to Congress overnight. But Read More
Oil prices have slipped as traders estimated a key report will show another increase in US crude inventories that already are at record levels, exacerbating the global oversupply. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for April delivery on Tuesday fell 17 US cents, closing at $ US49.28 a barrel. In London, Brent North Sea crude for Read More
* Fourth-quarter GDP growth revised downward * Consumer sentiment data on tap * J.C. Penney tumbles after earnings * Futures off: Dow 17 pts, S&P 3 pts, Nasdaq 5.5 pts (Adds data, quote) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Dow Futures pointed to a flat open for Wall Street on Friday, with Read More
* GDP, consumer sentiment data on tap * J.C. Penney tumbles after earnings * Futures off: Dow 12 pts, S&P 3.25 pts, Nasdaq 4.75 pts By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Dow Futures were little changed on Friday, with major indexes on track for a fourth week of gains, ahead of readings Read More
Australian bond futures prices are mixed after US core inflation figures came in better than expected. Official US figures showed plunging petrol prices had pulled inflation down sharply in January. But core inflation, which excludes petrol and food, held steady at 1.6 per cent, fuelling hopes that inflation will not be a barrier to expected Read More