Release Date: September 13, 2012 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow,
Read more →Yup- the new ag report has just been published and I guess it isn’t as bad as we thought it could be. Corn, while down in supply, is not going to disappear as exports are off more than the supply
Read more →Manufacturing drops sharpest in 3 years. From CNBC- The Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity fell to 49.6 in August from 49.8 in July. A reading below 50 indicates contraction in the sector. The index’s
Read more →Since trading has several time frames, let’s take a look at a longer time frame and it’s repercussions- The Fed and good ole Ben Bernake….. We have a report courtesy of Mark Cranfield of DJFX who currently resides in Singapore.
Read more →Asia Needs China Stimulus More Than Bernanke Fix August 31, 2012, 10:18 A.M. DJ FX IDEA: Asia Needs China Stimulus More Than Bernanke Fix — Asian exporters are more closely tied to China — Diminishing returns of QE becoming apparent
Read more →It is the young, not the old, who will bear the brunt if we don’t reform Medicare. Take it away, Mr. Sowell…. The same has been true of welfare-state programs in European countries that are currently struggling with both financial
Read more →August- When Junior Traders Take Charge. SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Markets appear completely out of whack, with a raft of correlations–involving Wall Street equities, U.S. debt, major and commodities currencies and commodities–are all breaking down. But instead of looking for a logical
Read more →22 Aug 2012 12:05 CST MW Fortunes to be made off euro crisis, just not yet By Matthew Lynn LONDON (MarketWatch) — You don’t get to be a billionaire hedge-fund manager by giving money back to your investors. So when
Read more →Take it away, Reuter’s….. Japan’s exports slumped the most in six months in July as shipments to Europe and China tumbled, adding to concerns over global demand after a string of dire trade figures from Asia’s export engines. “Japan’s numbers were terrible,
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