Posts Tagged ‘federal reserve’
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Though we expect no change in rates tomorrow volumes have dried up in recent sessions; perhaps after 2:15 tomorrow investors/traders will be back at work. Crude oil should settle lower again today; on a breach of the 9 day MA at $77.50 expect a challenge of the 20 day MA at $75.50. If our assessment [...]
Tags: bonds, british pound, Canadian Dollar, commodity, corn, crude oil, federal reserve, FOMC, forex, futures, gold, live cattle, MB Wealth, natural gas, options, silver, treasuries
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
You cannot have your cake and eat it too! Either circumstances in the economy are getting better and we need to start looking for an exit door or we are still in for a sh-t storm and then no action is necessary! If the Fed sees the economy improving than why leave IR at an [...]
Tags: agriculture, bradbard, commodity, corn, crude oil. natural gas, federal reserve, FOMC, futures, gold, interest rates, MB Wealth, silver, sugar, us dollar
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
A hush came over the commodity market until FOMC decision. The streak has ended at 9 days with Crude pushing higher today by just less than 2%. We are fairly confident that an interim bottom was established yesterday; $68.59 in the January contract. We have clients long via March $5 call spreads expecting a $5-7 [...]
Tags: bradbard, british pound, commodity, corn, crude oil, euro-currency, euro-dollar, federal reserve, FOMC, futures, gold, natural gas, options, silver, treasuries, yield curve
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
February 12, 2009 By: Matthew Bradbard Eurodollars are deposits denominated in US dollars at banks outside the US, and thus are not under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve. Consequently, such deposits are subject to much less regulation than similar deposits within the US, allowing for higher margins. There is nothing “European” about Eurodollar deposits; [...]
Tags: commodity, coupon rate, euro, euro-currency, euro-dollar, Eurodollar, federal reserve, FOMC, futures, inflation, interest rates, lending, mortgage rates, options, stagflation, treasuries, yield, yield curve, zero
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