Dashboard – July 14 – 18, 2014
“SNEAK PEEK AT NEXT WEEK” APPEARS ON FRIDAYS
MONDAY: This morning’s futures are telling us that we are in store for a new all time record high, but we have to have it tested first. Sometimes it takes a couple of those tests to really mark a new high and to go well beyond TUESDAY: After breaking…
MONDAY: Big week ahead, with futures pointing toward a higher open, despite some considerable risk of the FOMC moving ahead with a rise in interest rates. TUESDAY: Markets squandered a big gain yesterday, but there was no reason for that gain in the first place. The FOMC meeting starts…
MONDAY: Market not seeming to begin the week in reaction to events in Iraq over the weekend. Busy week including FOMC, Yellen press conference and quadruple witching. TUESDAY: Today may be another quiet day but talk may heat about about tomorrow’s FOMC as a $5 billion dollar piece of the taper…
MONDAY: The Employment Situation Report will loom large this week after 6 consecutive days of triple digit moves. Appropriately, markets are flat this morning as we await the start of trading TUESDAY: Yesterday’s mid-day recovery put an end to the streak of 6 consecutive triple digit moves. Today looks…
MONDAY: The week looks as if it might get off to a slow start ahead of the FOMC, as the Trump Rally went unabated last week. TUESDAY: The FOMC meeting that we’ve been waiting for all year begins today, but the Trump Rally doesn’t look as if it wants to…
MONDAY: Elections and Employment Situation Report characterize the week after one marked by unexpected events and reactions. No surprise events are expected this week, but the reactions are less predictable TUESDAY: Another relatively quiet day looms ahead, with no real reason to be much different from yesterday’s trading. Tomorrow’s election results and…