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Most policymakers were optimistic over the economic outlook, and felt it would “soon be appropriate” to raise interest rates if the U.S. outlook remains intact. However, the lack of clarity offered on rate hike timings beyond June simply left most investors empty-handed. …read more From:: Resource Investor

When you pair two weak currencies against each other, what do you get? A sideways chop. That’s exactly what has happened to the Euro/British pound (EUR/GBP) currency pair for the past several months as data from both the Eurozone and the UK have been far from impressive. So far in the first half of 2018,

Have you ever heard about the Dow Jones Transportation Average? It is more loosely termed the “Dow Jones Transports” by stock traders. The index is a running average of the stock prices of 20 transportation corporations. …read more From:: Resource Investor

There is nothing like rising gas prices that get politicians finger-pointing in every direction. In politics, when gas prices go up, it is always the other party’s fault. They like to show that they feel your pain at the pump, so much so that they ask their limo drivers how it is impacting their family.

Al Brooks provides bar-by-bar analysis on a five-minute chart of the previous day’s prices action in the E-mini S&P 500. This is his analysis for Wednesday, May 23, 2018. …read more From:: Resource Investor

A daily summary of high-profile members of several complexes. …read more From:: Resource Investor

Crude oil prices managed to recover some of their losses made in the immediate aftermath of EIA’s weekly crude inventories report which showed an unexpected build. Both Brent and WTI oil contracts remain near the multi-year highs they have hit recently. …read more From:: Resource Investor

The ratio calendar combination spread couples two ratio calendar spreads, one using calls and the other using puts. The call strike prices are higher than the put strike prices. This strategy is complex and profit is limited, but if a high amount of time value is involved in the short positions, that profit can be

As any Economics 101 student learns, the Federal Reserve is responsible for U.S. monetary policy, including setting the level of interest rates, and more recently, managing the central bank’s vast assets acquired through repeated iterations of Quantitative Easing. …read more From:: Resource Investor

Data from Europe this morning fell short of expectations, but the real catalyst was the Dollar’s mission. First, German GDP, ZEW Sentiment and Eurozone Industrial Production all missed. U.S. Retail Sales missed expectations as well, although last month’s read was revised better. …read more From:: Resource Investor