Interest Rates

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst “1st on Forex”
Investors Education Network.com
Lots of Scheduled News on the Calendar
Beginning of the Week - Retail sales will be the focus as anecdotal reports of the Holiday season kicking off with last weeks Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. They call it “Black Friday” because many retailers traditionally get profitable and into the […]

Pre Non Farm Payroll Numbers Disapointed early Wednesday as
Interest rate Cuts of 50bps expected from BOE and ECB are expected Thursday no shock to the charts expected - expect the unexpected.
November 5th, 2008 - Nothing but Down
 
Above - The Major Indexes and the VIX-Volatility Index 5 Minute Charts
USD-JPY 4 Hour Chart breaking Support (click to enlarge)
Finally - […]

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst
Investors Education Network
 
The Week Ahead - Calendar and Webinars
For my summarized Scheduled Economic Calendar - Click Here
Monday - US Election Coverage Goes Parabolic!
I’m expecting the markets to be really quiet Monday and Tuesday as the world sits back and pops enough pop corn for the next few days (or maybe weeks). […]

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst
Investors Education Network
 
The Dollar - Gives and Takes
The past few days have seen the US Dollar give back a small portion of it’s historic rally - save the Yen… This despite factors that fundamentally - “in normal times” - should have hammered the greenback. The biggest factor being the FOMC […]

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst
Investors Education Network
The Bernanke team at the FOMC is expected to lower rates by as much as 50 bps tommorrow. This as Jean Claude Trichet at the ECB, and the Bank of England are under pressure and telegraphing that they too will be lowering rates.
 
Live Webinars on FOMC and US GDP […]

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst
Investors Education Network
Search for a Bottom Continues
Back on September 28 I stated that,  “Chicken little was “buying Puts on SKY”” - I believe that the trade is probably profitable - As the search for a bottom continues…
With an unscheduled interest rate cut by the US - coordinated with the other Central […]

By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst
Investors Education Network
 
ECB: Rates on Hold for Now
Jean Claude-Trichet has decided to hold rates steady. During his press conference Trichet is  being quotes as saying that, “Upside inflation risks have diminished somewhat.” His rationale is that the high inflation coming through the pipes is from past oil and food price hikes, […]

What Would You Do With Interest Rates?
The Federal Reserve is scheduled to make an interest rate announcement tomorrow afternoon - and it comes at a time when Ben Bernanke is walking a tight rope of what to do - and say.  The Dow dropped over 500 points on Monday - the worst drop since the […]