Ahead of the $FED $Trading

December 16, 2015 1:14 pm / Published in Copper, ETFs, GOLD, Oil, Silver, SPX, SPY, USD
Ahead of the FED Gold/ Short with options Silver/ Very Short with futures Copper/ Short with ETF USD/ Long with FX Bonds/ Long futures Oil/ Short with futures Stock/ Long single equities and ETFs

$FED at 83% chance of a rate increase

December 15, 2015 5:11 pm / Published in FED, Oil
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee is due to conclude a two-day meeting and announce its decision on interest rates. The first U.S. rate rise since 2006 is largely priced in, as traders see an 83-percent chance the central bank will lift its targeted rate range to 0.25 percent to 0.50 percent from

Leverage in $Oil Companies $CL $Oilfield

December 14, 2015 8:24 am / Published in CL, Oil
The decline in oil over the past 18 months has been a key cause of concern for markets due to the deflationary pressures that this presents. The stabilization of oil prices since September and lack of negative economic effects had led to the view that the economy can handle the lower levels, however the lows

$SPX and $VIX $GOLD

September 11, 2015 7:23 pm / Published in Oil, SPX, VIX
Indexes gained ahead of next week’s policy meeting of the Federal Reserve, while the dollar eased and Treasuries advanced. Oil fell after Goldman Sachs slashed its crude oil forecasts. Gold declined to a one-month low.

ADP employment $Rates $Oil

August 5, 2015 9:26 am / Published in Employment, Oil, Rates
Interestingly the bond market does not believe in this ADP employment number as interest rates have risen since the number was released; on a weak number interest rates should have fallen. Falling interest rates have also strengthened the dollar. The momo crowd aggressively bought gold and silver on the weak number but the rise in the

Global $Energy – Study $OIL, $ SOLAR, $WIND

April 7, 2015 11:19 am / Published in Europe, Germany, IBEX, Italy, Oil, Russia, Spain, TSLA, USA, USO
As oil prices plummeted in 2014, affecting everything from geopolitical relationships to the price of goods, our customers needed answers on developments as varied as key impacts on the global supply chain to the latest innovations and developments in renewables. Data from Thomson Reuters.